Junior's DR no longer has one. He made a solid hub 18" wheel for his. He had a few cush drive failures at inopportune times/ places.juddspaintballs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:29 am I know KLRs have it. I would have thought DRZs did. I can't imagine a DR-650 not having it.
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My Honda XRL650 dosen't have one.
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Huh, what actually fails? All of them that I've had were great big chunks of rubber so I wouldn't expect the rubber pieces to fail. Did the metal plates between the rubber dampers break?
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I believe it was the rubber blocks that failed. It's been a while ago. Maybe Junior will fill in my memory.Marylander wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:47 pmHuh, what actually fails? All of them that I've had were great big chunks of rubber so I wouldn't expect the rubber pieces to fail. Did the metal plates between the rubber dampers break?
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Yeah, I did a little googling for curiosity and it seems the rubber cush dampers can become compressed, worn, or dried up over time. Maybe this is a function of age more than mileage as I've had several bikes over 60k miles and never had an issue with the rubbers. That's about where I've gotten bored with a bike so I'll get rid of it after 4-5 years, maybe not long enough to have them worn out.
Congrats on getting rid of the wheels Jed. This reminds me that I want to put a smaller front sprocket on the 690 as I softened it up too much in going to a big one... I haven't ridden a proper dirt bike turned into a supermoto though. The 690 weighs a bunch more.
Congrats on getting rid of the wheels Jed. This reminds me that I want to put a smaller front sprocket on the 690 as I softened it up too much in going to a big one... I haven't ridden a proper dirt bike turned into a supermoto though. The 690 weighs a bunch more.
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I've replaced the cush rubbers on a couple bikes. They're usually not that expensive and quite easy to replace.
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Honda rally bikes don't either but ktms do
you can fit the dr250/350 cush wheel onto the ktm bikes with minor fiddling if you are a cheapskate like me. I'm running one of these on my 300 with a trials tire for no apparent reason
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Yeah, they are typ pretty cheap to replace. I also agree they just seem to get old w/ age (as all rubber parts do.)
An interesting point is that the Beta Rev3 trials bikes have the dampers in the clutch basket. I know some KTM enduros (like the 500EXC) have similar since at least the 2012-ish generation. Cars all have something similar like a spring-centered clutch (or dual-mass flywheel) to minimize transmission noise via reducing cylinder firing shock loads into the gearbox.
An interesting point is that the Beta Rev3 trials bikes have the dampers in the clutch basket. I know some KTM enduros (like the 500EXC) have similar since at least the 2012-ish generation. Cars all have something similar like a spring-centered clutch (or dual-mass flywheel) to minimize transmission noise via reducing cylinder firing shock loads into the gearbox.
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