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Old 7 May 2007
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DRZ 250 valve clearance spec?

Got a DRZ250 to service and as you might guess it was never officially imported into South Africa just as the idntically powerplanted 250 Djebel.
As you might further guess the owner does not have a service manual for the bike :-/
Tried to ask uncle Google for the specs without success. Incredible what kinds of rubbish one can find on the www. (Although I admit I discovered a few new good sites and learned lots of unrelated things I never wanted to know :-)

Now who can help with the valve settings for the air/oil cooled 250cc twin cam Suzi single? Or point me into the right direction where I can find it on the www.

Your help is much appreciated.
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Get the year and/or model number and I will ask my friendly Suzuki mechanic for you. We have lots of them here.

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It's a SJ54A 101 478
Looks damn right like a DRZ250
Owner claims it's a DR250S 1997
I found a pic of a very similar if not identical bike on the www claiming to be a DR250SE 1996 (?)
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While fiddling (=servicing) I found the only non Japanese sticker on the bike.
It says DR250RS

Uncle Google is still clueless.

By now I have three setas of valve clearance specs:
Local shop & grey importer: 0.10 in. and ex. (me: ???)
NZ someone: 0.05 to 0.10 in. and 0.08 to 0.13 ex (me: sounds better but still pretty little clearance for a small OHC bucket valve train)
2 NZ Suzuki dealers: 0.10 to 0.20 in. and 0.20 to 0.30 ex (me: I would have trusted those right from the beginning would they just have come first!!!)

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