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Originally Posted by BikingMarco
Hi everyone,
It's only four months to go before I go on my Africa trip and it's in the red hot preparation phase right now. In the last couple of months I learned a lot about maintaining / servicing/ repairing the DR650 and which parts would be a good idea to take along on an overland trip. What I'm not sure about is the clutch. When we start the trip my DR650 will have around 12000km on its clock and on the original clutch, 75% of it on tar road (incl. city stop n' go traffic), 25% trailriding.
My question to you more experienced long distance travellers - would you recommend changing the clutch plates before the start of the trip? Or would you take a set along? Or could I expect the orininal plates to last for another 25-30k km in Africa? If I take spare plates with me, are these things easy to replace without special Suzuki-tools? Or might there be Suzuki parts available in Central and Westafrica?
Cheers,
Marco
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I'd replace the friction discs and springs before you go. If nothing else, you'll know what it entails and what tools you need. I'd replace ANY of the wear items before you go, and keep still-serviceable items as spares that will buy you some time to source new parts.
Have you done all the "fixes" on the DR yet? Swapped upper chain roller with a loctited setscrew, loctited the primary nut, loctited the NSU screws, replaced the carb screws with stainless SHCS, checked the wiring harness for chafing by the steering stem, and checked the bearings for grease?
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