The Budget Adventure Tourer
Pro Cycle 250W Stator Upgrade
The Budget Adventure Tourer Upgraded stator provides 50 more Watts of power for the DR650. That’s 25% more juice than the wimpy 200 Watts pumped out by the DR650 stock alternator at its maximum of 5,000 RPM. Does it make a difference? Hard to tell, but if you’re living on the edge, 50 Watts is …
DR650 Rear Swingarm Stand
The Budget Adventure Tourer This will be a quick report, just to let DR650 owners that the original Steel Horse swingarm stand I reviewed back in 2006 also fits the DR650. The saddles on the stand adjust for width, so I brought them in a notch and it fits the width of the dual swingarm on the …
DR650SE First Ride Report
The Budget Adventure Tourer I purchased this slightly used 2009 Suzuki DR650SE in the winter of 2011 for the Budget Adventure Touring series and as the next webBikeWorld.com project bike. Winter isn’t the best time to buy a new motorcycle, of course, and the weather just didn’t cooperate. But when the snow finally melted, it was time …
Pro Cycle Saddlemen Seat
The Budget Adventure Tourer Flatter profile seat looks good and seems well made but doesn’t quite offer the comfort I expected. Read the posts in the various forums and you may end up believing that the original equipment DR650 seat is made from plywood and barbed wire. The general consensus seems to be that the …
