A couple of useful things on a 3D printer

Thanks, I'll print them.

Those frame guards look nice! Print a set for me!

Do these frame guards fit the 1st Gen DL1000s?
If so, where do I go to get a set?
Thanks

AZ081000 said:

Do these frame guards fit the 1st Gen DL1000s?
If so, where do I go to get a set?
Thanks

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I have dl650 k7. Looking at the photo - this part of the frame is no different for a liter.
You can download the models from the link in the first post, and print.

Yeah I too think these will fit either the 650 or 1000....however, I have no 3D printer. Any suggestions as to where to get a set done at?

You "makers" inspire me. Awesome stuff!

Pardon my ignorance but approx how much filament is needed to print those frame guards?
I don't have a 3d printer but when I find someone that does I want to be prepared with my own consumables.

The preload adjust knobs look nice but you pretty much never have to adjust your preload on the forks once they're set.

You'll have to ask the Chinese but I would guess to sell to uninformed motorcycle owners looking to bling out their rides. Once you set the front sag, you don't touch it unless you change the springs or add cartridges or some other modification.

dravnx said:

You'll have to ask the Chinese but I would guess to sell to uninformed motorcycle owners looking to bling out their rides. Once you set the front sag, you don't touch it unless you change the springs or add cartridges or some other modification.

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Well, at first I played around with the settings - until I found what I like. Without a twister, with a screwdriver - it was inconvenient. In addition, an ordinary screwdriver jams aluminum.
And so - everything is beautiful and neat, and if necessary - convenient.

I would suggest learning how to set sag. You don't "play around with it". You measure the sag, adjust the preload adjuster and then remeasure the sag. You can't feel a change in sag unless it is so far out that your suspension is hitting the limits of it's travel, especially on the Vstrom's archaic rod damper system.

dravnx said:

I would suggest learning how to set sag. You don't "play around with it". You measure the sag, adjust the preload adjuster and then remeasure the sag. You can't feel a change in sag unless it is so far out that your suspension is hitting the limits of it's travel, especially on the Vstrom's archaic rod damper system.

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I know what a sag is and how to set it up - 8 years of MTB training, on bicycles with suspension.))
Just on a motorcycle, unlike a bicycle - we still carry luggage, and sometimes passengers - so you have to turn periodically. Although most don't bother with it.
I often twist the rear preload - I left a "compromise" in front.)
As for the primitive suspension - yes. It was more advanced on some of my bikes than on this motorcycle.🤣

Yet you "played around with the settings"
Please load your luggage and a passenger a tell me how much your sag changes.

dravnx said:

Yet you "played around with the settings"
Please load your luggage and a passenger a tell me how much your sag changes.

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That is, you want to tell me that if I put an man weighing one hundred kilograms in the passenger seat (or a girl + two bags and a central case), the sag will not change?

That is exactly what I'm telling you.The front sag is imperceptively affected by the load. The rear sag is an intirely different matter.That is why you need a screwdriver to change the front preload and there is a big, convenient to turn knob for the rear preload.

Ok, I'll check it out just in case.
And - if necessary - I will correct the front sag. Without screwdriver.)