May the diety of your choice bless Suzuki

To be fair, I like my Suzuki DR650. I do, really. But at the moment, I
am stumped. Lately I've noticed some valve train noise. Nothing
horrible, but noticable.
PLAN 1
Consulted the manual. It says to remove the magneto cover from the left
side of the engine. This allows you to rotate the engine to TDC. The
magneto cover is a circular cap, approx 2in diameter, with a 10mm
allenhead tap in the middle. No biggie, I thought. I grabbed the 10mm
wrench and tried it, but the cap wouldn't budge. The cap was still very
much intact, so I put a vicegrip on the allenhead wrench. STUPID,
STUPID, STUPID! I rounded out the cap. After I get my next paycheck,
i am going to Sears to get some T-handle allen wrenches.
PLAN 2
Remove the left engine cover. Scratch that, remove left foot peg,
shifter, and then engine cover. That turned out to be even worse. A
couple small parts fell out and the gasket tore at one point. I figured
out where the small parts go(and had none left over), but the bike will
have to wait until tomorrow when I can go to my local stealership and
get a new gasket on order. And for what it's worth, I still have not
done the valve adjustment.

Charles

 

Chinese Proverb say: School of Life have high tuition fee.

Or, even better -- shop sign at a local moto mechanic

Labor Rates

$60/hr
$80/hr if you watch
$100/hr if you help
$120/hr if you tried to fix it yourself and botched it

 

Next time turn the rear wheel and use the straw in the sparkplug hole
technique to find TDC.