So I have a great relationship with this local dealer and they know I like bikes that need help! I 100% went there to buy some grips but after we got to talking I was made aware of this bike tucked away in the corner of the warehouse with no hope of a tomorrow. They made me a great deal on it and I was sold! I have yet to do a full tally of how much I have spent on the bike but it is probably around $2500 which is a standard price for a bike like this. It won't be a money maker but I shouldn't lose anything so that is ok with me! Anyway I hope you liked the video!

I bought a 2005 VStrom 650 with 24,000 miles in 2007. It now has 154,000 miles on it. It’s been from San Diego to Alaska and back twice, across the US 4 times, and all up and down both coasts many times. When it had 95,000 miles I replaced both cam assemblies and top ends with a $300 salvage engine that had only 12,000 miles. While in Alaska the second time I had to do an emergency external fuel filter mod as the original fuel filter was hopelessly clogged. Suzuki wanted $600 for a fuel pump with the integrated filter. Not possible to simply replace the OEM filter alone! Otherwise NO OTHER PROBLEMS! It is now my East Coast bike that I ride after flying to Nashville. I’ll ride it until the wheels fall off.

Suggestion for a future video - tear down the old engine so we can see why it died, good way to encourage proper maintenance ! That 650 twin is a classic engine, the 90 degree Vee makes them super smooth at speed.

It warms my heart that you like to save bikes. Business doesn’t all have to be about profit, it’s also about relationships and doing the right thing. 🙏

That's the first bit of love that poor bike has had for a long while.....seeing the state of the airfilter, I'm sure all servicing was neglected ☹ Makes me feel good to see it come back to full health 🙂👍

It´s one of the BEST bikes ever built. You will see, believe me. Cheers.

The cable under the seat is to allow you to lock your helmet to the bike. Take seat off. Loop cable through the d-ring of the helmet and connect the two ends to one of the hooks under the seat by the toolkit. Put seat back on. Helmet secured!

I like that you don't have a bunch of irritating music playing real loud like everybody else. THANK YOU!!

I bought a 2021 650 Vstrom here in Melbourne Aust. but had to garage it for a year due to the COVID restrictions. When I finally got it out, it was everything I'd dreamed it would be. Took it up to the Snowy Mountains and it performed perfectly. Thanks for the breakdown rebuild. Am loving your channel.

I poured a whiskey kicked back and I have to say really- enjoyed this one. I learned alot. I have a 2014 vstrom 1000 as my first bike and have covered 12000km in 6months. Can't get enough of it!

I love v-stroms and this video was amazing! It's a motorcycle that can take you to the moon and back, enjoy it!

closing in on 120k on my vstrom 1000. i keep trying to justify buying a new bike but my sub 500lb vstrom has had no real issues during ownership. I beat the snot out of it also.

Great job. Maybe it’s because they’re so comfortable, but vstroms are some of the most fun bikes for daily commuting

Really enjoyed that. Was also perturbed by riding with the tweaked bars. That Bike should live on a long time with the right owner.

Nice job. Hard working young man. Congrats

Vstroms are a different kind of bike. I picked up a 03 1k for $400 that was in a minor accident and its made me fall in love with the bike. They are absolutely great bikes and a blast to ride.

Have a bought new 05 650 V Strom . Living in Minnesota where 5-6 months a year ice covered roads extends a blessing life. Now (11/23) just under 69xxx miles. Great bike, love your vid!👍

I did this my my 2009 DL650 a few years ago now. Got a refurbished engine off a Suzuki mechanic for NZ$1000, with him taking the old one to fix. (Mine had a output shaft bearing failure) I sold that and now have a 2017 DL1000.

I have an 08 dl1000 set up for adventure . Best bike ever 47k miles and counting. I even bought a second one just for parts

That bike is almost every reason why I'll never buy a Plastic Fantastic! I'm a Cruizer, not a Speeder. Classic bikes forever and a day! I love your videos, brother. I watch them all the time!

I still ride a k8 650 and I still love it. It's so nice to see a such neglected bike coming back to life. I'm sure it will run for many years.

I'm just getting ready to do an engine swap on my 2007 DL 650. On my first trip with it after buying it from a friend who died I ran it out of oil. Now if you wonder how this happened it was my dead friends fault. He put on a 17 tooth sprocket and a Chinese chain. I checked everything before heading out on a 3-day 600 mile trip. On the way home the chain has loosened so much that it jumped the sprocket and broke the clutch pushrod into three pieces. The last piece was inside the clutch pushrod seal and it sprayed oil out 5 inches until in less than 8 miles it had gone through 3 quarts of oil. I didn't know this because I thought I just broke a clutch cable and was contemplating riding 200 miles home without a clutch. I saw a red light then come on the dash but didn't know what the problem was until I saw the little oil symbol next to it. I felt the engine tug a couple of times, this was the rod bearing sizing. When I got it home and refilled it with oil it was knocking. The secondary pushrod is used on many Suzuki's and being located so close to the chain with a two tooth larger sprocket gave it only a quarter of an inch before hitting the push rod. If you feel your clutch go away, pull over!

I’ve been watching your channel for a while, and it was a nice surprise to see you take on a V Strom and bring it back to life!

Great work, Its always a pleasure to watch these build videos, Awesome to see the bike back on the road ✊

Glad you were able to save it.

i have had my 2008 v-strom 650 for about 6 months and this is my first bike. love it every time i ride it. doing a few upgrades this winter. can`t wait for spring and more riding here in Norway. (got a few riding videos on my channel)

I offroad race my 09 v-strom and Iv put it through its paces and it just keeps giving! Its great to see you make such light work of the engine swap though, definately saving this incase the inevitable happens to mine!

Bought the V-Strom 650 full options brand new when it came out years ago after test riding 4 different bikes. Still own and use it today. only has some minor scratches on the cases and windshield, other then that after a good clean still looking like new. Even after all those years still a modern looking, comfortable and very enjoyable bike to ride 👌🏼

Also (by the way) I think this is one of the top five of your many oh so awesome videos. I had a Toyota Echo small car, 350k miles ~ Bought a new (used low mileage) engine, perfect match ~ new clutch etc, couldn't get by the ECM codes and such ~ life took over ~ to the scrapyard it went. This is no small task. Third time I've watched it. Thanks so much.

You did such a good job makes me want to fix up an old bike looks like fun

Very similar to the DL 650, I had a 2006 SV650 for a bit and loved that little V twin engine

You guys are awesome! And your shop is awesome too! Cool project! And I could not help myself but to tear that old engine apart with powertools.

Welcome to the V strom family bro!

3:56 That's for locking your helmet to one of those hooks under the seat (left and right of the battery, where the cut outs are) to hang it off the bike while you're away. Very convenient.

That poor bike was literally thrashed to death. Well done for resurrecting it. I had to make a castle socket for my VFR 750 so I found an old 12 point socket of the right diameter and cut it to suit. It was similarly ugly but worked fine. I’m enjoying your channel. It makes a nice change from the doom and gloom that abounds on KZfaq these days.

I have a 2010 V-Strom 650, the last year of gen 1 and i don't think i'll ever replace it. It does pretty much anything you want it to do and those engines will last forever if you look after them.

The tool to remove the swing arm looks like a 1990s push-bike freewheel derailleur cluster removal tool for Suntour. Pin spacing 20mm inside to inside, 24mm outside to outside. Sold by Park Tool as "FR-3 Suntour Freewheel Remover"; tho plenty of other quality (but cheaper) options.

Brilliant job mate, you are a very handy mechanic. Thumbs up from Australia

I'm not surprised that the engine got a rod knock, given the state of the air filter, the pre owner did not care at all. These Stroms easily run 200K kilometers without any major issues. Just needs regular maintenance.

Super pleasurable episode to watch! Thanks man

great job, those are such great bikes, few paid attention to them. keep up these great builds.

I had a 2007 Vstrom for several years before I broke it (and myself) in an accident. It was a really good all-round bike. Particularly good middleweight tourer, and very economical, surprisingly grunty for a "little" engine. The only things I didnt like when I first got it were, thankfully, very easy fixes. There was a lot of buffeting around the helmet area. I tried a shorter screen, which worked a bit, but the biggest difference came from replacing those big square, unaerodynamic mirrors with a set from a 2010 Z1000. Much more betterer. The other thing was the poor lighting. Found out on a forum that the cause was not the actual headlight, but the wiring which had to go from the battery, to the switch, back to the main loom near the battery and finally up to the light. The simple fix was installing a relay. Almost doubled the light intensity. I would not call the WeeStrom an adventure bike though...I tried it off road a couple of times, and its just not built for that kind of torture. A set of 50/50 tyres and its just fine on reasonably made dirt roads, but a Tenere 700 its not 😅.

You already know I’m a huge fan. Glad to see some bike content although i did enjoy watching you move into the new shop. Im not a fan of bikes like this, but this bike is pretty badass.

First time viewer. Impressed with the content. Great job, keep up the great work.

Mine is a 650 k11 abs, unfortunately park for a abs module break. I hope fixed as soon as posible and ride and ride and ride, I miss my white.

Love it. Nice choice of a windshield too, I may grab one for my Strom.

I put in mine airfilter from Sprint filters Sf is an polyesteric one, gives you nice intake sound.

Hope to see more videos with this bike in the future! Great video!

Fantastic to see this legendary bike being given a new life, nice cheap bike to tour America on - I wish

Great video. Thanks so much for sharing.

Fantastic bike. I grew up in a motorcycle/car family my dad was a mechanic but there's nothing better in life than seeing something that doesn't work, WORK. Loved this video and noticed you got a new apprentice a Pink Floyd man.

Nice job. Gotta love the sound of a V twin. Especially a Ducati :).

I picked up an ‘06 1000 in March of this year and it is an absolute blast!

Great video, love that generation of V-Stroms the best! Not sure if it's been mentioned but that metal bracket on the fuel tank is to prop it open while you undo the lines. You'll see matching holes just underneath that area where the little prongs go. Hope this makes sense. Great work on the rebuild and *T4S*

Congratulations !!! Nice video, about good work and nice result !!! I really liked it, thank you!!! Good idea with a homemade key for the rear swingarm !!! I wish you luck and 100K subscribers soon !!!

Very cool bike. Great sound! Well done.

Nice ADV bike, sounds fantastic, looking good and rides well.

Excellent video. Congratulations

Great video, a tip for ya, the steel plate on the tank for the hold down bolt comes out and supports the tank while connecting the overflow and pump-wiring, 2 pins at the bottom.

great job, man! thanks for your passion!

I bought a new one in 2013. great bikes

was looking into getting one back before I bought my cruiser, then went for a sport naked afterwards, I'd like to pick up one on the cheap eventually. Awesome Vid's brother, love the content :D

Great video, love the V Strom. I even love the new model, great bikes.

Great video. I ride a 2020 650 Vstrom I bought new and love it.Thay are great bikes.I would love to see more Vstrom videos 👍

GREAT bikes. I had an early one bought new. Does everything well.

Yep, great viewing...look forward to more v-strom content....ride safe mate...

I like the tool you made. When I needed something similar for a GL1100 clutch I used a Dremel to cut up a 15/16 socket. Worked fine............Jay

I had a 1000 Strom for a few years. It's a perfect urban assault vehicle. I used it to commute to work in Oakland, Calif. Super smooth, super comfortable and ultra reliable. Still regret selling it.

Have about 8k miles on a more recent wee and I really enjoyed seeing this tear down and motor swap on a gen 1 bike. I was going to advise caution, in that once you ride it you probably won't want to sell it... but I see it's too late :). Thanks for a great vid. Looking forward to more vstrom content.

I/m probably taller than you , I put a Gustaphson (made locally!) windscreen on mine, two inches higher than stock. worked out great. I put 85,000 miles on mine including The Dragon and Barberviile three years in a row. One of my favorite bikes ever.

Awesome! I love my Strom, and really looking forward to more V-Strom content!

No doubt, a great deal and well worth the expenditure

Great vid enjoyed that one! I owned a V Strom 1000 (2018 model), for nearly 5 years. You just knew the bike would never let you down, easy to maintain etc. The only major design flaw on the 1000’s and 1050 (same engine) but not the 650 was something called clutch chudder, classic symptom was a big patch of vibration and roughness around 3 - 5000rpm. There are companies who’ll apply their modification to the clutch basket to eliminate this but it’s surprising Suzuki did nothing to update it (the engine has been around since the 1990’s) Anyway - enjoy the Strom they are superb bikes much underrated

Thank You for giving a new lease of life for one of the most practical allrounders on the market. I've been riding this model for 16 years. When I lunch the engine, I will do a swap like yours instead of buying a V-Strom 800 RE. Currently have 100K miles on my second (ABS) version, looking for at least 150K before swapsies!

Nice work, well done!👍

As a Ducati owner I looked at these when I discovered I had to go for my licence again - some rule in the new state I live in, I rode the Ducati Monster 659 and a 2017 (I think) V-strom 650 back to back, I chose the Monster but it was a close thing, Suzuki have done a great job on this mid sized bike, I know a lot of Females who like them, a friend of mine who is vertically-challenged is on one, he could stay with my 659 Ducati on his V-strom but said the Monster had better handling when we swapped at the local track..

You may not have made any money on this bike but it sure made for a good YT video. This bike and the Honda NC750X DCT were my short list two years ago. I opted for the latter. Given the kind of riding I do, either one would have been great for me.

I have a 2005 V-Strom 650 that I bought 10 years ago and it's been the best. Easy to ride. Easy to maintain. Ride mine a lot around highway 94, Treloar, Hermann, as well as other places in that area. That bike would be nice ride on Callaway Fork Rd.

Got a K6 650 with 40k miles as a winter project and this was fascinating to watch. I would recommend changing the fuel filter if you still have bike, as it was a bit neglected, it's inside the tank though, but it's not too bad. Great job!

That might explain why it stalled out at first attempt to run it, congrats on the new purchase. As for the original engine goes, I would clean it, paint it and use it as a art piece for the shop.

Great work.

Enjoyed the video. This would be a good bike to buy, if and when for sale as the buyer would now know what has been done to it.

Thanks for the v strom, video. I have owned 3 v stroms, 2 650s and one 1000. I have put over 40,000 miles on each of them and besides normal maintenance, I have never had to do anything else, and the 2 bikes I sold are still running strong today, extremely reliable. I would love to see you do a video on the old engine tear down to see what happened to it. My guess, is the previous owner neglected to change oil or it ran low on oil. Thanks again.

Great job!

One of the best engines ever made :)

I have a "naked" 2012 WeeStrom, and it is a blast! Comfy, fast enough, and gets over 65mpg. I sold it last year and bought it back 5 weeks later!

Nicely done.

Neat work, I’ve never used a 13/16 except for making odd tools out of. I don’t think the PO was into maintenance much looking at the filter, chain break and brake pads!

Super cool vídeo! Do you know what happenned to the old VStrom engine? Thank you.

Had one a 2008 for the last 4 years as my first big bike, sold it a few months ago to a neighbour and I bought a 2023 tiger 900. I honestly miss the wee.

The metal thing at the seat end of the tank can be pulled out and used to prop up the tank. Fits into a couple of holes in the water reservoir bracket and into the hole created when you remove it.

Looks like bike was never maintained glad to see you brought it back

This is the second video I've watched from Brick House and this bike just had an animal for a owner. Now it's like new. I have been curious about the V strom and I got to see an engine swap, cool video, hope you make or.

Good job brother

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Great video and awesome skills. Will you tear into the old motor with a view to fixing and selling it? That would be an interesting video. Keep the Vstrom content coming thanks.

big thumbs up to content providers to say thx or make a nice comment....who is the capable youngster helping..?

It looks like a fun bike!

As a V-Strom rider (2013 650 ADV) I really enjoyed your video. I bought mine after selling my BMW K1200 and never looked back. I've taken 2 - 3000+ mile trips and find it very comfortable. Watching you swap out the engine I have determined that regular service items are about as far as I'll go with maintenance. I'm more into silence on my rides, but I have to admit that the aftermarket muffler did sound really good.

GREAT BIKE 🙌🙌🙌