Kia ora from NZ. One note at 23:27 you say put the petcock into the Pri position, this is incorrect as I just found. The next shot you have it in the on position where it should be. Pri or Res will let fuel flow, only On will stop it. Otherwise great tutorial. I just did mine at 13k and the exhaust was a little tight at 0.18mm but I left it for now and will loosen them up next time. Thanks for the great tutorial.

Nicely detailed. My DR650 has done 35,000km, never been adjusted, so with this in hand, I'll rectify the situation :)

You make excellent instructional and educational content. I do not own a dr650 but your videos are enjoyable and are slowly swaying me in that direction

This guy's pretty good he knows his stuff!! Definitely my go to when I see him when I'm trying to find a video that trying to learn from!!

These Suzuki DR 650 Are the Jeeps of motorcycle I appreciate the information on them 👍 the more I learn the more I like them 🙏🏽thanks much 🙏🏽👍

What a pleasant, patient chap you are. Thanks very much for the thoroughness ... 👏👏

That trick with the Robertson screw is the stuff of legends 😎

Thanks, Dino! I genuinely appreciate learning about all the components, the slower paced informational lessons. I’m not a mechanic, hence why I am here! Thanks as well for making time chapters for those who want to skip to their needs! Well done!

Thank you for posting your valve adjustment video. I knew that if you did a video on valve adjustment it would be very detailed and correct. There are several videos on youtube about valve adjustment but yours is the one people need to watch everything is clear and precise. Thanks again for a great video.

Thank you Dino making these videos for free. This is thousands of dollars in mechanic fees that I'll be saving. I bought an '02 DR650 with 15k miles this year. It's my first bike and I'll be doing all the maintenance I can! Thanks again John

Great job Dino.👍 I also use dielectric grease on my plugs but I use a cotton ear bud and put a smear inside the spark plug boot that way it ensures that there is a waterproof seal completely around the spark plug insulator and there less mess and wastage.

epic channel man love it thanks for sharing

This was an outstanding tutorial on how to do this job. Really appreciate your tips and tricks! I had no idea that a #2 square drive was the same size, enabling you to make your own holding tool so easily, that was fantastic!

Thanks Dino. Super helpful for a newbie like myself navigating motorcycle maintenance for the first time. I appreciate the work you do!

You are on the money with the upright tool Dino.I made a flat spanner type but you are limited in movement. Good thinking.

Dino, you are the man! Thanks so much for making these videos. I don't know what the hell I am doing mechanically, but I bought the DR650 with the hopes of learning how to do it myself. Well I am doing it myself, but if it waasn't for you I would be paying some shop way too much money for something I could just do myself. Thanks for teaching us!

Alright! Now this is brilliant. Jumped right into it, packed full of direct to the point instructions, broken up for every skill level. Nice work Dino! This reminds me of some of my favorite how to shows like How it's Made. I could see this being used as a factory training video. Nice shop rag BTW, a man of my own heart! And, I forgive you, thank you for trying 😉. Sub 336, waiting for some more great quality content. 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you so much for doing this for us!🙏 My 2020 is due for a check/adjustment if needed. I'm not really mechanically inclined (other than oil changes and cleaning the air filter); I just ride😅. The mechanic who keeps an eye on the rest of it for me has pretty much said "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" in regards to even checking the valves. I just hit 12,000 miles recently... still running great, no issues, but seems to me at least checking them would be in order 🤔. Thanks again!

Thank you sir! Much more confident tackling this tommorow! Cheers from Calgary!

Best. Valve. Adjustment. Video. Ever. Seriously, thanks for this!

Great video brother! Riding in Niagara region must be heaven! I have family there. Doing my valves this weekend now that I watched your video. I splurged and bought the Motion Pro tool, with the PC feelers.

Great informative video Dino! Thanks for such a clear and detailed instruction. Looking forward to watching your channel. Greetings from Western Australia.

This was another very good video Dino. You covered the various stages and tools well (and you did not miss any stages!) Your layout of the topics and the time they when they are covered in the video will be very useful for someone who may be familiar with some but not all aspects of valve adjustment. Your adjusting tool is very neat. Thankyou

Thanks for filming and sharing these videos, Dino. So relaxing and informative. You've given me confidence to tinker myself. In fact I'm inspired to get an old DR and learn how to do the servicing and upgrades. Love your work!. Thanks mate.

Another great video! Thanks for posting!

Dino, Thank you for explaining this procedure to folks that want to venture into doing their own maintenance. I would like to bring a couple issues to your attention that may get some folks confused. You mention that the valves needed to be adjusted at TDC (top dead center) but you did not mention that the must be adjusted at TDC -on the compression stroke only, not on the exhaust stroke. Verifying TDC with the timing mark is essential as some folks just look at the rising piston through the spark plug hole and the piston reaches TDC on the exhaust stroke also, but that is not the place where you adjust the valves. Rotating the motor in the proper direction is important also, it needs to be the same direction the engine runs on each bike as some engines run in reverse to make the wheels go forward. Also, at about 4:40 in your video you mention and point with your pointer that the intake and exhaust gases enter and exit up and down the valve stem and that is not correct, they go in and out of the combustion chamber via the intake and exhaust ports which you left out of your green sectioned cutaway illustration. The valve guide and their seals are there to support the valve stem and prevent gasses from flowing around them. You have a patient manner you present your information which is great for beginners, well done. Cheers. 😁

another great video thanks mate. i pick up my 2022 DR 650 in the morning.

Another super informative DR vid mate. Keep it up!

Really good stuff! Thanks for creating such a useful and informative tutorial Dino!

Great information, love your videos!

Good video Dino. I'm busy with my DR250's head. And this gave me some good pointers.

Thanks agains for your well curated content Dino. You really have the gift of teaching. Keep up the good work! 😀✌👏

Your videos are worth gold!!

Just great! Very well done. Thanks for everything!

Great video Dino, lots of in-depth info not covered in other videos. I really like the tools you made. I will be doing the same thing! Thanks

Nice tip on the adjustment bolt tool 👍

Excellent in depth tutorial!

Great content, currently shopping for a DR. Thanks!

Thanks Dino, very good instructional video well presented.

Always enjoy your videos ,ty

Awesome!

Thank you sir. Shaping up to do mine soon (brand new bike) have all the tools etc. Was confident in what I need to do but unsure if I needed to replace any seals. From what I saw here it's probably fair to assume I shouldn't as the only ones I'll be touching look to be seated nicely into the cover. Good to know! Thanks again.

Solid work. Thank you.

Great video 👍

Thank you Dino!

Well done, thank you.

Thank you!!!

Hi Dino Tinker Shed im very big fan of your videos about Suzuki Dr 650 i watch and learn from your films its very helpful dont stop continue this work its help for all comunity all over the world. im from Israel my name is Pavel and i have Suzuki Dr650 se 2016 i see on you your video how adjust valve clerance and i want to do it by my self. I open the cover valves and i do everything like i see on your movie and i see that valves is no space between them so i doing 010 mm intlet and 020 outside and my engine have metalic noise from valve so i try start close them a litle.On the end my valve clerance is on intlet 003 mm and outside 005 mm and my engine working fine no noise the power is ok on neutral engine working good. My question is if valve clearence like this is okey becouse i buy this bike 6 months ago and i was riding 2500 km alredy with valve whithout space. i dont have here good mechanic near me and i dont wont give my lovley Suzuki to some one to take from me money and give me my Bike in pices . please help me if you can regards Pavel Ps. sorry about my english i learn alone

D&D for the win

I'm trying it again, haven't watched yet. I'll post my review momentarily.

Ive seen so many adjuster jam nut being over tightened galling the threads.

I have a different bike, but with the same basic valve setup. Your explanation is the most thorough I’ve seen. I recently had an issue with the bike where the motor would start to run poorly after about an hour of riding. It felt almost as though it was running out of fuel, although it wasn’t. Long story short, it seems to have been a valve issue. I reset them and the problem went away. I notice that with your DR it gives a range for the clearances. On my bike it’s just single numbers .08mm intake and .18mm exhaust. Two of my intakes seem to have been only slightly tight, by no more than .005mm, but it was enough to cause performance issues once the engine was fully warmed up. I’ve been scouring the internet, but haven’t found an answer, so I’m curious if you might know. Is there any drawback, other than maybe slightly higher fuel consumption, to setting the valves slightly looser? I’m talking .09 instead of .08mm. The bike lasted about 1500 miles from the first valve service before it started acting up. I don’t know if that’s a feature of breaking in the engine, and maybe it’ll be good going forward, or if I go loose to buy more time before the next one. Just curious since you seem to know a bit more than average about these things. Incidentally, I found your channel because I’m trying to decide on my next bike which I plan to take an extended trip on. You by far have the clearest most detailed how-to videos I’ve come across. And I watch a lot of them 😂. I think you’ve helped convince me to go with a DR over a KLR. Thanks for sharing.

When tightening down locknut on valve tappet how much after "snug" would you say you tighten down?

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Dino, I had no idea you were in Niagara. I'm closer to Toronto but I want to inspect my valves and don't know where to start and I would rather pay you instead of going to a shop! I would pay you if you could show me!

subbed. pls keep explaining like we eat legos

Thanks Dino. Your Video is helpful for when I need to do a Valve Job. One thing though, is it better to adjust the gap closer to the wider tolerances as the the valve wears more into the cylinder head, the gap becomes narrower or does the gap become wider as the adjustment screw wears down and narrows? Maybe in the middle of the range is best? I also want to point out to some of your viewers that only one spark plug needs removal to turn the crankcase to top dead center as one spark plug is enough to release the compression from the cylinder. Steven from Toronto

Where are you located Dino? Thanks for the great vids from the Ottawa area. 2009 DR, 2011 DR and 2003 KLR.

Would you know if there is a torque specification for those jam nuts? I can’t find any. Maybe snug is good enough?

so when it's on TDC, you check clearance on ALL the valves - both intake and exhaust valves, right? Your video showed just the intake valve check, so I assume the same set up applies to the exhaust valves (same position of cylinder before checking clearance on exhaust valves..)? Thanks

Thanks! I used this video to check the valves of my DR650 today. But in my case, when I was trying to find the TDC mark, the fywheel just spun by itself at some point when I was moving it counterclockwise.Then stopped and I could continue spinning it manually. Is that normal? I havent seen that happening in any video I watched about valve adjusment. Is it the counterweight of the flywheel?

Where are you located in Canada? Wish you were my neighbour. Very handy guy with these DR's.. most general things such as oil change, ect I'm fine with. But I'm not confident on much else. I'm in Nova Scotia

hi dino thanks so much for teaching me how to do this, where can i find the link to buy the tools you used to adjust my valves

I just bought a 2022 DR650 with 0 miles. Drove it home and today i was reading up on some info and problems people have had with DR 650. One was the bright red hot exhaust/header when idling for 1-3 mins. Well i turned mine one and let it idle. Withing 1 min the exhaust/ header was bright red.... i am going to contact the dealership. What a bummer.

@ 33.26 lets all look at the feeler blades with both eyes open

Is it absolutely necessary to remove the spark plugs to check/adjust the valves?

Drz400s vs Dr650 ease of valve adjustment, maintenance, and ride 14k miles per year? Debating because I'm torn emotionally.

Can bad valve cause backfiring

Nope - it says 12,000 Km between inspections. You don't adjust anything unless it's out of tolerance.

Spoiler alert: a spring is a mechanical device. How about you learn the proper nomenclature of the parts of an engine before you start pontificating to others about motor mechanics…….

Hi Dino