Part 6 Suzuki DR650

Figured I'd do this in a separate post. I think a lot of people run into this problem but I don't see too much talk about it here.
So you throw on your new LED blinkers and integrated tail and all of a sudden all the blinkers light up at the same time when you try left or right. The problem comes from voltage going from one side to the other through the indicator bulb in the dash.
The fix is cheap and easy. Go over to Radio Shack and get two 1n4001 diodes.
Around $1.50 for both...

Pull your dash and cut the two wires for your blinker indicator.

The two diodes go on the two wire from the harness. Grey stripe on diode goes with the flow of current. So think of the grey stripe as the out.

Connect those together and attach to one of the two wires on your indicator bulb.

Next step I got lucky and had an unused connector from the factory I could steal the ground off of. So take the remaining wire from the dash and put that to ground.

And that's it... Your blinkers should now blink separate again. It will not solve the rate at which they blink, that you will need a led specific blinker relay, but it will solve the other problem.
Hope this helps someone out eventually. I know a lot of you are like, "Yeah no shit, everyone knows that."
Diodes: $1.50
Super cheap, supermoto junkie axle sliders.
Most of what you need. Skateboard wheels, threaded rod....nuts,,,

Rear broken down left to right. Nylon lock nut, flat washer, skateboard wheel, flat washer, hex nut on threaded rod. Same on opposite side, 3/8" hardware and rod. Vinyl hose over rod is 1/2" od and that takes up the gap inside the axle. Nut side of axle has 3/8" hole but the other is 1/2".

Goes on the same as rear with the hex nut and lock nut on both sides, but had to add nylon spacers to get them away from the forks.

Both on.

Skateboard wheels: $7.00
Misc. home depot hardware: $10
(to be fair it could be cheaper but I buy more than what I need just to have it around)
I wanted an adjustable brake lever. But I didn't want to spend the $40 per lever that warp-9, the only company that makes adjustable levers for DR650, wants to charge. So I went on ebay looking for similar levers in the suzuki lineup. Found the bandit 400, sv650, gsxr lever around the 2001 vintage was similar in the pivot to where it make contact on the master plunger.
Lever was purchased and a plan was hatched. Stock Dr on left bandit 4 on the right.

Biggest difference is the bandit is twice as thick were it goes into the master cylinder.

So I grabbed the grinder and file and had at it.

Had to work the lower part of the master pivot area to clear the hump in the lever where the adjuster spring is.

Cut it down to 3 finger width and then popped it in the drill press and drilled four accent hole thingy's in it.

Down side, sort of. I had to loose the stock hand guards. The brake lever no matter how much I cut out of the guard was still being interfered with. So I'll have to buy a different set of blinkers and mount them some where. To be honest I wasn't %100 on those guards and blinkers any way. I do think it cleans up the front with out them.