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If you’re looking to buy a good 450 size dual sport, I know that Tim @Goofy Footer has a Honda CRF450L that he should sell.

You should be able to split the cases without removing that, but it will have to come off to replace that bearing. Once the case is out of the way, I would think that almost any sort of spanner wrench would be able to remove it. Something like this? Some of these kind of spanners are available with a square drive to put a torque wrench on them so you could reinstall it and get the proper specification on it. Otherwise we have some pretty good fabricators in this group, you could see if someone could make something for you since you said you are lacking in tools to make it yourself. I think starting with a piece of pipe with the same diameter of the ring and then filing/grinding/milling out the "teeth" would be what I would do. I'm glad to see that you're moving forward with this project and taking on the challenge.

What is the seat height on that thing?

Early DR350S (90-93) rear wheels had cush drive on an 18" rim. DR650 has it on a 17" rim. Or you had an aftermarket rear wheel set. Anyway, solid deal on these wheels!

You can tell from the picture that it's not a cush drive. DRZ never came with a cush drive.

Thanks to @Zubb for reminding me, this is coming up this weekend. See ya there??

No milk crate, pass.

Did you swap out the super thin tubes in the tires? I've seen lots of stories about how crappy they are.

Let’s try to get some of us out there. I wasn’t able to make it to the last one, but been to a few recently. Coffee and donuts at the start, lunch and a raffle when we finish and helping keep our trails open and maintained.

I don’t know if I could pick a favorite. It was neat to see an Ariel Square Four and a Vincent Black Shadow. Not as big of an event as I expected but it was a nice day to look at bikes.

I have an extra CamelBak backpack if anyone needs one. Free is a good price. A cold beer in hand is acceptable also.

That’s awesome. Definitely interested to hear from someone in this group about these bikes.

I was about to say something similar. Unfortunately, it’s a complete engine disassembly to replace that bearing. With almost 50,000 miles on the engine it probably makes sense to replace lots of other parts.

You’d be surprised, had a Honda that sounded a lot better than that with a wiped out cam, rockers and cylinder head. Still pulled second gear wheelies, too!

Yeah, I was being sarcastic which doesn't come off too well in a forum. With a bearing cage busted off like that you have possibly wiped out your top end as well. The cam rides directly on machined surfaces of the cylinder head, having debris running through the engine could destroy those surfaces along with the cam and the rockers. Every bearing in the engine should be replaced to prevent further damage. The parts bill is going up. Sad to see an engine get destroyed like that, no way to tell without complete disassmebly. I didn't read all the pages of the DR Rider link until now, I hope you didn't try to ride it the 20 miles you were discussing? Have you removed the oil filter and looked at that? If it's full of glitter that's no bueno, and I imagine it will be.