Hi guys new here, From New Zealand.
I have just picked up a DR 400 S I need to rebuild the front shocks, does any one know of an online manual that I can get the required Information from, or does any one have a Work shop manual that they can scan the relivant pages to Email me, Thanks Pete

thank’s for your response cloggy, yes i still have article on white bros DR crosser. may have changed spec for another year,my article list’s changes made to frame and picture show’s simon’s fork’s fitted. it’s taken me ages to find these so this is the spec i’ll be following.i cant find a banana swinging arm yet but have a 78 RM one till a closer or correct one becomes available. article is from a cycle world mag,see if i can find year of mag dont know how to show mine, mind you if I did you’d all want one! cheer’s Del

cloggy forgot to mention, article states steering angle steepened by one degree,lowered motor in frame one inch, and raised footrest’s by 3/4″ all very slight mod’s but need to be done by me to ensure my bike end’s up as close as, It’s got me hook line and sinker this project so much so that I bought a fully restored RM 400 N from a dealer just to rob it of it’s Simon’s Fork’s, I had looked elsewhere for a long time for some and began to get worried telling myself that a pair would never come along, once I’d convinced myself this was the case I just had to get some,

I just bought DirtBikes original article on the DR400
Basically they said the DR370 frame and suspension was pants, so they’d grafted bits of RM frame to make it handle. They said the 400 handled really well, except in tight going, but the suspension was still weak
Somewhere I’ve also got the 2nd of two hop up articles on the DR400 that they did, that was in ‘80
You seem to have a further development Del
I know the head angle is too slack standard but thanks for saying just how much they steepened it. I don’t think there’s much room to steepen it any more before the wheel hits the frame. One mod is to use an 1978.5 RMC swingarm
An engineer charged an hour’s labour to internally sleeve and very slightly broaden the pivot tube, so that standard bearings fit. That may be what you already have. I now have to modify the wheel pivot slots before it will fit.
The PE 250/400 swingarm fits with no mods at all but the shock mountings are very far forward. It’s also about an inch or two longer. The RMC is exactly the same length as stock. Really the only practical advantage of the RMC is that it is lighter and you can use a readily available 395mm shock length. Once you’ve added more front suspension the standard steel swingarm needs 16.5″ shocks to stop it becoming even more of a barge, I got Falcon to make a decent pair.
Apparently a KLX twinshock swingarm also fits.
There’s lots of info on ozvmx

I just replaced the clutches (original) in my ‘81 DR500. I put it back together the right way, but the kickstarters all fucked up, don’t know what happened. Didn’t go near the kickstart assy. ???help???

I am a owner of one DR500S 1982 an I was trying to find a workshop manual for this bike in the internet and I can not find one. if someone who have it could sent it to me trough e-mail I will be appreciate it.