The most obvious benefit of the DRZ is its ability to go from street to dirt effortlessly. Equipped with full-size off-road wheels and a long-travel suspension it's about as close to a legitimate dirt bike as you'll get for a street bike from a dealership. Slightly lighter than a Ninja 250 and with gobs more torque it's an absolute blast to ride around town. Potholes, curbs, gravel alleys... The DRZ confidently eats it all up and asks for seconds. When taken off-road the bike shines in a whole new way. It is fully capable of crossing rocky, two foot deep creeks, popping over large overturned tree trunks, or climbing steep and rutted single track trails in the mountains. Of course, being a dual-sport means that when you're done you can hop right back on the highway and head home.
For the most part the DRZ is very easy to work on. Plastics are sparse and most important components are easily accessible for quick trailside repair. The chain adjustment mechanism is the easiest to use I've seen personally and makes mistakes nearly impossible. Used and new replacement parts for repairs are plentiful and there is a huge amount of after market support for this motorcycle. Upgrades from third parties are available which fix the majority of this bike's few shortcomings. The DRZ has a long track record of reliability and is not known for leaving people stranded despite generally being ridden very hard.
While the DRZ400S configuration leans slightly more towards dirt-riding Suzuki also offers the DRZ400SM which is their supermoto package. This version leans more towards street riding with 17" spoked wheels, less ground clearance, inverted forks and slightly modified bodywork for a more aggressive look. Since both bikes were built upon the same platform bolt-on conversions between the two are easy and very popular.
Alexander Jenkins
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Leo Cooper
What about the DR-Z400E
Cooper Stewart
An american owned this helmet, so shit a rider it flew off in the crash and landed in a field.
Brody King
>Just wanted to post about minor road trip tomorrow >Inadvertently started a chicken strip shitstorm
What tires are good for leaning and commuting since Pilot Pro Streets are apparently shit?
William Scott
whys it matter? you cant scrub them in.
Justin Adams
You can remove the strips on literally any tires without even going that fast. If you can't you probably bought the wrong tire size or have mismatched profiles because you're a retard.
Ayden Ward
And I'm sure you were leaning like MotoGP as soon as you picked up your Motorcycle license.
Now, what tires r gud guise?
Elijah Rodriguez
my rear is 160/60-17 and my front is 120/65-17 and i have no strips, fight me
Statistically it was probably the ninja 250 (counting minor drops) or some other more popular learner bike, but in /dbt/ it was definitely the R3.
I hope all those R3 fags realized how smart they were to avoid supersports
>hardtail very retarded
Asher Ward
then it's settled, i am going to chop and hardtail a piece of shit virago
Elijah Hall
Best I can do is a short Webm.
>if you can't laugh at yourself, what kind of person are you?
Ayden Hill
>no front brake
Carter Long
what happen
Joseph Ward
>reported
How many anons died? Never to post the accident.
Aaron Jones
I would keep the front brake, the retards in the flannel shirt bobberfag community thinks front brakes are gay for some reason
Easton Carter
Local yamahurr stealership bro I talked to said they had about 13 crash just outside of the dealership. Had a solid kek at that shit.
>tfw they still won't let me ride a new R1
Isaiah Russell
Did you grab some front brake while turning?
Carter Lopez
The yanks don't care about it bc they can't register it for road use and it's definitely not the best option for a dedicated dirt bike.
Tyler Reyes
Rate my throttle slack /dbt/
Matthew Wilson
In spec/10
Alexander Rodriguez
>Fixate like retard on a curb of all things >Get intimate with a ditch >Destroy front wheel
Expensive lesson to learn. It was on a Friday and when I hopped on /dbt/, every posting R3 rider either dropped theirs, or ate shit too except for one.
Thomas Nelson
Your one of those bobber cuckold fags m8
Jackson Jenkins
You killed her
Adam Clark
hit a curb lol
>motovlogger-tier gay shit
Josiah Brown
You just didn't see it? How the fuck does one simply ride into a kerb?
Lincoln Sanchez
you can kit one in most states and end up with a DRZ that's about 20lb lighter than the S
Andrew Morris
>in spec >implying that's good enough >not having autism
Oliver Sullivan
nah mate, see id keep the front brake so its all g
Nathan Taylor
having slack is important, just not too much.
Grayson Ortiz
Dead space in throttle a shit
Jaxson Thomas
dumbass
Henry Perry
>having any slack Does Honda not have ride by wire yet?
Luis Murphy
honduh is literally 5 years behind everyone
Landon Kelly
Ride by wire still has slack tho
William Myers
Not on my XR. Also has the smoothest on/off fueling of any bike I've ridden
Aiden Campbell
Just wait, the new cbr has slide control which means they've pulled the pin and are putting their proprietary TCS control systems from motogp on it, it will be years ahead of any competition except for possibly Yamaha.
>t. SUZUKI fanboy
Cameron Jackson
>naked sv650 >godmachine may as well be an fz07
Samuel Torres
I dropped it twice in rapid succession a day after i bought it, hold me /dbt/
Fucking snapped the break lever.
I guess you where right to tell me to buy secondhand
Jaxon Bell
LMAO, could have bought a GS500 with the amount you just wiped off it. Learnt to ride it dropped it and lose fuck all value then buy a nice bike a few months later when the dropsies are all gone.
Kayden Lopez
Brake levers are cheap to replace You're still a retard though
Adrian Miller
>snapped the break lever. >lever still intact in photo
Logan Nelson
if it's unusable do not by those "CNC" chinese levers
also you should have bought a DRZ400SM
>cheap >durable >drop it when new, no big deal >nobody cares if a dirtbike/supermoto is scuffed up >parts are cheap
Jayden Smith
your oem levers probably comes from the same factory that makes those cnc levers
Connor Robinson
>cheap are you smoking crack again?
Grayson Flores
That pic was the night before, still so clean. I bought it cause i got a good deal outta it since muh relative discount.
The lever wors fine its just the tiny ball tip that got snapped off, honestly i just think im going to superglue it. Whats the best way to get rid of scratches? I dont feel to bad of the scratches cause it came with a few and i intended to fix it up anyway
Owen Roberts
Those CNC levers are either knock offs with no QC or the crap that failed QC
$7 is cheap, poorfag.
sandpaper bondo colorite
Andrew Diaz
I want to know where you buy $7 DRZ's
Nathaniel Cooper
No wonder so many drz getting posted, everyone has been buying them for $7
Adrian Garcia
1 rich dollar = 1000 poor dollars
Joshua Hernandez
>CNC levers are either knock offs
no shit. I'm saying OEM levers are from the same factory that makes the knock offs.
>I want to know where you buy $7 DRZ's
Luis Miller
i c now
Christian Bailey
The hood
Bentley Clark
Ayy lmao! I told you so. The funniest one when i told cuckold that his whore "perfect gf" would cheat on him.
Asher Rodriguez
I had ebay levers once and droped the bike twice. Once because fire and the other one because a car and they never broke or bend.
Blake Brooks
i had ebay levers once and my brake light wouldn't go on until the lever was halfway squeezed
didn't matter because half my braking is engine braking
Elijah Richardson
Ha well atleast i followed your advice
Parker Turner
>drz price: $7 >drz hp: 34 >wr450f price: $ 9099 >$9099 worth of drz hp = (9099/7) x 34 = 44,195hp DRZ confirmed WR450 killer
Brayden Hughes
checked, also
BTFO
Christian Turner
godlybike confirmed
Andrew Hernandez
Don't post the "E" version, it triggers the Americucks.
Dominic Green
but sliders, I wish I have bought is sonner. I dropped my bike once after 5800km and broke the brake lever as well, and scratch the fairings. sliders would have helped
Tyler Watson
Kek americucs will never have a stock 40hp drz.
Jackson Nguyen
A rancid pussy is like a 9 volt battery, it stings when you stick your tongue on it.
William Thompson
Stop posting bad things about cuckfe racer anons mum.
Wyatt Cox
the filename is wrong. if you knew what the s looked like, youd know this. did you not notice the plate, blinkers, and mirrors?
Juan Murphy
just buy the lever. it's cheap, even a genuine one is relatively cheap.(especiallyvin the US) also check you didn't bend the handlebar.
Tyler Flores
The E model is sold in the US, it's just not factory plated
I live in a state where plating is trivial and motorcycles are exempt from emissions
Thomas Cox
>guys my gf wants to have a threesome, isn't it great? >no, I guarantee you she ain't cheating! >sheeeiitt Yeah, that was fun.
Caleb Green
So its an Australian one, if you knew what the s looked like, youd know this. did you not notice the plate, blinkers, and mirrors?