Welcome back jarhead.
With that said, I will tell you that I have both. A street legal (somewhat) CRF 450 and now a DRZ400.
I have had the CRF since Aug 2003, and I bought the DRZ less than a month ago.
What all this means is that the CRF is a riot on the street, but far from practical. For instance, this bike can be rolled away from where you may have left it, or worse yet, kicked over and riden off by someone.
Next, it can be lifted by a couple of guys and tossed into the back of a truck. I doubt that would happen with a DRZ as readily since it will not likely be a perfect MX or race bike. Or even parts bike like a full on MX bike.
Finally, the bike is made to be flogged not run sustained high revs on the open road. Use it on the tracks where it is in it's element and you cannot go wrong...SM or MX.
I bought the DRZ to build as a street SM/hooligan stunt bike/commuter special/trail bike. The bike is perfectly suited to all of those. It may not be the best at any one of them, but all of them together, I doubt that you can find a better bike.
Of course, if you can get the Husky450 on the street, that would make me change my mind since it has e-Start and a ripping motor and suspension. But sometimes, you just get tired of working so hard to get something past the DMV that it stops being worth the effort. If it is a non-issue for you, I would plate an E model, but then you do not have the steering lock of the S but you have the right carb (FCR flatslide).
-MW
With that said, I will tell you that I have both. A street legal (somewhat) CRF 450 and now a DRZ400.
I have had the CRF since Aug 2003, and I bought the DRZ less than a month ago.
What all this means is that the CRF is a riot on the street, but far from practical. For instance, this bike can be rolled away from where you may have left it, or worse yet, kicked over and riden off by someone.
Next, it can be lifted by a couple of guys and tossed into the back of a truck. I doubt that would happen with a DRZ as readily since it will not likely be a perfect MX or race bike. Or even parts bike like a full on MX bike.
Finally, the bike is made to be flogged not run sustained high revs on the open road. Use it on the tracks where it is in it's element and you cannot go wrong...SM or MX.
I bought the DRZ to build as a street SM/hooligan stunt bike/commuter special/trail bike. The bike is perfectly suited to all of those. It may not be the best at any one of them, but all of them together, I doubt that you can find a better bike.
Of course, if you can get the Husky450 on the street, that would make me change my mind since it has e-Start and a ripping motor and suspension. But sometimes, you just get tired of working so hard to get something past the DMV that it stops being worth the effort. If it is a non-issue for you, I would plate an E model, but then you do not have the steering lock of the S but you have the right carb (FCR flatslide).
-MW
