Apologies if this was already mentioned. I just grabbed the lastest CW mag off the newstand and it has a review of the Suzuki DRZ400SM. They were kind (Don Canet is staff after all) but the summary seems to be trail bike with 17" rims and not enough power. Suzuki can be commended for having the b*lls to jump into the market but the adrenaline factor seems to be missing.
DRZ400SM test in Cycle World
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if they put that bike on a diet, it might be decent. but it's a small bore bike with pig weight, what do you expect? must be a nice city bike tho.
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How the hell do you even find a 10 year old thread?
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right?! this dude has been waiting 10 years for this moment, he just time capsuled our asses..
Don't forget the bold new graphics!
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the R and D on those graphics has cost millions....... millions i tell you
1998 someone pitched "drz400" to the bean counters and upper management.
1999 the engineers knocked out a couple prints and said "they'll never ride this thing long enough for the CS nut, stator bolts, starter bolts, or other stuff to fall off, lets skip loctite!"
2000 production started, nothing changes for 17 years (yes i'm speaking into the future) until around 2018 when CARB or some other government body forced an update of the fueling. as a side benefit, the tank is larger, stator puts out 350 watts instead of 200, and it gets direct injection (boooo) because that's how you lean it out in 2018. in 2019 people plug the direct injector hole and put a throttle body injector assembly off a 90's model chevy pickup's intake, and pick up 2 hp and smoother throttle response. in 2020 the drz is finally replaced by an electric bike with three moving parts between the throttle on the handlebars, the electric motor, and the front drive sprocket. batteries last for three days of constant usage, and tires have insta-spikes that come out for dirt traction. oh, and everything is led.
yay
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