Doc's DRZ400S
 

My only current dualsport. Very good bike, serves me well. It did 800 miles on the ORBDR this year and never missed a beat. It got lost a bunch of times but I don't blame the machine ;-)

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Here's a Craigslist coup if there ever was one:

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I actually got him down another $100.

That's a great motorcycle. I like it in black. :)

Are those the stock tires?

Those are the stock tires. They are Bridgestone Trail Wings. A pretty good 50-50 tire. I think I may stick with them, or Pirelli also makes a 50-50 tire that gets good reviews that I may want to try. Being a 400, it is a back road and highway capable bike. I'd like to be able to have the extra safety of the 50-50 tire in the canyons, etc.

I think that's the perfect 400cc dual sport. How do you like the Cycleracks rack?

Very very strong. Mounts to subframe with huge bolts through mounting points designed into the bike by Suzuki. Very large. Big enough to carry a full sized cooler if one were so inclined. Heavy and not exactly stylish but carried a weeks worth of gear on the ORBDR tour no problem. A bit pricey but highly recommended.

Of course the Cycleracks is recommended; it's built in Idaho. ;)

:p

I considered buying one for my TW, but then I found a decent rack on Taobao for a price that couldn't be beat.

The Cycleracks product looks really substantial.

Very strong, well built (in ID, of course ;-) and gets the job done. A bit expensive, but I've had lesser racks fail (on my KLX, way out in the mountains in Washington on the WABDR) and I never want to deal with that again.

As Spud has pointed out, the Chinese (Taobao) know how to make a strong rack. How else are you going to transport your entire extended family to the market?

Amen! :hehe:

Can you share a link to the Taobao luggage rack?

Voilà.

http://world.taobao.com/item/7574573...=main&sku=null

And carry a goat on the way home.

Thank you; that is a very nice luggage rack. :tup: