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11-05-2015, 05:31 PM | #1 |
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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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11-05-2015, 05:35 PM | #2 |
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11-05-2015, 05:35 PM | #3 |
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I actually got him down another $100.
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11-05-2015, 08:24 PM | #4 |
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That's a great motorcycle. I like it in black.
Are those the stock tires?
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11-05-2015, 10:25 PM | #5 |
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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.
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11-06-2015, 01:31 AM | #6 |
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I think that's the perfect 400cc dual sport. How do you like the Cycleracks rack?
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11-06-2015, 01:55 AM | #7 |
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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.
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11-06-2015, 03:41 AM | #8 |
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Of course the Cycleracks is recommended; it's built in Idaho.
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11-06-2015, 11:15 AM | #9 |
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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.
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11-06-2015, 03:34 PM | #10 |
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Can you share a link to the Taobao luggage rack?
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11-06-2015, 11:35 PM | #11 |
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11-07-2015, 12:01 AM | #13 |
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The paint sucks, but the price was right. I'll strip it and paint it eventually. If I wait long enough, maybe I'll have a powder coating setup.
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11-06-2015, 12:19 PM | #14 |
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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?
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