Phil Clarke
Registered user
On friday I became the proud owner of a 03 DRZ400S. Finally I have a modern trail bike so I'm going to be heading south for the odd dirty weekend all being well, as well as straying onto the occaisional pit bing. Unfortunately my useless insurance company couldn't organise cover until tomorrow so the only time I've ridden it was on the test ride. So I've been spending the weekend undoing various bolts, greasing them and putting them back in again as well as removing the lower suspension linkages and putting the originals on, removing the clutch and side stand cut out switch and sitting on it making vroom vroom noises. 13t front sprok and bash plate in the post!
All in all it appears to be a pretty nice bike - top quality suspension as noted elsewhere on this site, I really like the concept of a top quality chassis witha a nice soft motor for easy greenlaning. Usual suzuki snot welding and wafer thin paint but all in all a pretty decent package. Looks like its seen some action judging by the sand under the seat but not much in the way of off road abuse and evidence of good maintenance so hopefully its the start of happy relationship. Only problem is my girlfirend likes it too so it may get nicked when she passes her test!
All in all it appears to be a pretty nice bike - top quality suspension as noted elsewhere on this site, I really like the concept of a top quality chassis witha a nice soft motor for easy greenlaning. Usual suzuki snot welding and wafer thin paint but all in all a pretty decent package. Looks like its seen some action judging by the sand under the seat but not much in the way of off road abuse and evidence of good maintenance so hopefully its the start of happy relationship. Only problem is my girlfirend likes it too so it may get nicked when she passes her test!