DRZ 400SM

Dryskier · Feb 12, 2007

The other month I bought one of these Suzuki DRZ 400 SM - seemed a good deal at the time.
Is it possible to get rid of the road tyres (super moto) & put on knobblies - without having to put new wheels on??

John

Stoney · Feb 12, 2007

I'll swap you!

Shep · Feb 12, 2007

Dryskier said:
The other month I bought one of these Suzuki DRZ 400 SM - seemed a good deal at the time.
Is it possible to get rid of the road tyres (super moto) & put on knobblies - without having to put new wheels on??

John

I think you would be very restricted on tyre choice if you keep the same wheels, look in TBM magazine and you may find a pair on there :nenau

Also i think the gearing is a bit higher on the SM, so you would need to change that anyway for any real offroading :nenau

Shep

Nice 'n' Fat · Feb 12, 2007

Dryskier said:
The other month I bought one of these Suzuki DRZ 400 SM - seemed a good deal at the time.
Is it possible to get rid of the road tyres (super moto) & put on knobblies - without having to put new wheels on??

John

Forget it

............... You need some proper trail wheels

TBM or e-bay :thumb2

Dryskier · Feb 13, 2007

Stoney said:
I'll swap you!

Fair enough Stoney - your '56 R1200S for my '56 Suzuki SM

Stoney · Feb 13, 2007

Dryskier said:
Fair enough Stoney - your '56 R1200S for my '56 Suzuki SM

Nice one! No chance

You can get DRZ wheels on ebay for around £150 from time to time.

Thunder · Feb 13, 2007

Dryskier said:
The other month I bought one of these Suzuki DRZ 400 SM - seemed a good deal at the time.
Is it possible to get rid of the road tyres (super moto) & put on knobblies - without having to put new wheels on??

John

As has been said the best option is to go for a set of E or S wheels which will give you a lot more options for tyres and also make it easier to run different gearing.

There are regularly sets on Ebay, in fact this link should take you to a current auction.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/suzuki-drz400-drz-400-wheels-complete_W0QQitemZ180084066746QQihZ008QQcategoryZ10534QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The SM has a bigger disc than the E or S but if you get one of these it would make changing wheels very simple.

I recently picked up a 400 S and a set of SM wheels so have a spare set of SM discs if your interested.

DRZ 400SM

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