Dr200?

[-easy--rider-]

am looking at buying a roadlegal dr200 as i need a bike for going to work and going possuming down shinlge roads after work and the gn just aint cutting it.
just wondering if there good bikes? could anyone out there tell me the bad/good points? how fast are they? and how good on gas and anything else you think of..

[Tony W]

am looking at buying a roadlegal dr200 as i need a bike for going to work and going possuming down shinlge roads after work and the gn just aint cutting it.
just wondering if there good bikes? could anyone out there tell me the bad/good points? how fast are they? and how good on gas and anything else you think of..

They are brilliant. I've had a lot to do with them in recent times.
They respond very well to a more open muffler....no rejetting necessary.
They have a HUGE 13+ litre fuel tank, good for 400+ km.
I got a 2007 DR200 up to 75mph (indicated) on Wed.
It will cruise At 65mph easily (with pipe mods)
They are nice and small for tighter bush work.
They are cheap.
I cannot think of any negatives for your intended usage.

[dino3310]

my mate had one for comuting, he loved it.
was extremely cheap to run, very reliable and he never had any problems with it, not the fastest but i think it was faster than the GN, been a 200 it wouldn't be breaking any speed records, but overall it was a good package
comfort,seat height,handling etc. it was a late model bike aswell.
you could even look at the 250 or 350 if your after a bit more speed.

[-easy--rider-]

They are brilliant. I've had a lot to do with them in recent times.
They respond very well to a more open muffler....no rejetting necessary.
They have a HUGE 13+ litre fuel tank, good for 400+ km.
I got a 2007 DR200 up to 75mph (indicated) on Wed.
It will cruise At 65mph easily (with pipe mods)
They are nice and small for tighter bush work.
They are cheap.
I cannot think of any negatives for your intended usage.


sweet so if it has a stock muffler what would i need to do to it? reback the baffle is you can? or buy a new muffler?

[Tony W]

sweet so if it has a stock muffler what would i need to do to it? reback the baffle is you can? or buy a new muffler?

I would buy an aftermarket muffler off Trademe($75) and fit a length of pipe from the header to it. A bit of welding is required.
See DR Girl's posts on HB Adv ride thread.
my ph 06 8769 888
regards
Tony

[-easy--rider-]

cheers for that

[Pedrostt500]

They are a great little bike, just check out some of the older ones as they may be well thrashed and abused.

[warewolf]

Should be great for your intended use. I had an '01 model from new for a couple of years, for commuting and adventuring. Never got around to doing any performance mods, it did need it for highway work, mainly in the hills. Was good for teaching you to keep your corner speed up.

They are a road/trail bike, so are not in the same class as the 250/350 bikes. That means less seat height, ground clearance, suspension, more road-style fixtures & fittings. Not saying any of that is a negative for what you want, most points are probably a plus.

[-easy--rider-]

I would buy an aftermarket muffler off Trademe($75) and fit a length of pipe from the header to it. A bit of welding is required.
See DR Girl's posts on HB Adv ride thread.
my ph 06 8769 888
regards
Tony

would a pro circuit be over the top? or does just any old one do as long as its not to restricting

[Tony W]

would a pro circuit be over the top? or does just any old one do as long as its not to restricting

It's whatever you are comfortable with paying.
I could not bear to part with say $750 for basically a bigger hole.
I do not think ANY muffler could be as restricting as a factory one.
I have dissected DRZ 250 and 400 mufflers.
Would you believe that the 250 breathes through only 6 X 6mm holes drilled into a closed off tube inside the muffler ! (250 mufflers can be derestricted in about 5 mins on the bike, releasing what feels like 25% power !)
400 mufflers need to be dissected to remove the innards, a little more complicated.
Your 200 muffler would unfortunately also have to be cut open to be hollowed out.
But it would work, be cheap and gain useful power.:niceone:
Alternatively any cheap straight-thru muffler joined to a length of suitable pipe would do the trick.
We played with airbox and jetting mods on the 07 DR200 but in the end reverted to STANDARD settings for the best results !..:doh:
Hope this helps.

[-easy--rider-]

makes sense. i have mufler (if you could call it that) off a 125 chinese bike which is just a can with rings around the inside with holes in them. i dont think it would be restricting mutch at all. wouldnt be mutch differnt from havingno muffler at all. is it true that having a straight pipe stuffs your valves?

[Tony W]

No.

But too noisy and not necessarily good for power.

I'd be using that Chinese one.

[-easy--rider-]

ok will try the muffler i have if i get the bike. if i change the muffler and also gear it up a bit what would the tke off anf top speed be like?

[Tony W]

ok will try the muffler i have if i get the bike. if i change the muffler and also gear it up a bit what would the tke off anf top speed be like?

The standard road model Fr and Rr sprockets are perfect.
You will get the speeds etc mentioned in my initial posting.
A change to a smaller Fr sprocket takes less than 5 mins and it can be carried with you if the going gets tough.

[MXNUT]

would a pro circuit be over the top? or does just any old one do as long as its not to restricting

Check out this website www.kientech.com
This guy knows his shit when it comes to Suzuki DR`S.

I have purchased the jet kit and exhaust modification from him ( have not fitted it yet ) after talking to guys here and in the states on ADV rider and it seems these mods will increase power a reasonable amount without making too much extra noise and fuel consumption does not suffer. Cost was about $70.00 NZ dollars in total including freight.

The exhaust mod is just a larger outlet pipe with less baffles in it and he supplies instructions for cutting end of pipe open and fitting it then welding back together.

There is DR200 specific thread on www.advrider.com/forums/ and this will answer any further questions you may have about the bike

My wife has 04 model DR200 and for a small ( read not powerfull ) bike they are bulletprooof and way better than any chinese offering for around the same money

[-easy--rider-]

did you have to pay by credit card? let me know how it goes when youve put it on.