Maybe time for a new bike

**camchain** · 20th February 2009, 09:59

"no scary on/off power hit like some ill tuned 2T's." Ouch. I resemble that. 'Tis a problem with meat not metal. Spanner wielding monkeys (Moto Sapiens) can bugger up a 4 stroke just as effectively! lol

2 strokes can be cantankerous - and exciting. But even the 200 has surprising ability to tractor up a greasy root infested climb. I was pretty skeptical about this before I got mine.

**kezzafish** · 20th February 2009, 11:36

Blair. the 300 exc would be a great bike up there, you'd be able to get your grunty, wheel standing road rush and super hill munching stompage and you'd be able to stand on the pegs and trials your way through the link track. I wish i had bought one of these instead of my 450 to be honest. In saying that i'm used to big luggy ass grunty bikes and i don't mind having to work hard to hang on to them cos they are super boogy machines from bottom to top. My 450 is different to secondfields and different to others i've ridden. so seconfields offer of riding his bike stands for me too.

I think what the likes of rupecopp have said about the questionable necessity of big bores is very true, if you stuggle like fuck to lift your drz out of a rut (off bike) it will not be much different with the 300, i think they're (elec start ones) around 113kg? and your drz (being a non elec start) will be around 115 odd. They'll feel lighter when ridden (than the dr) but the 200exc will feel easier still. I don't know if i'd go for the 200 cos i like to be scared of my bike and i'd look like a clown on a unicycle.

Mate, i and everyone on here could blather on endlessly but the most important point is... ride anything and everything you can before rushing into any purchase. And don't stick with what you know until you know what the othres are like. Bit of a bastard from where you are but call up and head over to AFC motorcycles in palmy (ktm dealer), they're super helpful and have a good selection (new and used) they'll let you test ride. Ride the 300 exc, 200 exc, 250 excf, 450 excf then come ride my 450 sxf. some people say that there are other manufacturers of motorcycles but i've never seen one, lol

After all that shit i've just written i've decided that it's all bullshit and you should just make a rash decision and go hard and make big mistakes cos that's how i do everything, lol lol

**Dent** · 20th February 2009, 11:50

There are a lot of different figures tossed around for DRZ400 weight.

People who have weighed an E model, with fuel, say approx 134kg.
Now removing the headlight and fitting an aftermarket silencer will reduce that.

I personally went from a DR-Z400e with fmf exhaust, no headlight, to my gasgas with full road gear (sans mirrors). The new bike is much lighter. They advertise 99kg (probably dry, so 112 approx wet?), however the weight is so much lower in the frame, that the perception (by myself) is that there is a huge difference when picking the bike up after I drop it.

**Hemex** · 20th February 2009, 11:52

Originally Posted by kezzafish

After all that shit i've just written i've decided that it's all bullshit and you should just make a rash decision and go hard and make big mistakes cos that's how i do everything, lol lol

hahaha... fuck your a retard!

**dammad1** · 20th February 2009, 13:11

Originally Posted by kezzafish

Blair.
I think what the likes of rupecopp have said about the questionable necessity of big bores is very true, if you stuggle like fuck to lift your drz out of a rut (off bike) it will not be much different with the 300, i think they're (elec start ones) around 113kg? and your drz (being a non elec start) will be around 115 odd. They'll feel lighter when ridden (than the dr) but the 200exc will feel easier still.

300exc-e is 103kg with fluids and no fuel, so 113kg is fully wet.