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    Quote Originally Posted by bart View Post
    ok, bland it will be. I'm going to turn it into a 'stealth bomber'...........except, it's not very stealthy with that pipe.
    pic !!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony W View Post
    pic !!!!!!
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    Cool

    Bart - congrats on the machine - seems from the photo that the zukis have graduated from the woodshed I seem to recall in an earlier post - assume the family Ford lives outside
    those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind..

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    I got a brand new Twin Air Filter for a DRZ400 and a Clymer Manual.
    Make me an offer...

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    Is it new or 2nd hand. Congrats on the new purchase. Maybe won't rip like the DRZ but hell of a lot more comfy on the transport legs. Gives some of us a chance to try to keep up with ya!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aslan View Post
    Bart - congrats on the machine - seems from the photo that the zukis have graduated from the woodshed I seem to recall in an earlier post - assume the family Ford lives outside
    Thanks Aslan.

    Yeah, my poor old Falcon.

    The family car (the other one) is always outside.

    Once the 400 goes, the 650 will inherit the wood shed.

    Caught me out a bit this year. All my wood is stacked outside. It's rained that much that it won't burn. I need a bigger shed. Wife won't let me park the bikes in the conservatory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Padmei View Post
    Is it new or 2nd hand. Congrats on the new purchase. Maybe won't rip like the DRZ but hell of a lot more comfy on the transport legs. Gives some of us a chance to try to keep up with ya!
    2nd hand. It's all over on the dr650 thread. Falling off the new one may hurt more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bart View Post
    Thanks Aslan.

    Yeah, my poor old Falcon.

    The family car (the other one) is always outside.

    Once the 400 goes, the 650 will inherit the wood shed.

    Caught me out a bit this year. All my wood is stacked outside. It's rained that much that it won't burn. I need a bigger shed. Wife won't let me park the bikes in the conservatory.
    Bart, how the hell can you be a Ford man??, you ride a DR650 for gods sake!!
    its just not in the order of things, either get a klr or a holden.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    Bart, how the hell can you be a Ford man??, you ride a DR650 for gods sake!!
    its just not in the order of things, either get a klr or a holden.
    Just to rub it in, the old ones a 5 litre manual fairmont ghia (rare as rocking horse shit), and the grocery wagon is a 4 litre Ford Terratory. Hell of a carbon footprint.

    With the 650 and the 400, that gives me 10050cc's. Who wants to buy my DRZ400 to get me back under 10 litres.
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    Only one old lady owner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Only one old lady owner.
    She wasn't that old
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    K. After reading this thread, I've learnt a little more about the middle of the dr family.

    Good short distance bike and good off road/adventure riding bike.

    What I would like to know is, if it was to be flogged long distance...can it be done in relative comfort? Max speed to sit at would be 110/120...and the odd spurt up to 130 to pass.

    Oh how can one tell the difference between the E models and the S models. I think the E came with the fcr carb and the bigger headers?

    I like dual purpose bikes and have looked at a few dr650s but like the smaller nature of the 400. Can it be made into a bit of a beast or is it forever doomed to be the wheezy younger sibling of the 650?

    For a bit of corner carving...how well do the tkc80s do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ital916 View Post
    K. After reading this thread, I've learnt a little more about the middle of the dr family.

    Good short distance bike and good off road/adventure riding bike.

    What I would like to know is, if it was to be flogged long distance...can it be done in relative comfort? Max speed to sit at would be 110/120...and the odd spurt up to 130 to pass.

    Oh how can one tell the difference between the E models and the S models. I think the E came with the fcr carb and the bigger headers?

    I like dual purpose bikes and have looked at a few dr650s but like the smaller nature of the 400. Can it be made into a bit of a beast or is it forever doomed to be the wheezy younger sibling of the 650?

    For a bit of corner carving...how well do the tkc80s do?

    The seat would be your biggest problem for long distance, followed closely by the small range from the standard tank.

    Speed wise they will easily do that...

    From memory the peak power is quite similar between the DR-Z400E and the DR650SE, but you're missing the Nm.

    We don't get the S models in NZ, in the US you'll be able to tell the difference in that the S model is road legal, and the E model is not. The S also has a steel rear subframe for pillion loads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willdat? View Post
    The seat would be your biggest problem for long distance, followed closely by the small range from the standard tank.

    Speed wise they will easily do that...

    From memory the peak power is quite similar between the DR-Z400E and the DR650SE, but you're missing the Nm.

    We don't get the S models in NZ, in the US you'll be able to tell the difference in that the S model is road legal, and the E model is not. The S also has a steel rear subframe for pillion loads.
    Interesting as there is a drz400 going for a great price at the moment that I was looking at but it is a dual purpose one not the sm and is all road legal. I take it the E models in nz were road legal?

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