Drz400

[Andy67]

If you're gonna ride it like a fricking wuss you might get that. Then again if you're that limp wristed then you'd be ridign a DR.
If on the other hand you're a red blooded fully functioning in the groin dept dolly parton loving Good ol boyb with an axe swinging right hand & totall disregard for punctuation & grammar you may just get over 100ks.




fricking homos

Pure gold !!!!!!

[Andy67]

If.....I get this bike today, where is a good ride to take it in Auckland, beach forest etc?

[NordieBoy]

where is a good ride to take it in Auckland, beach forest etc?

All of them.

[Andy67]

All of them.

I thought Murawai might be a good option seeing as I haven't ridden a dirt bike for a while. Was going to take the K round coro but now a whole new list of options for me .... If I get it...

[Padmei]

If.....I get this bike today, where is a good ride to take it in Auckland, beach forest etc?

The road only at this stage. preferably find a wide open space with padding around the outside but failing that an empty carpark will suffice.
Only take it past 1/4 throttle till you can handle the G's & whatever you do do not go anywhere you may lose traction whilst accelerating.

Check what type of tyres you have before you go offroad. If they're too roady just take it easy on gravel & stay away from sand sand. Apart from that go crazy - in a safe way

[Andy67]

The road only at this stage. preferably find a wide open space with padding around the outside but failing that an empty carpark will suffice.
Only take it past 1/4 throttle till you can handle the G's & whatever you do do not go anywhere you may lose traction whilst accelerating.

Check what type of tyres you have before you go offroad. If they're too roady just take it easy on gravel & stay away from sand sand. Apart from that go crazy - in a safe way

That sounds like good solid advice mate, thanks and will do. I assume by G's you mean it feels quite different to a road bike cause the K pulls like a freight train ?

[JATZ]

FFS.... don't ride anywhere or do anything silly without a camera, preferably a helmet cam

And be sure to post any good stuff on here

[Andy67]

FFS.... don't ride anywhere or do anything silly without a camera, preferably a helmet cam

And be sure to post any good stuff on here

Haha can't do that mate but...maybe the vendor has a cam for the test ride. Will ask him..I mean what could possibly go wrong right?

[Andy67]

Ok job done, relieved Dmoo of his DRZ400.

Cool bike, more later. Andy

[NordieBoy]

Ok job done, relieved Dmoo of his DRZ400.

Cool bike, more later. Andy

Get a helmet camera first!

[Andy67]

Ok, DRZ400 2010, 5000ks, great condition, engine case guards, lever guards, luggage rack, AC10 in good conditon on rear, new original tyre, another spare tyre pretty shagged, tyre lever, spare sprocket, 15 tooth on front, workshop manual, owners manual etc.....$5500

I'm happy.

Went for a spin yesterday afternoon, suburbs and motorway. Bike travels well at 100kph and pulls pretty good for overtaking. Power is far from insane. I hopped onto the Beemer after and it felt like a cruise missile. Not sure what I was expecting from the wee thumper in terms of pulling power will explore that this afternoon.

Happy days

Andy

[dino3310]

its one of those bikes that "its not the size its how ya you use it" i couldnt get close to them on the gravel last weekend but then i ride like a nana.
I dont think the AC10 will last long on the rear i only get 2500 out of mine but performance off the seal is fantastic, on the front im getting 8-9000km and is fantastic on and off road so its my tyre of choice for the front.

5.5k sounds like a good deal

now get the fk off the puta and find some gravel to play in

[timmehpwr]

Is it the steel tank version? It could be the DRZ400S model with the corked up Mikuni carburetor and emissions crap.. check out www.thumpertalk.com for how to get more ponies. Most likely a FCR39 carb and decent pipe would sort it out I have ridden a stock 2008 DRZ400SM and it was gutless compared to my stock 2000 DRZ400E

Congrats on your purchase, welcome to the madhouse

[dmoo1790]

Is it the steel tank version? It could be the DRZ400S model with the corked up Mikuni carburetor and emissions crap.. check out www.thumpertalk.com for how to get more ponies. Most likely a FCR39 carb and decent pipe would sort it out I have ridden a stock 2008 DRZ400SM and it was gutless compared to my stock 2000 DRZ400E

Congrats on your purchase, welcome to the madhouse

Nope. It's the fully hot DRZ400E. But coming from a K1200 a 400 was always going to seem a bit weak. You should try riding one with the intake restrictor still installed. THAT is the definition of gutless.

[Andy67]

its one of those bikes that "its not the size its how ya you use it" i couldnt get close to them on the gravel last weekend but then i ride like a nana.
I dont think the AC10 will last long on the rear i only get 2500 out of mine but performance off the seal is fantastic, on the front im getting 8-9000km and is fantastic on and off road so its my tyre of choice for the front.

5.5k sounds like a good deal

now get the fk off the puta and find some gravel to play in

Hi All,

well that was the best afternoon ever

Went out to Muriwai and had a blast, soft sand leading to the beach was surprisingly tricky and deep but got through no drama. Spent time going up and down the beach until I got to grips with the bike. Still a long way to go before I would call myself anywhere near competant but managed to do some dunes, and get the bike sideways under power which was really exhilirating so spent a fair bit of time practising turns under power. i think that beach is a great place to practise sand.

the gravel road, although short was fun too and nowhere near as challenging. got alomng at a fair clip. Bike seems about righ for me and the wee thumper climbs really well.

i got some pics but only have an ipad. if i was able to email some one could hey resize and post for me?

thanks in advance and biggest thanks of all to dmoo