DRZ Owners

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by zsv650

i think ccm do their own range of cans the sound is immense on the 644 well worth it.

does he have the original rotax lump or the Suzuki one ? work on a few rotax's but apparently the Suzuki lump is easier to live with if not quiet so characterful.

i think it was the freewind engine 01 or 02 may have been rotax.

I like the look of the CCMs, British built too. I think they had some reliability/rot issues a few years ago but theyve sorted that out?

[rictus01]

Not sure, I know the 2001 R30 was one of the last with the rotax. both good in their own way.

I looked at the 600-650 singles, but around the 160kg and not much more power it seemed pointless to go there, I'll be keeping the T'bird for distance work.

And yeah I'll get some pics up at some point.

Cheers Mark.

yeah their carp for distance but keep to the backroads and theres nothing more fun i reckon.oh and i'd love a r30.

[rictus01]

by all accounts they are wicked traffic tools, but if it allows me to ride more without tiring me out it'll have done it's job.

Over 100kg lighter than the Triumph.

you definitely feel the extra weight on bigger bikes when i went from the kmx to the sv i had to give it a coupla weeks to get my head round how shockingly heavier it was(though it's not exactly a heavy bike) but from just over 100kg to 170 is a fair jump something like a r30 would be brilliant to chuck round traffic do you get two sets of wheels with yours.

[rictus01]

Na only the supermoto one's but then I can't do off road anymore as the knee is knackered so not really a worry for me.

Cheers Mark.

if you dont offroad your not missing much then still got a skid pan from it in the garage i miss it and it wasn't even my bike.

R30 ... had two of them - they get slagged, but I loved both of them - wish I still had either ( although I did love the black one ) If I was considering a DRZ for the road, I'd get another R30 tomorrow instead - far better. Don't believe all the bad press, normally from people who never had one, they are good bikes, VERY good.

Spokey