drz400 33bhp..

[owen2200]

hi, im 17 and have my A2 test in a week,

atm i have a xt125 and want to upgrade to a bigger bike but obv need it restrited to 33bhp

i have got a budget of no more than £2500 for the bike. ive looked at an er-5 and drz400. the drz seems a good choice, does anybody know about this bike. whats it like to ride? does it still perform well when restriced? top speed / accel? and is it any good for driving on motorway half hour at a time. the cheapest insurance quote for the bike i have found is £630, which is the most i can afford to pay out rly

any other reccomeneded bikes?

any help is appreciated

[imanupstart]

Wouldn't bother getting it restricted mate, its claimed to put out 40bhp so its not really worth the time/money. I have a dr350 and it will hit about 80ish, wouldn't really like to take it on a motorway but for half an hour trips I'm sure you'll be fine. Going for the supermoto version or the one with knobblies? And best of luck on your test.

[owen2200]

ahh, thanks for advice m8
prefer the look of the SM ones but they seem to be a few hundred quid dearer so not sure if it worth it

[MattHirst]

SM is the future

The claimed 40hp is very optimistic, in reality a stock S/SM will be putting out around 32-33 at the wheel.

Mine is standard apart from a full akra exhaust and put out 36.72 on a dynojet dyno (known to be a bit dodgey are them dyno's)

To be fair, you should be fine not restricting one. One restricted to '33hp' apparently do around 85mph flat out, a full power one will hit 95-100 (i mean chin on tank and flat out for ages).

As for motorway, unless your brave them don't go above around 80, you WILL need to change your pants It is very uncomfortable at speed for a prolonged period (ie - more than a few blasts between the twisties). If i end up going on the motorway then i find myself sitting behind a car in a 'semi-crouched' position doing around 80-85.

Oh yeah, i have an 07 SM. If your close, it could be up for sale
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[owen2200]

sounds like a very nice bike!!
Im just wondering about the practicality of the bike. heard the seat is very uncomfortable D:

either this bike or a er-6.. hmmm

[MattHirst]

Well considering i broke my back in 3 places last year, and fractured my pelvis at the same time. The seat isn't all that bad.

If its a boring, straight route then it starts to hurt after about 20 minutes but if you are moving around a lot (ie - in the twisties) then you either don't notice the discomfort, or it doesn't really bother you.

Although if it does start to hurt your arse, its incredibley easy to just put a bit of weight on the pegs and lift your arse up about an inch off the seat for 5 seconds or so.

The DRZ and er-6 are very different bikes, designed for different things. Initially the er-6 was designed to replace the er-5, a reasonable commuter but people started using them for hooning around basically and they caught on.

It would be like comparing a c90 to an rs125. Designed for 2 totally different things but can be used for the same purpose if one desires.

It depends what you want out of a bike. If you want to do a bit of touring, long distance riding or even just motorway riding then to be fair, i'd go for the er-6. But if you aren't bothered about any of that and just want a beast to thrash around the twisties then go for a DRZ (or other similar SM)
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