Suzuki DR650 - Onward
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- First real ride after the crash, been almost two weeks of healing up and I felt well enough to go for a longer ride on the DR650 since I'm still on the 'break in' miles. I had rode the KLR earlier in the day to the dealership and it was great but a short ride so I figured I'd just continue on with the DR650. I also got to try out some padded shorts by Bodyprox on this ride. I bought a pair of these after I got some comments from other riders regarding protection so I thought I'd give them a try. They have plenty of padding, I actually removed the pads along the hip since my riding pants already have armor but kept the tail padding in. I didn't find them annoying but I probably will only wear them when I'm doing more off road riding.
On this ride I get to see how the DR650 rides at highway speeds in high winds and also do some easy riding on the dirt. I was actually surprised the wind didn't knock me around as much as I thought it would and the DR650 rode great from 55 to 75 mph including uphill. Love it!
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I don't know enough about you or your channel to know where you live. It looks beautiful though - even the view from your garage! Those wide streets with the view of the mountains. I want to retire somewhere like that. I envy you. Hope you are feeling better. Edit: Pine valley Mountains are in Utah...So beautiful there.
Glad your recovering well from your spill. The DR seems like a nice bike. Stay safe. ✌️
Each day is better than the last! Thanks for the words!!
I enjoyed the time lapse on the way out to the trail. Nice getting back out there so quick.
I just got mine delivered two days ago.
Always looking at others for options on mods and user feedback.
Cheers
Congrats on your bike! Loving mine so far!
Good deal and hate to hear about the accident . Good thing you had the riding gear on or it could have been worse .
Oh indeed, even though I got banged up good...it still could've been so much worse!
I don't wear the shorts that have full coverage, but the hip pads type have been a real savior at times. I figured I'd risk by tail bone and ass-end in order to not overheat anymore than I already do.
Yeah, the shorts are hot...no doubt about that! Anything to mitigate injury is a good thing!
Yeah it's hard to resist a nice spring day. Hope you get all healed up soon. Are you going to go for an expanded gas tank on the DR?
Each day a little better, thanks! I am, think I'll do the Acerbis tank. Watched a few install videos, doesn't look too complicated.
@@precipiceofgrind The 5.3 or the 6.6?
@@graymangw6016 I'm thinking 6.6
I own DR650. Perfect bike for 80% dirt / 20% pavement style of riding where pavement is just short connections between long dirt sections, like BDR. Really underpowered at highway speed. In the same weight category a KTM 690 is much better but way too expensive.
Very nice😅
Hey what kind of riding pants and jacket do you have?
Rev It Sand 4 H2O
Maybe you mentioned it, and I missed it, but how does the vibration compare with your KLR?
I haven't noticed any vibration on the Suzuki compared to the KLR. It's really not bad on the Gen 3 KLR, my 2022 model doesn't bother me at all. My 2012 KLR would numb my hands after a half hour of riding!
@@precipiceofgrind I have a DR650, but I sat on a new KLR-S in the showroom and I was just amazed at how comfortable the seating position and controls are for me. It was the last bike that I ever thought I would be interested in. The standard height KLRs are completely unmanageable for me. I like my DR650, but I don't want another bike that buzzes the handlebars like my DR650. Test rides on new bikes are of course, nearly impossible to obtain. My DR650 is a 2012 with low miles, but it is possible that the rubber mount bushings have hardened up. Since you own both, I really appreciate your opinion.
@@precipiceofgrind Which one vibrates more?
@@jeffreybobeck9809 Presumably I would say the KLR but I still haven't had any rides over 60 miles on my DR650 yet so I can't say for certain. I haven't noticed much vibration at all with my DR and like I mentioned, the new KLRs have drastically reduced the vibration.
I’m thinking about getting a fail sport. Maybe a DR
Fail sport? Interesting...
You should test speed with gps, that speedo reads about 6 mph high at those speeds, just so you don't wonder why everyone is blowing by you. They still ride nice at the real speed though.
Bike would look so much better with ram adv mirrors
Agreed.