hi! i'm going to buy a drzS as second bike (i own a xl600 scrablered) and as training bike for my gf. yours is stock? everyone talk about the 3x3+jet, is so useful? 'cause i read that the drzE has a totaly different cyl-head and carb, but is very difficult to find one here in italy. what's your suggestion? i'm coming from 2strokes so the last thing i wanna buy is an heavy-flat power-bike.... thanks mate! great wheelies! (do you use rear brake?) cheers
Hey man, I'd definitely recommend Drz400's to anybody! Mine is a DRZ400-S and I love it. Everything on mine is stock except for the exhaust, none of the mods that people talk about have been done to it yet, I just never got around to doing it, maybe I will at some point soon. I can't tell you about the DRZ400E as I'm unsure if that's the case or not. I think a lot of 4 stroke Thumpers will feel a little bit flat on power compared to 2-strokes, as 2-strokes have the powerband, but once you get used to it you'll be just fine. I do use the back break, but only when I'm going for long balance point wheelies. When they're below the balance point (like in the video) there's really no risk of flipping the bike and so there's no reason for me to use the back break. I hope this helps in some way, but upload some videos of the DRZ if you get one!! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@Blakefulable MANY THANKS for your kind and helpful answer!! i'll do, meanwhile i've uploaded the uphill on a ski resort with my oldie XL600 husqvarna-scrablered and tkc tyres, not easy but what an achievement!! than i broke the left carter, shit!... cheers mate, good full throttle
What's it called when a bike can wheelie without jerking it back? I have to do that too on my 400sm but on my k6gsxr1000 it would wheelie just rollin in on the throttle.
@@benjaminfrankliniii9857 jerking it back doesnt negate power wheelie or not. a power wheelie doesn't use the clutch. thats it. you jerk back on the bars or compress the front shock to use the rebound to help bring the front tire up. using spring rebound IS THE CORRECT way to wheelie any bike. both for power wheelies or clutch ups, heavy bikes or light.
@@benjaminfrankliniii9857 What The Barbeque Authority wrote. The only difference between a normal wheelie and a power wheelie, is just not using the clutch. Using the power itself with body positioning/tugs to bring the front up. It's EXTREMELY recommended on bikes like this. When you tug it, you're not just using bodyweight to bring it up, the throttle does most of the 'heavy lifting', the tug just assists in shifting body weight at the right time to not have to burn your clutch from a bunch of wheelies. If anything, I'd always recommend power wheelies over normal clutched ones. Also, it doesn't require tugging it up to wheelie in 2nd gear, in which you can then clutchless shift into 3rd/4th/5th and keep it going for as long as you want. Much more beneficial.
@@Blakefulable I came here to ask this. I am able to ride one out in 2nd pretty well, but have trouble going tup to third and continuing the wheelie. I’m fact, I have actually switched to third on accident twice and looped the bike both times. (Still learning to use rear brake, was thinking of getting a hand brake). Any suggestions??
Nice video man. Question, do you have to compress the forks and yank the bars to lift the front wheel in third? Would be cool if you could make a tutorial explaining your technnique in different gears
Hey man thanks, I appreciate that! As for the wheelies on the DRZ, I can ask my buddy if I can borrow his DRZ to film a video on them but my DRZ got stolen a couple of months ago. :| With wheelies, depending on the gear, my method changes.. in 2nd gear I can just accelerate and not put any weight in the handlebars (except what I need to hold onto them / pull the throttle back), with third it's pretty much the same except a well timed 'tug' with a slight shift of actual body weight backwards too (all just relys on timing to make the front end come up). 4th gear power wheelies needs a lot more of a stern tug, and a pretty substantial shift in bodyweight at the same time to help the front up, and as for stand up wheelies in 5th gear, just a solid bounce on the suspension mixed with pulling the throttle back at the right time and the front will rise nicely. I'll definitely get a DRZ wheelie video done for the DRZ as soon as possible, probably within a couple of weeks. I'll try to go into detail as much as I can regarding the slight differences between the different methods. :) Safe riding mate!!
Indicator cancel button :) When I was doing my test, I saw a bunch of videos that said to get into the habbit of turning your indicators off every time you change gear just to make sure you don't leave it on for your test, and to this day it's just muscle-memory'd into my head haha. Whether I'm in a wheelie or riding normally, I always find myself pressing it for no reason on any bike I ride. :P
Yes, I've ridden 4 DRZs in my life, 3 of them (including mine) were completely stock, not a single thing changed (although my one did have an aftermarket exhaust) but the difference in power was un-noticable. They all felt identical and wheelies perfectly the same as all the others. 4th gear power wheelies (with good technique) and 5th gear stand up wheelies. If people tell you otherwise, they just can't wheelie.
Those are some pretty nice wheelies. I want to get a drz.
What sprockets do you have in the back and front?
hi! i'm going to buy a drzS as second bike (i own a xl600 scrablered) and as training bike for my gf. yours is stock? everyone talk about the 3x3+jet, is so useful? 'cause i read that the drzE has a totaly different cyl-head and carb, but is very difficult to find one here in italy. what's your suggestion? i'm coming from 2strokes so the last thing i wanna buy is an heavy-flat power-bike.... thanks mate! great wheelies! (do you use rear brake?) cheers
Hey man, I'd definitely recommend Drz400's to anybody! Mine is a DRZ400-S and I love it. Everything on mine is stock except for the exhaust, none of the mods that people talk about have been done to it yet, I just never got around to doing it, maybe I will at some point soon. I can't tell you about the DRZ400E as I'm unsure if that's the case or not. I think a lot of 4 stroke Thumpers will feel a little bit flat on power compared to 2-strokes, as 2-strokes have the powerband, but once you get used to it you'll be just fine. I do use the back break, but only when I'm going for long balance point wheelies. When they're below the balance point (like in the video) there's really no risk of flipping the bike and so there's no reason for me to use the back break. I hope this helps in some way, but upload some videos of the DRZ if you get one!! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@Blakefulable MANY THANKS for your kind and helpful answer!! i'll do, meanwhile i've uploaded the uphill on a ski resort with my oldie XL600 husqvarna-scrablered and tkc tyres, not easy but what an achievement!! than i broke the left carter, shit!... cheers mate, good full throttle
What's it called when a bike can wheelie without jerking it back? I have to do that too on my 400sm but on my k6gsxr1000 it would wheelie just rollin in on the throttle.
Power wheelie. Not recommended. With a heavy bike like this
@@benjaminfrankliniii9857 jerking it back doesnt negate power wheelie or not. a power wheelie doesn't use the clutch. thats it. you jerk back on the bars or compress the front shock to use the rebound to help bring the front tire up. using spring rebound IS THE CORRECT way to wheelie any bike. both for power wheelies or clutch ups, heavy bikes or light.
@@benjaminfrankliniii9857 What The Barbeque Authority wrote. The only difference between a normal wheelie and a power wheelie, is just not using the clutch. Using the power itself with body positioning/tugs to bring the front up. It's EXTREMELY recommended on bikes like this. When you tug it, you're not just using bodyweight to bring it up, the throttle does most of the 'heavy lifting', the tug just assists in shifting body weight at the right time to not have to burn your clutch from a bunch of wheelies. If anything, I'd always recommend power wheelies over normal clutched ones.
Also, it doesn't require tugging it up to wheelie in 2nd gear, in which you can then clutchless shift into 3rd/4th/5th and keep it going for as long as you want. Much more beneficial.
Hi mate did you use clutch when changing gear in the air ? 😃
Nope :) Clutch-less shifting during all my wheelies.
@@Blakefulable I came here to ask this. I am able to ride one out in 2nd pretty well, but have trouble going tup to third and continuing the wheelie.
I’m fact, I have actually switched to third on accident twice and looped the bike both times. (Still learning to use rear brake, was thinking of getting a hand brake).
Any suggestions??
Nice video man.
Question, do you have to compress the forks and yank the bars to lift the front wheel in third?
Would be cool if you could make a tutorial explaining your technnique in different gears
Hey man thanks, I appreciate that! As for the wheelies on the DRZ, I can ask my buddy if I can borrow his DRZ to film a video on them but my DRZ got stolen a couple of months ago. :| With wheelies, depending on the gear, my method changes.. in 2nd gear I can just accelerate and not put any weight in the handlebars (except what I need to hold onto them / pull the throttle back), with third it's pretty much the same except a well timed 'tug' with a slight shift of actual body weight backwards too (all just relys on timing to make the front end come up). 4th gear power wheelies needs a lot more of a stern tug, and a pretty substantial shift in bodyweight at the same time to help the front up, and as for stand up wheelies in 5th gear, just a solid bounce on the suspension mixed with pulling the throttle back at the right time and the front will rise nicely.
I'll definitely get a DRZ wheelie video done for the DRZ as soon as possible, probably within a couple of weeks. I'll try to go into detail as much as I can regarding the slight differences between the different methods. :) Safe riding mate!!
@@Blakefulable Hey man many thanks for that info.
Gutted to hear your bike got stolen :(
Hopefully you'll be back on two wheels soon man.
what is the button you keep hitting on left handle bars?
Indicator cancel button :) When I was doing my test, I saw a bunch of videos that said to get into the habbit of turning your indicators off every time you change gear just to make sure you don't leave it on for your test, and to this day it's just muscle-memory'd into my head haha. Whether I'm in a wheelie or riding normally, I always find myself pressing it for no reason on any bike I ride. :P
R u popping the clutch or just throttle work
Power wheelies as the title suggests, no clutch involved :)
Will the drz power wheelie stock?
Yes, I've ridden 4 DRZs in my life, 3 of them (including mine) were completely stock, not a single thing changed (although my one did have an aftermarket exhaust) but the difference in power was un-noticable. They all felt identical and wheelies perfectly the same as all the others. 4th gear power wheelies (with good technique) and 5th gear stand up wheelies. If people tell you otherwise, they just can't wheelie.