Nice video. You can tell you guys are having fun and not taking it all too seriously. I ride with a friend who is a DR650 fan. That bike will go anywhere.
Awesome video. i don't own a DR but I'm glad I didn't listen to the nay sayers telling me the dr is no good offoad as though it will fall apart on the first trail. I'm a good rider so I have been more worried about the Dr's resilience when being pushed hard offroad but it seems to be able to take a beating quite well:)
they are heavy but they won't fall apart and are fine for most kinds of moderate dirt riding with the right tires, but you definitely want to fix the suspension if you are going to go hard at anything.
This is a great video. Makes me want to buy a DR650 again which was my very first off-road motorcycle. Now i'm an orange rider and the amount of money i've thrown at them is ridiculous. If i kept that very first DR650 i bought in 2004, i'd have a house by now... lol.
Did you guys ever try out the the yamaha xt225/serow for this kinda terrain? It unbelievably easy to ride! it has a low seat also and a SOHC 2 valve engine for low down torque which just pulls and pulls and pulls a..... :-P The low seat is great if traction is lost. Really good bike for the trials type of trails.
for the price we all reckon they are awesome bikes. but our mob think its about 90% rider, 10% bike, so while the DR650 is a heavy old fashioned bike, in the hands of a good rider it will never be far behind katos and the like (in my humble opinion)
Nice video. You can tell you guys are having fun and not taking it all too seriously. I ride with a friend who is a DR650 fan. That bike will go anywhere.
Motoriley 1 month ago
Awesome video. i don't own a DR but I'm glad I didn't listen to the nay sayers telling me the dr is no good offoad as though it will fall apart on the first trail. I'm a good rider so I have been more worried about the Dr's resilience when being pushed hard offroad but it seems to be able to take a beating quite well:)
marketgooroo 1 month ago
@marketgooroo
they are heavy but they won't fall apart and are fine for most kinds of moderate dirt riding with the right tires, but you definitely want to fix the suspension if you are going to go hard at anything.
secretgardenproject 1 month ago
This is a great video. Makes me want to buy a DR650 again which was my very first off-road motorcycle. Now i'm an orange rider and the amount of money i've thrown at them is ridiculous. If i kept that very first DR650 i bought in 2004, i'd have a house by now... lol.
yautja898 3 months ago
@yautja898 and you get almost twice the bike with the DR compared to a KTM, at least if you go by the weight
secretgardenproject 3 months ago
Sweet video. The old DR650 will surprise a lot of people as to where they can go.
Katana1100s 4 months ago
A herd of paddle footers and a good rider or two.
505197 8 months ago
Did you guys ever try out the the yamaha xt225/serow for this kinda terrain? It unbelievably easy to ride! it has a low seat also and a SOHC 2 valve engine for low down torque which just pulls and pulls and pulls a..... :-P The low seat is great if traction is lost. Really good bike for the trials type of trails.
FunkyMonkMan 9 months ago
Cool video!
FunkyMonkMan 9 months ago
for the price we all reckon they are awesome bikes. but our mob think its about 90% rider, 10% bike, so while the DR650 is a heavy old fashioned bike, in the hands of a good rider it will never be far behind katos and the like (in my humble opinion)
secretgardenproject 10 months ago
i cant tell in your videos if your baggin on the dr or being serious bout how awesome it is
bandguy360 10 months ago