I recently bought a DRZ400SM and am just not impressed with it. Having just come from a CBR600 I realized that I was not going to get the same performance out of this bike, but I was ready for a city bike. Problem is, for my height and weight this DRZ is just not the right answer. I thought I'd have fun after I got a full exhaust and had the suspension tuned, but that'll be a grand later and I'll still be making this 400 huff and puff to get me to smile.

I love the reliability of this bike and how easy it is to work on, and will be riding as often as the pacific northwest weather allows (which means cold and wet). I'm looking for a bike that's got impressive suspension (because of my weight), quick on the throttle (though top speed isn't my concern), and can commute 100 miles a week in the summer. I probably will never take this bike off-road so that's not an issue. I'm not super mechanical, but would like a bike that's somewhat user-friendly to work on. Not looking for a cooshy ride either, I'm after something that's fairly aggressively setup.

I've been considering the Husqvarna's and KTM's mostly for their engine size and quality of components, but have read mixed reviews on both (typical of any bike).

All advice at this point is good advice.

this is my commuter. i'm a big guy also and it hauls my largeness around just fine.

Nice bike. They seem like they're hard to come by up here though.

idk about where you are. i'm in the seattle area and taskys metric in everett is the local dealer for them so it made it an option for me.

schrode, on 29 May 2012 - 11:44 AM, said:

Oh yeah, I was more talking used. I just don't see a whole lot of them for sale around here (Portland).

WolfTroutCobra, on 29 May 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

gotcha.



how much you lookin' to spend? ever consider TM? there's a pretty sick one here.

http://www.taskysmet...e.com/id53.html

Edited by schrode, 29 May 2012 - 05:09 PM.