Mackman141
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Been to all 49 states. Put 43,000 miles on my HD in 3 years. Based out out of philadelphia.
Who rides motorcycles?
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Been to all 49 states. Put 43,000 miles on my HD in 3 years. Based out out of philadelphia.
TractorTYMe
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Just sold my 1983 Honda XL600R
THEN I picked up a brand spankin new 2025 Suzuki DRZ4S......and I LOVE IT. It putters and tractors around even better than the old venerable XL600R did.
THEN I picked up a brand spankin new 2025 Suzuki DRZ4S......and I LOVE IT. It putters and tractors around even better than the old venerable XL600R did.
Bocephous
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Love that old school XL. How does the 4S compare power-wise?
Bocephous
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From today's errand running...
This last pic is of the house I grew up in. My grandmother gave my parents 115 acres and my dad half built this log home. Some stuff he couldn't do, but he did a lot of it. The landscaping is much different. I grew up sniping woodchucks, riding horses and dirtbikes and exploring all 450ish acres of the combined family acres in that one location. I only live about a mile or so away now on property from my dad's side of the family.
I took the big XR up our mountain on logging trails for the first time when I got home. Pics were too large for posting here. Could definitely feel the weight coming down what are in my estimation 40 degree rock strewn trails.
This last pic is of the house I grew up in. My grandmother gave my parents 115 acres and my dad half built this log home. Some stuff he couldn't do, but he did a lot of it. The landscaping is much different. I grew up sniping woodchucks, riding horses and dirtbikes and exploring all 450ish acres of the combined family acres in that one location. I only live about a mile or so away now on property from my dad's side of the family.
I took the big XR up our mountain on logging trails for the first time when I got home. Pics were too large for posting here. Could definitely feel the weight coming down what are in my estimation 40 degree rock strewn trails.
scootr
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Nice pictures !
TractorTYMe
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Stock for stock the XL is good for up to 100Mph and the DRZ4S tops out at about 81Mph. But on forest service and single track it absolutely tractors away. They're about the same weight give or take. But the DRZ4S seems like a nimbler bike by far. And I get 65Mpg easy on it, where the XL did 50-55Mpg
scootr
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Congrats on the new bike. She's a beauty. The DRZ will probably last as long as your Honda did with long service intervals and good gas mileage making it an economical choice. The only thing I don't like about it is it's weight 331 pounds. Like the Honda Rally 339 pounds these are heavy on the single track trails and ultimately why I opted for the Husky at 244 pounds. I'm too old to be picking up those big bikes...
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BackRoad
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Can you kindly define what "tractors away" means from a performance perspective? It may be an attribute that is appealing.
I had a 70's Honda 360 road bike for several years that was tame, but also used to ride my brother's early '70s Husky 400, which you had to maintain your focus when riding and it was temperamental.
Now I'm more interested in looking at what I'm passing, rather than trying to reach a destination.
My interests now are puttering gravel backroads, old paths and abandoned farms at 8 mph and low RPMs rather than 60 mph, screaming RPMs and just trying to find the line...
Bocephous
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You've just described precisely what I bought my XR650L to do. A DR650S would be another fine candidate. If you prefer fuel injection over a carb:
CRF300L
KLX300
DRZ4S
