my other bike is jealous

[fredkb_imp]

Hey. I am learning how to post pictures using tapatalk and thought I would practice by using some pics from my gallery on my smart phone. Here are some photos of my 2007 dr650se. It has been a great and fun commuter for my 66 mile round trip to work. I rode rain or shine during most of April through November. She can cruise pretty comfortable at 70 mph but anything over that is really wound out and very vibey. Not too comfortable for a passenger, although my girlfriend has ridden on back on some group rides of around 200 miles each. She finds the cb1100 to be way more comfortable. The bike has served me well, but the cb seems to be a better commuter and all around bike. Here are some pics of the bike.

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[HikerToo_imp]

we don't have too many off-road places in my state that I know of, so saves me from wanting or having a dual sport bike.....although they look cool.

[fredkb_imp]

Hiker Too, the dr650 ,although designed for off road use such as trails or gravel roads, is a very capable street bike and will top out at 95 mph. It is a good commuter if ridden on highways because in stock form, it will get 60 mpg. It is not too good on the interstate as it gets very stressed at 80mph or higher. It is not good for adult passengers, although it will pull them, but with light weight passengers such as kids or smaller adults it is good. I found that I rarely took it offroad and wanted a bigger street bike, smoother, able to do 80mph+ on the interstate, haul an average sized adult passenger with no strain, and pass slower cars on rural country roads in an instance because of curves, hills and short passing lanes. The cb1100 fits the bill perfectly. The dr650 is a good first bike, if the tall seat height does not intimidate you. I am 5'10" with a 32" inseam and only the fronts of my feet touch the ground. It does not take long to get used to the seat height. I cant decide whether to keep the bike or sell it so I can buy farkles for the new cb. For people that think the cb is vibey, ride a single cylinder thumper and you will appreciate how vibe free the cb is.

[rboe]

keep it.I have the XR650L, two sets of rims, one with knobbies, one with dual sport tires. Some days I want a nice torquy single thumper for the back road stuff. Scratches a different itch. Plus these bikes have little resale value so I think I'll get more out of it by keeping it. Doesn't cost all that much to keep 'em. You have a bike to get dirty if you want to ride in crap and not dirty up the CB and it's nice spare bike in case the CB is down for what ever.

[ride4now_imp]

Fredkb...i agree with rboe...keep it. I have a KLR and enjoy it for the same reasons he mentioned. And he's right...you won't get much for it. Sometimes it's nice to go bounce around in the woods... Where in Georgia do you live? Rboe, I never thought about having two sets of rims/tires? What does an extra set run?

[the Ferret]

It would be great to have such a bike to ride when the weather is crappy. I vote keep it as well.

[Rick Froscheiser_imp]

I would say keep it if you can. It would be nice to have another style of bike so you could change up the riding styles.
Ride safe my friend and enjoy

[redbirds_imp]

Make the Suzuki a keeper. I'll bet you'll regret later if you sell it.

[rboe]

I picked up an extra set off of ebay. Average price was about $170. Had to replace the bearings on one rim. Tires on all of them (assumed). Front disc is abit rusty on the front rim but I'm polishing it out the fun way - on the bike.

I should put a Kush sprocket on the dual sport rim. Same the running gear.

Back when I was reading Rider and riding a lot more than I do now there was one guy that would mail/UPS his knobbies to his destination. So he would take the road tires and bike out to his play area, swap wheels, ship them back when he was done and ride home on street tires. Always kept that little ditty in the back of my mind just for this occasion.

Same guy or someone else worked out a way to mount the extra wheels to the bike to save the shipping bit. I have not done that yet.

[ride4now_imp]

I picked up an extra set off of ebay. Average price was about $170. Had to replace the bearings on one rim. Tires on all of them (assumed). Front disc is abit rusty on the front rim but I'm polishing it out the fun way - on the bike.

I should put a Kush sprocket on the dual sport rim. Same the running gear.

Back when I was reading Rider and riding a lot more than I do now there was one guy that would mail/UPS his knobbies to his destination. So he would take the road tires and bike out to his play area, swap wheels, ship them back when he was done and ride home on street tires. Always kept that little ditty in the back of my mind just for this occasion.

Same guy or someone else worked out a way to mount the extra wheels to the bike to save the shipping bit. I have not done that yet.

Thanks!! Good info.
Talk about jealous.... here's my KLR... miles ridden last year... Less than 200.
I did 60 just this past weekend after replacing the battery which crapped out due
to non use (I have to assume...)



And my Harley...which took a backseat to the CB last year...miles ridden including
a 500 mile one way trip back to Georgia was 1200. This shot from a great trip a few years back...



I rode by CB 1300 miles last year...in 6 months of ownership. A lot for me...and as you can see...she was the WINNER!



But I like all 3... and other than trading in my '13 for a '14... I'm happy.


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