XTreme Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Alternatively...................... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Alternatively...................... Better offroad for sure, but if you throw in doing a distance or with a pillion then it loses out to the GS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, XTreme said: Better offroad for sure, but if you throw in doing a distance or with a pillion then it loses out to the GS. Agree with the pillion thing (not that I've ever got one) but disagree on the distance. I've done France , Italy, Switzerland, Spain on mine and the only place the BMW will beat the Suzuki is on fuel consumption imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, boboneleg said: Agree with the pillion thing (not that I've ever got one) but disagree on the distance. I've done France , Italy, Switzerland, Spain on mine and the only place the BMW will beat the Suzuki is on fuel consumption imo. The DR will do the distance no problem. But the general riding experience will be easier on the GS......after all, the basic F or G is more road based than the Dakar and Sertao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I've only got the Dakar to compare with personally but I've done lot of distance on my DR650 and never have I got off it feeling uncomfortable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I've only got the Dakar to compare with personally but I've done lot of distance on my DR650 and never have I got off it feeling uncomfortable. I've had the DR and the GS.......and if I was doing distance it would be the GS every time. But that's me. You may find the DR better for you though. But I'm comparing a 2015 water cooled fuel injected machine with ABS compared to a 96 DR.......so in many ways it's not a fair comparison. The DR is a brilliant machine though, and if I could buy a new one then I'd be there in a shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 The 2020 DR650 is no different whatsoever to the 1996 so I wouldn't worry about that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, boboneleg said: The 2020 DR650 is no different whatsoever to the 1996 so I wouldn't worry about that Surprised they haven't updated it to injection......I wouldn't like to go back to carbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 9 hours ago, XTreme said: Surprised they haven't updated it to injection......I wouldn't like to go back to carbs. I thought that in order to meet the new emissions regs injection was a must? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 55 minutes ago, Tango said: I thought that in order to meet the new emissions regs injection was a must? Yes.....the DR hasn't been sold in Europe for over 20 years now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Yes.....the DR hasn't been sold in Europe for over 20 years now! And very few in Portugal, too. The XT600 was king here, but I think that's because both Honda and Yamaha were much bigger brands and had much more dealership presence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Pedro said: And very few in Portugal, too. The XT600 was king here, but I think that's because both Honda and Yamaha were much bigger brands and had much more dealership presence. There's certainly more XT's for sale here than DR's, so I guess that the same is true here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 31 minutes ago, Tango said: There's certainly more XT's for sale here than DR's, so I guess that the same is true here as well. I think Yamaha France is almost viewed as it's own brand. It's immense, or at least used to be, just look at the racing they did under their own name in endurance or the Dakar. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Chink shite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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