im toying with using my DRZ400 for commuting

[y2blade]

as ive just sold my old workhorse (Audi 80 TDI)

sorely tempted to start using the DRZ400 for work (its a 40 min round trip that is mostly country roads untill the last stretch into town),this summers been so wet ive hardly ridden on the road (the DRZ is my greenlaner with knobbies fitted i have used it alot over the summer playing about off road)


tempted to get some semi road use tyres ,i have all the wet weather gear for offroading so i guess i might just give it a go see how miserable it is

[rsv gone!]

I've been looking at hacks for the winter commute. I've used the bike all summer and going back to a 30 minute longer commute in the car is quite a hardship. I'll continue to use the R1 until the salt goes down.

[y2blade]

rsv gone! said:

I've been looking at hacks for the winter commute. I've used the bike all summer and going back to a 30 minute longer commute in the car is quite a hardship. I'll continue to use the R1 until the salt goes down.

ive still got my Volvo T5 but i dont want to rack the miles up onit as its lower than Avg at the moment and i plan on selling it on in spring for something newer/quicker

[Stig]

Brave man

I had a DRZ400S until recently. I used it a few times on my commute (about 50 miles each way). The seat is like a razor and I got fed up filling with petrol every day!

Good for wheelies though

[y2blade]

Stig said:

Brave man

I had a DRZ400S until recently. I used it a few times on my commute (about 50 miles each way). The seat is like a razor and I got fed up filling with petrol every day!

Good for wheelies though

i find it pretty comfy actually ive ridden it for 100mile round trips before now and no problems

guess ive got an iron butt

as for the wheelies...me and g/f rode it to thruxton on sunday (for the touring cars) to avoid the traffic jams (my fireblade is SORN'd)...yep it wheelies ok

but then i knew that already

[podman]

Go for it..I used to commute on my old Kawasaki KMX200(remember them?) , for several years,complete with the most agressive but road legal knobbly tyres on it.Pirelli Mt's i think..depending on the roads they can be an ideal tool for the job.

Bloody thing was quicker to 70MPH than my saph cossie I had at the time, that used to surprise the boy racers a lot..

[y2blade]

me on my way to work,going past the schoolbus queue

[y2blade]

brrrrrrrrrr prob going to scrap that idea

its bloody freezing out there this morning...3 Degs and frosty when i left home

[rsv gone!]

y2blade said:

brrrrrrrrrr prob going to scrap that idea

its bloody freezing out there this morning...3 Degs and frosty when i left home

Gayer.


(It was a bit nippy this morning. Still, rather cold fingers and an extra 30 mins in bed.)

[y2blade]

rsv gone! said:

y2blade said:

brrrrrrrrrr prob going to scrap that idea

its bloody freezing out there this morning...3 Degs and frosty when i left home

Gayer.


(It was a bit nippy this morning. Still, rather cold fingers and an extra 30 mins in bed.)

we'll see what monday brings