I dunno Scotty, about the price thing in particular. You have to do a lot to a banana to make it good to ride and it all costs money, wheras most of the others are much closer to the mark. I admit, there is no such thing as a bike ready to ride straight out of the box, but a lot of them come close. Just thinking about what I put on my banana that came standard on the WRF – barkies, bashplate, small blinkers, lighter headlight (although I didn’t get the smaller version, razzm frazzm). And suspension mods, well they are not free on any bike, but I have decided that the WRF is close enough to right that I don’t have to spend anything on the suspenders, while the banana absolutely needed some attention.
It is horses for courses, but I think Suzuki are doing themselves and any potential customers a disservice by not offering a real competitor for the class leaders – whoever they may be! There is no reason they would have to stop selling DRZ’s to do that.
But, after all that, what bikes finished the Safari with bugger-all work? Banana’s, Huskies and old LC4 KTM’s. Results that speak for themselves!
