2002 April
San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.
27°17'14.02" N 112°54'02.49" W
Joe Barker, 1973 ISDT gold medalist at age 17, ponders whether this rig could form the basis for a new ISDT Senior Class.
Sr. Hackney, were your DRZ's of the S or E variety? I'm pondering the purchase of an E and making it street legal. A friend had one and it was a good bike.
I've had both at the same time of various vintages.
If you live in a state that has tough licensing requirements, such as CA, the S is much easier to deal with in that regard. CA checks the VIN number to see if the bike qualifies. Recent vintage Es do not.
We always stripped off everything we could from the S models, added an aftermarket shock, fork kit, etc. By the time we were done the S was still heavier than the E, but not by much. IIRC, we got one S down to within ~10lbs of a stock E.