It’s not a big step to take Suzuki’s DRZ400E from being a trailbike to an adventure bike. But when someone like Vince Strang, Australia’s foremost authority on Suzuki’s DR line, elected to start with the softer ‘S’ version, we had to find out why, and whether or not the result was a good one.
The 400cc trailbike has almost disappeared from the Australian landscape. There was a time when it seemed the 400 traillie was the people’s choice. It offered good, manageable horsepower, incredible versatility and light weight.