Suzuki DR200

[Ausfahrt]

This '08 DR200 followed me home a few days ago. My wife is out of town so there was no one around to stop me. It was an inexpensive impulse purchase but the bike runs great and has low miles.

After many years of riding liter bikes it does seem gutless but it has a certain charm to it and I like it. It's simple and inexpensive to maintain and a good learning platform for new riders. I buy and sell bikes regularly but this one may stick around a while.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

I had a Yamaha XT225 for years. Great little bike for zipping around the small town I lived in and bombing the gravel roads.

 

[dnewton3]

Nice find!

I've had several dual sport bikes over the years; KLR, XR and a DR. Of those, the DR-650 was my favorite. Your newest find looks like a great starter ride.

 

[Hirev]

Nice I always like to keep a dual sport motorcycle around in the collection. My current one is a CRF250L.

 

[Ausfahrt]

Nice I always like to keep a dual sport motorcycle around in the collection. My current one is a CRF250L.

That CRF250L is a keeper.

 

[DCDG]

This '08 DR200 followed me home a few days ago. My wife is out of town so there was no one around to stop me. It was an inexpensive impulse purchase but the bike runs great and has low miles.

After many years of riding liter bikes it does seem gutless but it has a certain charm to it and I like it. It's simple and inexpensive to maintain and a good learning platform for new riders. I buy and sell bikes regularly but this one may stick around a while.

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those are the best bikes to have a little bit of street mix in a bit of trail its the way i'd go about it. I still may get a Yamaha TW200 one of these days. I just need to grow a pair to ride 2 wheels in the myrtle beach area.

 

[IndyIan]

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This '08 DR200 followed me home a few days ago. My wife is out of town so there was no one around to stop me. It was an inexpensive impulse purchase but the bike runs great and has low miles.

After many years of riding liter bikes it does seem gutless but it has a certain charm to it and I like it. It's simple and inexpensive to maintain and a good learning platform for new riders. I buy and sell bikes regularly but this one may stick around a while.

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Nice little bike! Are you going to do some trails with it? We've got a '09 CRF230F and its fun to do some low speed off roading, picking your way through a section, over a log, snake through the trees around a mud hole. kind of like a cross between off roading with a jeep, and trials.
The low seat height makes them easy to save too if one end slides too much. I've ridden a 2019 CRF250L and while its much much better on the road, the extra height and weight made me feel dumping it much more likely.
There have been a couple CRF230L's come up for sale, or a XT225 which have been tempting.

 

[Passport1]

Wish I could still ride.