First bike, a rather unorthodox introduction to 2 wheeled motoring.
Bought cheap from a beakers, devoid of ignition or clocks. Starting
involved lifting the seat, and shorting out the started relay with a
spanner! A friend managed to drop the bike at moderate speed in a car
park the day I collected the bike, but this was the only time it
went down in my ownership. Fashioned a new dash at work, and starting
could now be done with a key. After passing a 3-day direct access
course on a Kawasaki ER5, which felt tiny and gutless, the DR felt
like a proper bike. The original exhaust fell off, so I fabricated
a new stainless silencer, which gave it a nice low throaty voice.
Was remarkably competent, and good for 2-up work, and with 2 large
fuel tanks, had a very good range. Was also a huge amount of fun o
ff-road, although very hard work, as 2 KTM’s will testify, seeing
me sweating and toiling up a rocky climb, which they breezed up.
I can say that should decide to trap a digit in a moto-cross jack-up stand,
you may wish to select a slightly lighter bike than a DR750. As the X-ray shows,
I put a nice break in my thumb, which kept me off the bike for a couple of weeks.
What looks like a large piece of metal inserted in my wrist is in fact just a cuff-link...
