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Managed 5 minutes on the DR350 around the empty pub car park next to home, a few days ago. It was mostly figure of 8’s and making a learner driver misjudge their bay parking practice. In 5 minutes nothing fell off and nothing sounded back, but trying to get any higher than second gear at such low revs really drilled home why they call these things thumpers! Agonising that I can’t go out-out on it.
All the same it was good to have 5 minutes feeling it out. Felt super high (in a good way), nimble, and easy to flick into tight turns. Compared to the GN’s rear drum and small from disc, the DR’s discs felt crazy strong - as soon as I applied pressure the bike halted. Had to put it back in the shed before the temptation to tear it down the road became too strong.
In the mean time put a few more miles on the GN125. It’s performing relatively consistently and sits at 60mph no stress. On a long flat road without incredibly aggressive shifting it was creeping past 65mph, but the vibrations were pretty strong.
In real terms riding was much more enjoyable at 40mph on narrow potholed country roads, than 50-60 on main roads.