2008 Suzuki DR650SE Sport Bike reviews

This bike is great, I've owned a lot of different types of bikes, cruisers, sport bikes and this one is great. If traffic is bad or clogged up, I just go off road. I bought the Suzuki aftermarket gel seat as most people say the seat is not too comfortable for a long ride. It also helps with shorter people as it lowers ride height slightly. I also bought rear rack off Ebay for it. It works great and is a little bigger then the one offered by Suzuki. This bike will keep up with traffic with no problem, also, plenty of power, little squirlly in the sugar sand here with stock tires but that's to be expected. I'm averaging around 58mpg depending on how you drive. All in all, it's a great bike.

I had low expectations at first about how the bike would handle off road trails, but after putting 500 kilometers of forest and cow trails I can honestly say I'm impressed! The bike has held up excellent so far. I drive between 10000 and 15000 kilometers a year so we shall see how it holds up, but so far no disappointment. Fuel mileage is about 55-60 depending on how you drive. Power is never a problem. The cooling system works quite well and has never overheated yet. It starts up in -20c weather and runs equally well in summer. The seat leaves something to be desired if you're riding more than 100 kilometers in a day though.