what qualifies as a supermoto?

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VermilionX · #11 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:40 pm

for the DR200 SE question before i sleep.

black mariah · #12 Post by **black mariah** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:51 pm

Anything can powerslide. It's not hard. You can do it on a damn bicycle. It's something little kids on 50's can do. So yes, it can powerslide.

VermilionX · #13 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:10 pm

black mariah wrote:Anything can powerslide. It's not hard. You can do it on a damn bicycle. It's something little kids on 50's can do. So yes, it can powerslide.

thanks.

it looks like if im gonna get a secondary bike, it'll be one of these...

Suzi DR200

OR

Yami XT225

black mariah · #14 Post by **black mariah** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:25 pm

The XT225 is something I've been looking at too. Very low price, and it would look dead sexy with smaller wheels and slick tires.

Mintbread · #15 Post by **Mintbread** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:17 pm

The drum brake on the back might rule the motard option out.

VermilionX · #16 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:55 am

Mintbread wrote:The drum brake on the back might rule the motard option out.

thanks mint.

but could you expand on that?

will the drum brake make powerslides harder?

black mariah · #17 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:43 am

VermilionX wrote:will the drum brake make powerslides harder?

Flattrackers powerslide without any brakes at all, so I doubt it.

MontyCarlo · #18 Post by **MontyCarlo** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:43 am

Um, Verm, those bikes you posted are not supermotos. They're just vanilla enduro bikes.

True SM bikes have sportbike wheels/tires, beefier brakes, and sometimes upgraded front forks. For example, the Suzuki DRZ-400 SM:

Note the inverted fork and the 17 inch sprotbile tires.

VermilionX · #19 Post by **VermilionX** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:45 am

MontyCarlo wrote:Um, Verm, those bikes you posted are not supermotos. They're just vanilla enduro bikes.

True SM bikes have sportbike wheels/tires, beefier brakes, and sometimes upgraded front forks. For example, the Suzuki DRZ-400 SM:

Note the inverted fork and the 17 inch sprotbile tires.

yeah i know... that's why im asking if i can ride them like a supermoto.

and regarding your example... nicky was using his supermoto on both pavement and dirt.

that suzuki doesn't look like it can handle dirt riding w/ those tires.

Mintbread · #20 Post by **Mintbread** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:57 am

VermilionX wrote:
Mintbread wrote:The drum brake on the back might rule the motard option out.
thanks mint.

but could you expand on that?

will the drum brake make powerslides harder?

I am confused by your use of the words brake and powerslide together. Powersliding is exactly that, a controlled slide, under power, exiting a corner.
Backing it in involves stomping the bike down a few gears coming into a corner and using the compression lock up to step the rear of the bike out for a tighter line through the corner.

My point about the drum brake is that you will not find 17in spoked wheels with a drum on the rear worthy of motard riding. As stated by MontyCarlo, they are full-on racing type bikes with strong frames and big suspenders.