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MotoF150 wrote:The DRZ400S is 258 lbs plus it has a extreme long travel suspension, a suspension that can handle stairs, plus it has a high ground clearance, add to that a race proven Yoshy engine that that bike has the engine performance to do almost anything you want it to do, its a no-brainer! Buy a Suzuki DRZ400S!

I'm sure it's a good bike, but I don't feel I'd want to start out biking by riding up stairs... I'm sure it's not the easiest way to gain confidence on a bike --- although one might claim there will be a instant close 'bonding' going on when bike and rider tumble down the stairs closely entangled a couple of time... hell, there may even be exchange of bodily fluids! ;-)

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

if you fall off the DRZ and if it falls on you ur less likely to get hurt and the bike is light enough to pick up and if it does fall it won't harm the bike, maybe a broken turn signal lens, I mean falling off and dumping the bike is a normal learning process

MotoF150 wrote:if you fall off the DRZ and if it falls on you ur less likely to get hurt and the bike is light enough to pick up and if it does fall it won't harm the bike, maybe a broken turn signal lens, I mean falling off and dumping the bike is a normal learning process

who cares about the condition of the bike, i still wouldnt want a 300 pound bike falling on top of me. you know.. the peg could get lodged into your calf or something.

Dohun wrote:who cares about the condition of the bike, i still wouldnt want a 300 pound bike falling on top of me. you know.. the peg could get lodged into your calf or something.

What do bovines have to do with it?

My sister and her fiancee keep their bikes in their 3rd story apartment for security purposes....She told me that when they want to ride it takes them close to 2 hours to get the two ninja 250's out and down the stairs

Oh man, ramps. Im good at ramps, no Im great at ramps, at least on snowmobiles. I have the scars to prove it. And I have one word for you if you get a ramp, DUCK!. Seriously. 400lbs falling on top of you; not that much of a problem (realitively). Smashing your head on the doorframe because your trying to not have 400lbs fall on you; quite the learning experience. And make the ramp as shallow as you possible can. Just a few degrees can make a world of difference. Plus, if you have a comealong at the top of the ramp, psh, this is easy.
Once you figure this out you can move on to more advanced ramp techniques, ramps that fall off the trailer, ramps that attach to a trailer that rolls down a hill, substituting random objects for ramps, a steep hill is just as good as a ramp, ramps that go into the basement, F the Fin ramp, and the ramp that takes you up into the ER, ect.

You know, I think this may be a case where a wise beginner would do well to learn from other people's mistakes :shock:

Rather than trying to ride / push bike up stairs, I would approch it this way
Take a case of beer to your next door neighbour and the conversation should start something like this:

I was just admiring that well built garage you have there

Fathertork wrote:Rather than trying to ride / push bike up stairs, I would approch it this way
Take a case of beer to your next door neighbour and the conversation should start something like this:

I was just admiring that well built garage you have there

I bow down to your genius!

you know, I think I like the way tork thinks.