Yea, dunno Andy. My E model had no kick start at all ... electric start only.
I never ran it dead, but ... you could adapt a kick start kit to that bike ... or could be your friends bike may have been the very first DRZ400 ... I "believe" the designation was DRZ400G.??
It was a kick start only bike. Same year came DRZ400E, the model I owned. Electric start only. Then a year or so later came the DRZ400S. Totally different bike, totally street set up on wiring and electrics on the S model.
Not sure if the G or E model DRZ's were sold in UK or EU. (???) Just the "S".
Great that your friends bike would run with totally dead batt.
My DR650 won't, nor with batt out of bike.
But it will bump start even if the batt has only 9 or 10V left. Dash lights won't light but engine will start! I know cause I've run my batt down several times using too much heated gear for too long. The DR650 only puts out 200W max so really inadequate. I think the DRZ puts out about the same.
I switched off heated gear and headlight and the little DR650 re-charged my batt back up enough to crank over in just 20 minutes of highway riding! Go Suzuki!
Since then I've switched to HID headlight (30W vs 55W stock) and am more careful using heated gear.
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