Luggage/load: DR-Z400 vs DR650?
I've done a lot of reading and am choosing between the DR-Z400 and DR-650. The 400 is clearly lighter, which on the surface of things allows you to carry the same amount of gear a bit easier and more manageably (I'm declaring that to be a valid word.) But maybe it isn't as simple as that.
So can a DR-Z400 (with the appropriate spring rating front and rear and with appropriate load carrying racks etc installed) carry the same load as a DR650 (with the appropriate spring rating front and rear and with appropriate load carrying racks etc installed) equally as well, or can problems arise with the subframe strength and such things?
Now I hear the DR-Z400E and DR-Z400S have different subframes, does anyone have a pic comparing the two (or three if you include the DR650)?
Disclaimer: this isn't a question about the relative merits of each bike other than their load carrying capacities.
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