Biggest single cylinder production bike - Suzuki DR Big vs modern Suzuki V Strom 800DE

In this video we compare and review the 1991 DR Big / DR800S and the modern Suzuki V-Strom 800DE.

Location for this video is Surrey, England, UK.

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// A BIG THANK YOU TO
- Freddie Dobbs for riding and filming with us.
YouTube: @FreddieDobbs
- Jo Hart for filming for us.
- Suzuki Bikes UK for loaning us both of these bikes to ride.
- Lana Shimmin for shooting the photo of Alex on the Katana.
Instagram: @mybikeside
- Matthew Walsh for shooting the photo of Lana and Alex with the TL1000S.
- Alex Rollings for shooting and editing this video.
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[FreddieDobbs]

Very interesting review. And fascinating DR history with the Paris Dakar focus. A pleasure to ride with you, Alex!

[gordonsuddery]

I road a 700 DR in Malaysia when working there, what a great bike. My now wife had never been on a bike before & she Loved it too we then want & bought a Yamaha thunder race and continued to enjoy bikeing. MY best wishes to you from the Philippines ♥️💪👍😉😀😁🏁🛺🏍️🐑🇵🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[paulbiddulph]

Great review and very interesting, and I also loved Freddies ride on his channel. It was very amusing . I've watched this channel from the start and it's one of my favourites. I love your more modern classics that you've been reviewing and riding. I ride/ restore 1970s 80s Japanese bikes. I have a 1978 Honda CX500, 1981 Suzuki GSX750, and 2008 Triumph Bonneville 2008.. Great channel, and I love the direction you're taking the channel. I also like the older bikes you feature and the reviews and opinions of the lady riders. Keep up the great work, Alex

[ferkuzuel]

Grat video, The 800 dr is very beautiful. In my opinion, I think it has a lot more character than many modern adventure bikes, including the 800 v strom
Thanks for sharing

[Morrismarina]

I've owned an 800 the same as this (the red version), and currently have an 88 750 and am working on another 91 bike for a friend. My 750 came from Switzerland, my 800 from Italy, and my friend's from France: I think most of the bikes in the UK will have been imports, but the mph clocks on this blue bike certainly point to it having been a UK model from the start. I think it'd be fair to say that, in their time, these bikes were much more appreciated in mainland Europe than over here. There are a couple of things about this one that are different from any other I've seen before: as well as everything else that gives this bike its rarity, I'd go so far as to say these might possibly make it unique. The first and most visible was the absence of handguards but you accounted for this by saying you'd taken them off because they flapped (I actually fabricated a keeper to stop this happening on mine). Next, the silencers: most versions I've seen came with heat guards of one type or another (a metal hoop or a wire grille) but this one doesn't and there are no fittings to suggest it was ever meant to have them. Also, most versions had a front disc guard, but again it isn't just missing, there don't seem to be any lugs on the fork for fitting one. I guess it goes without saying that I prefer the DR, too.

[CCitis]

The big is a WAY better looking bike. I want one!!

[frugalterrier]

I have heard that the DRBig can have starter issues. My neighbour had one laid up with a bad starter clutch. He still didn’t want to sell it to me though!

[grahamsmith]

Use a high quality 3/8 or 1/4 inch drive socket of the correct size to tighten mirror, the high quality items have thin walls, the cheap tools try to make up for lower quality materials by beefing them up but then you can't get them I everywhere.

[ernier]

Who owns the BIG and is it for sale?🕊️