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Home » Bike builds » 2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker

Home » Bike builds » 2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker

2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker

by Tom / Thursday, 23 July 2020 / Published in Bike builds
Suzuki DRZ400 Custom Build

2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker

 

It’s not often we take on a half project where we agree to help out with the in-between stages of the riders build. Generally Purpose Built Moto builds are done from start to finish in our workshop, at our hands. However, this DRZ400 and its owner had a different path, and anyone that knows the owner Tim knows that you can’t say no to him. 

The Bike had initially been bought for some off road trail riding, but after a couple years of that Tim wanted something a bit more fun on the streets, and so started the DRZ400 Street Tracker project. 

Suzuki DRZ400 Street Tracker

First on the list was ripping off all the plastics and re-building the wheels. Using a set of 19” excel rims, re-laced to the stock hubs then wrapped in a set of Shinko tracker Tyres. That set the mood for the project and next steps were fitting a new classic style tank, and a radiator conversion. 

I had a tank at the shop that happened to work perfectly, So I gave that to Tim for mock up in his home garage while he played with the radiator conversion. The DRZ uses an ATV radiator mounted to the frame, with a few custom fabricated brackets welded on and a set of new hoses the job was done. With all the plastics removed Tim fitted up a new Honeycomb filter that grips onto the stock intake manifold. 

Suzuki DRZ400 Custom Motorcycle

At this stage the DRZ400 was wheeled into the PBM workshop. We had a long list of jobs for this one biggest of all was the Custom subframe and exhaust. Doing away with the entire rear frame meant we had complete freedom on the seat section. The most difficult part was dealing with the a symmetrical lower mounting points on the Suzuki’s frame. With a few carefully placed bends and some specially fabricated mounting lugs, if I didn’t mention the subframe wasn’t symmetrical you probably wouldn’t notice.

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Built from 19mm Chromoly tubing and including some removable pillion peg mounts simplicity was the key to this one, and having enough seat room that Timmy could throw a chick on the back and go for a run up the beach if the mood striked.

On the seat section a flat brat seat was the request, with a simple tail light, fender and tail tidy set up. Using a small cut from a universal aluminium fender, our Orbit LED tail light and a set of E-marked Dome LED turn signals. The DRZ tail is minimal, functional and suits the bike perfectly.
Jamason from Timeless kept with this theme and turned out an all alcantara seat with some subtle red and yellow details. 

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With that done the suspension was lowered, and stiffened for a better ride on the street. The DRZ doesn’t sit as low as most Street Tracker type builds, but this was a choice from Tim to keep the bike enjoyable and comfortable to ride. 

Mounting of the tank was simple, a few custom fabricated brackets, linked to the frame via some rubber insulating mounts. Using a similar method to our Signature series Ducati build to make sure the vibration from this big single wont worry the new steel tank. Finished in a gloss black with candy fade red/yellow pinstriping and a bold silver Suzuki logo all painted in by Justin at Popbang classics. 

Suzuki DRZ400 Custom Bike

The MX pro-taper bars have been retained from the DRZ400 trackers dirt days, and tidied up with new grips. Lighting on the front end is a 5.75” Flashpoint X-type headlight, a new release from the PBM lighting range complimented with Dome LED turn signals. 

Finishing the front end was a little bit of tricky fab work. As with all dirt bikes, the DRZ was born with a high mounted plastic front fender. This meant there was no provision for a low mounted fender. Using a pair of steering damper fork clamps, and our very own Purpose Built Moto Universal fender mounting kit. We were able to fabricate up a super clean front fender, neatly fitted onto the new 19” wheels with a minimal of fuss. 

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Our final touch on the bike was the custom exhaust, a painfully simple underslung stainless steel header linked to our 41mm or 1 5/8” torpedo muffler and the job was done. The DRZ400 street tracker barks a smooth and deep note.

DRZ400 street tracker muffler

Its been a quick paced project for us, and with Tim’s help made it happen pretty smoothly. Make sure you jump on and check out the Youtube video complete with a test ride on the build. 

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Tagged under: custom motorcycles, Custom suzuki motorcycle, DRZ400, street tracker

About Tom

My purpose throughout this endeavor has been delivering the build experience to those who otherwise may not have ever had the chance. Taking an inclusive approach with your custom motorcycle project and focusing on making you a part of the experience. In parallel to this I also pour my energy into the manufacture of high quality, detail oriented and above all easy to install components for your motorcycle project.

11 Comments to “ 2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker”

  1. Eric says :Reply
    September 5, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    Probably my favorite bike you’ve built, Tom. I love the appearance of simplicity it gives on first glance, but when you look more closely, you see all of the carefully constructed details. Well done!

    1. Tom says :Reply
      September 7, 2020 at 8:13 am

      Awesome, Thanks Mate. we try to keep things interesting around here, not repeating ourselves too often.

  2. tony says :Reply
    January 20, 2021 at 5:22 am

    Super nice bike! I was wondering if you did something special do be able to remove the airbox. And where did you move the radiator tank.

    1. Tom says :Reply
      January 20, 2021 at 1:09 pm

      Hey Tony,

      The radiator mod wasnt completed here.
      The airbox runs the stock intake with an aftermarket DRZ400 filter that fits in the stock airbox.

  3. Michel Mollicone says :Reply
    February 13, 2021 at 5:42 am

    Hello Tom
    I am rebuilding mine and I am looking for a new tank.
    Would you mind telling from which Honda yours is?
    Very Nice what you did with yours.
    😉

    1. Tom says :Reply
      February 15, 2021 at 6:58 am

      Hey Mate,

      This is a generic tank I had lying around, no idea where/what bike it came from!

      1. Gav says :Reply
        July 2, 2021 at 2:05 am

        To me the tank looks like Suzy GS450, early 80’s.
        Nice bike Tom.

        1. Tom says :Reply
          July 2, 2021 at 8:18 am

          Thanks Gav, The tank I’m not sure on, we just had it around the shop!

  4. Swissfella says :Reply
    December 19, 2021 at 1:30 am

    “striked”? “struck” perhaps. Lord help us.

  5. denis john says :Reply
    November 24, 2022 at 5:04 am

    I would like to know the subframe dimensions please also which battery you used and location of battery box. thanks

    1. Tom says :Reply
      November 28, 2022 at 11:04 am

      Hey Dennis, all the info we share is in the build video and blog on our website.

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