Photo: Suzuki
One of the world's biggest motorcycle shows, the so-called Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori (EICMA), officially opened its doors on Tuesday, November 5, in Milan, Italy, and most of the bike makers taking part have already detailed the goodies they have cooked up for the show. There are some strays left, though, which are just now pulling the wraps off their novelties.
The Japanese from Suzuki are part of that increasingly small list of late bloomers, as they took their sweet time in unveiling some of the rides that will take on the roads of the world starting next year. Rides that come into this world as the all-new DR-Z4S and the refreshed DR-Z4SM.
Technically part of the same breed of bikes, the two are here to serve different purposes. The DR-Z4S is by definition a dual-purpose that can be used with the same ease on both city roads and seriously challenging off-road courses, while the DR-Z4SM plays the game in the supermoto category.
Before going into what each individual bike has to offer it's worth mentioning the things they share. And that's pretty much everything, if you really think about it.
The two rides have in their newly developed steel frames the same engine, a 398cc four-stroke, liquid-cooled DOHC unit that has been revised for this application with the inclusion of a new camshaft profile, a new design for the cylinder heads, pistons, and crankcases, and new exhaust pipes.
Both bikes have been equipped with a new electronic control system called Suzuki Intelligent Ride, which provides access to a traction control system, a drive mode selector, and the off setting for the ABS.
Suzuki also gave the two DR machines an aggressive styling that's relatively similar, installed LED lights and an LCD instrument panel, and optimized tires.
Visually the bike adopts a minimalistic look, with few body parts getting in the way of seeing the bike's most important components. The Japanese will start selling the DR-Z4S as you see it in the attached gallery in April next year, for prices that are yet to be announced.
That translates, among other things, into 260 mm suspension stroke for the inverted fork and 277 mm of rear wheel travel. Both types of suspension gear will spring into action in May 2025, for prices that are still kept under wraps.
Technically part of the same breed of bikes, the two are here to serve different purposes. The DR-Z4S is by definition a dual-purpose that can be used with the same ease on both city roads and seriously challenging off-road courses, while the DR-Z4SM plays the game in the supermoto category.
Before going into what each individual bike has to offer it's worth mentioning the things they share. And that's pretty much everything, if you really think about it.
The two rides have in their newly developed steel frames the same engine, a 398cc four-stroke, liquid-cooled DOHC unit that has been revised for this application with the inclusion of a new camshaft profile, a new design for the cylinder heads, pistons, and crankcases, and new exhaust pipes.
Both bikes have been equipped with a new electronic control system called Suzuki Intelligent Ride, which provides access to a traction control system, a drive mode selector, and the off setting for the ABS.
Suzuki also gave the two DR machines an aggressive styling that's relatively similar, installed LED lights and an LCD instrument panel, and optimized tires.
2025 Suzuki DR-Z4S
The dual-purpose DR relies on a suspension system comprising an adjustable KYB inverted fork with 280 mm stroke at the front and a KYB system at the back supplying 296 mm of rear wheel travel. The suspension supports a 21-inch front and 18-inch rear wire-spoked wheel, both of them shod in IRC GP-410 dual purpose tube tires.Visually the bike adopts a minimalistic look, with few body parts getting in the way of seeing the bike's most important components. The Japanese will start selling the DR-Z4S as you see it in the attached gallery in April next year, for prices that are yet to be announced.
2025 Suzuki DR-Z4SM
The supermoto version of the bike adopts a more rugged look, and offers slightly modified gear in the way of the suspension system. Sure, we still have KY hardware in a similar configuration with the DR-Z4S, but in this case it has been tuned for sportier riding.That translates, among other things, into 260 mm suspension stroke for the inverted fork and 277 mm of rear wheel travel. Both types of suspension gear will spring into action in May 2025, for prices that are still kept under wraps.
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