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I live in Maine. I think I just saw your seat go passed my kitchen window.

Dude i'm all over this !!!!

I'm sorry you're poor but I love your poverty builds. Promise me if you ever make it big, that you'll keep doing this for the rest of us. Sincerely, The Poors.

Thank you for doing stuff that people want to see instead of the new latest most expensive thing out there

One of my favorite dirt bike channels, keep it up man!

Gabe, I wouldn't care much about a DR200 video if it wasn't someone like you standing on the foot-pegs. You are a talented rider with decent mechanical skills and a lot of heart. You are riding a super-affordable old scooter that would otherwise be completely inadequate for the challenge. You have a compelling story and shoot good video. You also tell your story well. I am happy to do what little I have to help. Best wishes, good luck & Die Trying ! -Dave Martin

I've just learned that you can buy a brand new 2020 DR200S at a dealership. The bike's been in production since 1996 lol

As a owner of a dr200 i see it as a good idea ya its kinda heavy but the thing is a tank and in the right hands can woop some serious ass

I'm so pumped about this build!!! Thank you for all the effort you're putting into creating content even through tough times!

This channel does not get the attention it deserves. Great content! Keep it coming!

I AM THAT ONE PERSON!!!!

Love this video! Glad to see you back and I hope 2020 starts to treat you a little bit better.

I love your videos! The transition of this bike is incredible. I wish you a very good luck for the race! If you're still struggling for the apartment... I am 1000% sure that your channel will grow BIG so if any of your friends can help you for a few months, that would be a big step in your KZfaq/racing career.

So happy to see your content again. Can't wait for the next vid. Hope your life is getting back to normal.

FINALLY! You are my new favourite dirtbike channel. Keep the great content coming! 💪🏾

This is by far the most entertaining and hilarious video I have seen all FREAKING MONTH (saw this at the end of November). I would watch this kind of content over a full Yamaha trail build everyday, no question!!! Definitely picking up a shirt brother. sorry about your struggles, hang in there!

Excellent as always Gabe, in a Venn diagram of competent riders, great riding footage, down to earth mechanical experience and ability and great videography there is you and no one I enjoy as much watching. All the best as always from Aus :)

Glad to see you back on youtube ! You should do a in depth series about all you did to your DR200, weight savings, carb tuning and all would give you many additional videos out of the same project so little investment besides time. Keep it up man !

I love your honesty. And your humor. Letting a motor breath better always makes a noticeable difference. Thanks for the video. Keep it up and good luck

Missed you man. welcome back

Gabe ,Sorry I did not see this earlier..Love your content and I am excited to see more. I will be praying for things to turn around in your personal life so you can get back to Torture test magazine....keep the faith, things will get better Buddy.

You are like that Into the Wild guy that took off to live in Alaska wilderness alone with a pair of flip flops and a Starbucks gift card to live.

You go man! Proud owner here! Can't wait for the technical video.

This is awesome man! Well done. I can't wait to see the rest!

I love your video’s and hope things will get better for you 💪🏻

Cheers from Portugal. I had 1990 Dr 350 and it was a great bike. Keep posting. Thank you

Your channel's awesome! Good luck in your race ✊

Wondered where you went. Enjoy your videos, keep them coming!

Been hanging for this vid...now hanging for the actual race 😂 Keep it up mate!

It’s hard to see a great content content creator fall on hard times. I hope everything pans out with your personal life, I’ll continue to watch every video you put out like and comment. Keep up the good content, the race to the top is easy if you don’t look back

That was actually really interesting. Those old 4 strokes trail bikes can become amazing machines once some key components are modified. I’d love to try out this DR!

As a Yamaha XT225 rider, I can't wait to see how you redeemed the front forks. I need all the help I can get.

COVID19 has hit the majority of us very hard, it is tragic times for adults (most parents hide from our children just how different this pandemic has made things). I am glad to see you keeping your spirits high, and great to see that your supporters stood behind you and helped you get your bike going. My build of my 1998 Kawasaki KLX300 got stalled in all this Pandemic shut down. I just cannot pull in the finances. I am tuned in and cannot wait to see more videos upcoming. I have always enjoyed your content. I loved the original video of you racing the DR200 when you first posted it. Best wishes. Keep it up. Hang in there. #PositiveVibes

This was a great video, just acquired my late uncles DR200 Djebel here in Northern Ireland, may think about these mods, doing more in depth videos of all mods?

love your videos bro!

Another awesome build!! I love seeing bikes that people over look being pushed past the point of what people say they can do. Keep up the great vids!! Ps i bought an xr250R because of your other vids . Thank you 🤙🏻

Absolutely love your videos! Thanks for all the inspiration...

This is gonna be so awesome! Good luck at GH!

stoked to see a new vid from you! this is great!

Great video and hopefully you will see lots of KTM tears on race day! I’m an old man with old bikes (1984 kdx200 ,1991 xr250l) who just putts around nowadays, no racing for me. Good luck, God speed and Cheers 🍻

I have an Xr200r and appreciate you putting the time in on a small bore bike!

Hell yeah brother!! cant wait to see the race

Grabbed some merch and am thinking mugs would make great Christmas presents for my dualsport riding group ;)

How did I just find this channel?! I love it! This is the kinda stupid stuff my group of friends do.

Awesome video. Sorry to hear life is kicking your ass this year. New subscriber.

This dudes got heart ❤️. keep it going man, absolutely love the videos.

Your experience is amazing. Congratulations, you simply inspired me. I have a DR125 and now I dream at all this fun. Thanks.

Freaking hilarious! THANK YOU! I think it's a great idea. I don't want a shirt but I'll send a donation

Love how you thrash on these old bikes showing that skills can cover a lot of ground and any bike can be a blast. Also enjoy the discussion on the tweaks, mods and repairs that wake up or restore these bikes. Not sure there are a lot of KTM tears being spilled though lol.

Great content dude! subbed

The mystery of the lost seat is hilarious!

The DR200 was my first bike just a few years ago. That being said, this video was hilarious. I'm excited to see what other content you can come up with here!!

I think your audience loves the really technical stuff we really enjoy absorbing all the knowledge you have to offer. I love your videos because of how in detail you go!! You’re the reason why I bought a xr250r!!!! Greatest bike ever picked it up for $1000 best deal ever

Seriously i have never saw a video of someone speaking for straight 30 min but i saw u bruh loved it u have earned my subscription

I clicked on this for the heck of it. Dam it's quite informative. I didn't know the DR200 had them kind of balls. Keep up the good work.

Great content. Lets see that suspension tune video !

Love your videos! Keep going man!

Definitely going to be more reliable than a KTM! KZfaq just recommended your channel. Not sure why I haven’t seen it before, but I love this channel. Cheap bikes are a blast! Hopefully you do some street legal stuff as well. Subscribed.

Somehow I never knew or heard of your list of parts. Goes to say a fair amount of people who are hugely interested in your content did not even know about this list. Your content is so refreshing. I hope to ride with you one day. I am sure many on your channel would love to ride with you. I hope you can do what @eveRide is doing.

Really enjoyed this! Thanks Gabe

Great vid dude! Shred that lil 200, love it!

This is great!!! Thanks for putting out these vids!

Hey Man, love the videos and I'm a big fan of this stuff. I'm thinking of doing the 24 hour race(Ironman) at Glenn Helen but treating it more of a 10 hour track day. I Just did my first desert race this year, Vegas to Reno BITD on a Yamaha. I ride a KTM but maybe I'll see you out there.

I'm the one person who wants to know the exact details on everything you did with the forks....subscribed. Thank you! Great vid. I will look for it....

You're a riot bro, loved your sense of humor, thx!

I am one of those interested in the work of the suspension of the DR 200. One of my favorite channels!

YESSSS!!!!! So pumped for this!!!! Go for it Gabe!

I love crappy slow bikes, and I really enjoyed this video, the fact that the race you did with it completely stock resulted in many over takes is really impressive too

Hi Gabe, awesome video once again, your content is so good. Question about your carb: was your new flat slide carb the same diameter as the original one? How would you make a carburetor fit into an intake manifold which is too big for it? Looking at installing a 28mm flat slide on my '86 dr250 which came stock with a 34mm CV. I'm using your videos as a guide in a way haha. Cheers, greetings from NZ

I will sound melodramatic... But it is what it is. Your video made me think about a lot of things. I feel like I have to write them, like I feel the urge of writing them even tho I don't usually comment much on KZfaq. First, I was not warned that you had new content by KZfaq and it it a freggin shame ( on both my channels). You put out quality content and you deserve more recognition my man! I was excited to see that you had new videos and I am not dissapointed after watching... WOW it's a good channel. Watching this video... I always knew you were the underdog kind of person and realized you had your fair share of challenges and pitfall before but I just realized this time that some people just have a ton of resiliance it's crazy. You are this kind of person. It's admirable and you inspire me a lot. I had some set back lately, I moved, I didn't had the chance to keep the same kind of quality job as before. Ultimately after a summer of posting videos and discovering my passion for putting content for other to enjoy without gaining anything else than thumbs up back... I had to sell the DRZ. I couldn't afford it anymore. My dad bought me an old SP250 so I can ride with him in the trails near his cottage and I see a lot of your DR in this bike... I ride with the boys with 450's and KTM and they can't believe how well the little bike fly with me on it. I started putting SP250 content and realized that people dont care much about the bike you are riding as long as you stay entertaining. I was looking for a 250X or an older KTM lately (without the money... I was more checking them on craigslist to hurt myself just a little more) But your little project just gave me a second breath. I think I will stay on the old trashy SP for a while. Maybe you didn't think about helping somebody with your video but you actually helped me. It made me feel better. That's pretty freggin cool from a motorcycle channel! Keep up the good work.

I can't wait for the actual build videos!

I'd be offended by your review of the DR, but your content and your massive balls are just too impressive. I'll just say that it sounds like your specific DR was pretty dumpy already, and there are some very cost effective modifications (free/sub $500) you can make to immensely improve most aspects of the DR200. But you already know that at any rate, so I'll just say kudos to you, sir. - DR200 owner and thrasher Also, keep up the great work man. Sorry to hear about your troubles this year, wish I would have seen this video sooner.

This makes me want to poverty build a sleeper Dr200.

Proof that Honor lives in Trollville. Best of luck Warrior. We're with you.

I'M THAT ONE PERSON!!! I liked, subscribed and now I'm commenting to tell you I'm waiting with bated breath for the technical video of exactly what you did. I want to know exactly what you did. I just got a beta alp 200 (same motor as your DR) and I needs to dig it up.

The engine in the DR 200 has been around for a very long time, in the late 80's these were very snappy little bikes. But like you said Suzuki slapped the eco friendly stuff on there and corked it up good and proper. My mate had 1989 Dr200 and it went quite well. Nice work on finding the key needed to unlocking its true potential.

You should test the new crf250f or klx300r, id love to see how those rip in the right hands

200cc 4 stroke at 275 lbs?! Jesus man you make any bike look badass

Cool stuff man love the 88dr 200 i got wanna hit that suspension tune

Great videos. Would like to see carb mods and fork build, in detail. Please!😁

We want to see you on a DRZ 400 !! you are a beast man xD

You have done some great work with the small bores. I love my XR200R.

Keep the videos coming

Great vids keep it up

This is gonna be so epic! Dr200 to the win

Please take the KDX 200 out and decimate the competition!

This is incredible!!! Love it! I’m a poor bastard just like you Brother and really enjoyed watching you crush all those rich KTM riders 😛 would love to see you do this with a WR 250 R which is another tuned down motor but much better suspension than the DRZ. I’d also love to see you race an old air cooled KDX 200 against all these rich kids!!!! You are a great rider , good luck with everything and stay safe!!!

Super cool man. Good luck !

Awesome video as usual. I would like to know what you did to make the bike so much lighter.

Have you tried laxatives to find the seat? Maybe the pucker factor sucked it up and its buried deep in your inner soul? I mean, it's possible?..

The dr absolutely killed i love this video i actually got a massive amount of respect for the litle dr200 after this

Does throwing a performance carb make the equivalent for an ecu flash on a fuel injected bike? or is there more performance gains on carbbies ?

Awesome Gabe..way to keep on trucking! Thanks to this vid used DR 200's are going to start selling like hot cakes 😂

What did you have to do to get the crf230's PWK working? Looks like you were tracing for a gasket or spacer or something.

You riding these clapped bikes just shows you dont need a brand new ktm to have fun. Keep up the good work man and keep making these kinds of videos 🤘🏻

You've given me hope for my DR125. Thank you sir. I'm curious if I can do the same front suspension mod you did.

I watch the DR Suzuki videos n I m m in love with this bike I don't know why I like Suzuki so much. Here in India we don't have this bike but I wish I had one of it.

First video i watched. I'm a fan for life now.

How can you tell when it starts floating the valves? What changes do you notice?