Street Smarts: an urban Suzuki DR650 by Diamond Atelier

Since the scrambler is the style du jour, street bikes are being reconfigured as dirt-bikes on a daily basis. So it's a rare treat to see a builder going in the opposite direction. Suzuki's DR650 is true to the original scrambler spirit: it's tall, robust and utilitarian. But to the boys at Munich-based Diamond Atelier, it's a thumper begging to be urbanized. This 1992 model was the daily runner of Diamond Atelier co-founder Tom Konecny. But the workshop had already finished two BMWs and felt like a change, so onto the bench went the Suzuki. “The Suzuki DR650 is the...