Absolutely, as I mentioned recently on the Suzuki thread, I had one too - a PE175z...another great bike, used to take it to a place called the desert in Derbyshire - a disused quarry. And actually you're absolutely right, it was indeed way better than the DT. Proper fully fledged pure enduro machine derived from the RMs. Looked exactly like this....
classicdirtbikerider.com-photo by Mr J-2015 Telford classic dirt bike show-SUZUKI PE175 FULL-FLOATER ENDURO | classicdirtbikerider.com
Did you have one Barry? You really struggled to keep the front end down and the power band was really peaky as recall. Had the full floater suspension and handled beautifully although unlike the DT, as a thoroughbred dirt bike derivative, it really had no place on the road.
The previous owner, a friend of mine, dropped it off for servicing and was driving through town later that day and pulled up next to an identical one, which was odd because you didn't see that many...only it wasn't. Someone had pushed it out from the back of the dealers and craftily hotwired it. He leapt out of his car and the geezer dropped it and legged off into a housing estate.
A mate borrowed it on an extended loan and was trying to teach his girlfriend to ride on some local parkland. Not an ideal machine for such an endeavour. She flipped it so violently that she landed on her head.