[Water Warrior 2]

Dragging hard parts may be an indication that you aren't leaning your body enough. Try to kiss the mirror a little and you will be surprised how much of your weight is transferred to the side and how much less the bike has to lean. A word of caution though, the bike may corner way more than you expect. Take baby steps and work up to it. It is a whole new learning curve if you are normally an upright rider and keep your body inline with the bike.
I did some hard leaning and cornering on the Vstrom and was more than surpriised at how much faster the bike was in curves. Moving my weight to the left in a left hander makes me wonder if I ever want to find the limitations of the bike.