It would allow the drawer to be used as a navigation toll and more responsive site if instead of having to build is item via a template to define items like the tabstrip widget and each item defined to support Loadcontentfrom.
Example:
@(Html.Kendo().Drawer()
.Name("SideMenu")
.Items(i =>
{
i.Add().Text("Dimensions & Weights")
.Icon("Icon2")
.Selected(true)
.LoadContentFrom(Url.Content("~/Content/web/tabstrip/ajax/ajaxContent1.html"));
i.Add().Text("Engine")
.Icon("Icon2")
.LoadContentFrom(Url.Content("~/Content/web/tabstrip/ajax/ajaxContent2.html"));
i.Add().Text("Chassis")
.Icon("Icon3")
.LoadContentFrom(Url.Content("~/Content/web/tabstrip/ajax/ajaxContent3.html"));
})
)