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SR 400 is back


yamaha-sr400-wrenchmonkees-1.jpg

http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/eu/products/motorcycles/sport-heritage/sr400.aspx



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I like very much !!

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I'm very impressed with yammy at the mo - what with this and The one I sat on a few weeks back



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I really really like that.

For me an electric start and a front disk would have iced the cake.



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Comes with front disc in stock trim.



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I like this.
Always wanted the SR500 when I was about 15, thats what a couple of the big kids had back then, with a high set of "T" bars.

Why has this only got the 400 motor then JT?

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Not sure, they were made right up till 2008 (but not been avalible in UK for many years) when emmission laws killer them - now has FI and as such they have started production again.

Blurb says you can order one from a UK dealer now. I like the fact with this and the XV that Yammy are now producing cheap, simple basic machines as a base for 'doing your own thing'. The one in the pic above is a new one 'done up' a bit by wrench monkeys for yammy as a 'show' bike to demonstrate what can be done to them.

Temting to take my redundancy, buy a couple and 'do em' to flog on as I bet they would sell to those who want a mild chop based on a new bike but don't have the time/where with all to do it themselves......the Brat style seems to be the 'in thing' right now wink



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jt wrote:

Comes with front disc in stock trim.


 So it has. Looks like they went back to drum for effect.



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Pearcy wrote:

I like this.
Always wanted the SR500 when I was about 15, thats what a couple of the big kids had back then, with a high set of "T" bars.

Why has this only got the 400 motor then JT?


 I loved my SR500 with a high set of "T" bars and swore I would keep it forever, until third gear went awol.

I wonder if the 400 requires 'the knack' to start it as did the XT and SR500's?



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oh really!!! I don't suppose you have any pictures of it Pete.

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There is a chap out at Turks head garage called Williams who has had a SR as long as I can remember, had it since the Mid 80's as I recall - rides it to work every single day.....



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Another nice SR I just found......

yamaha-sr400-yard-built-5.jpg



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ah, now that is right.
I like that.

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that looks sweet. dont leave it out in the salty air too long. my old yam engine rotted before my eyes!

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I have got to find me a set of those bars smile



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Nice bike. Funny how a lot of us are thinking of, or reverting back to bikes that remind us of our youth!!winksmile   



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They probably reduced the engine size to 400 because the 500 was hard to start unless you had the knack.



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