Jeeter
XS650 Addict
This is news to me. It's pretty cool, and I gotta wonder if the ~new~ TT engine is the same castings and so on as the original. If so, suddenly TT fans have got a source for brand new parts now. AND fuel injection for their old TT engines. At least that's my guess since the new SR400 is EFI equipped.
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/2015_yamaha_sr400/
Pretty cool that these UJMs are tip-toeing back into our lives. What with Honda's CB1100 (since the chip issue has finally been cracked some decent performance is now available from the new CB). Triumph and Norton have crawled from the grave recently offering universal type bikes again. And now Yamaha's SR400. The "rumor mill" at the bottom of that same linked page seems to be making noises about Yamaha releasing a vertical twin again soon! Holy cats, wouldn't it be cool if the XS650 engine came back, air cooled and fuel injected?!?!
This SR400 is everything a bike builder needs. The stock suspension is "crap", which is a good thing since Yamaha didn't put any money into something most owners will change and fiddle with anyhow as soon as they buy it. This type of "70's thinking" is what helps keep the MSRP below $6K. Basically "don't put anything on the bike that the customers won't want anyhow".
Yamaha has always been my favorite make.
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/2015_yamaha_sr400/
Pretty cool that these UJMs are tip-toeing back into our lives. What with Honda's CB1100 (since the chip issue has finally been cracked some decent performance is now available from the new CB). Triumph and Norton have crawled from the grave recently offering universal type bikes again. And now Yamaha's SR400. The "rumor mill" at the bottom of that same linked page seems to be making noises about Yamaha releasing a vertical twin again soon! Holy cats, wouldn't it be cool if the XS650 engine came back, air cooled and fuel injected?!?!
This SR400 is everything a bike builder needs. The stock suspension is "crap", which is a good thing since Yamaha didn't put any money into something most owners will change and fiddle with anyhow as soon as they buy it. This type of "70's thinking" is what helps keep the MSRP below $6K. Basically "don't put anything on the bike that the customers won't want anyhow".
Yamaha has always been my favorite make.
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