is there a yamaha 400

[Hairic]

Title says it. Talking to a guy who says he thinks what he has is a yamaha ltd 400 but it looks like a 650 to me?

 

[Soliddrummer]

There is a yamaha rd 400. Which is a parallel twin, 2 stroke. Very cool bike.

 

[650Skull]

RD400, XS400, SR400.

XS400.com sister site may help with any ID. Post a pic here and we could tell you as well

 

[Hairic]

This is it if it loads

 

[captaindynamo]

Bike in the photo looks like an xs500.

 

[650Skull]

74 TX500

 

[Hairic]

Ah ok thank you guys

 

[gggGary]

Since he has no idea what it is, I'm guessing he doesn't have a title either? no title = no sale!

 

[5twins]

That's a rather obscure Yamaha model. It would be hard and expensive to fix up. Parts would be hard to find and cost a lot. Some of the parts can be used on a 650, like the wheels, turn signals, maybe handlebar controls. That's all it's good for in my opinion. Just to show you how unwanted they are, I've had not one but two given to me for free over the years. I stripped them of anything I thought might be useful and scrapped the rest. Got a nice coffee can full of metric nuts and bolts from them. Many are the Yamaha specialty bolts with the "6" or "9" stamped on the top. These have really come in handy for replacing rusty stuff on my 650.

 

[bornleader]

I got an xs500 for free too, it had been lying outside for quite a while, so wasn't in a good state. I took off all the useable parts like the wheels, clocks and binned the rest.

 

[650Skull]

Depending on your enthusiasm and skill is the decision on whether you can do anything with this bike. Don't just rely on opinions here, with a little research there is a following and parts available on ebay.

Some links.

ebay TX500 ....Ebay XS500

XS500 forum

TX/XS Blog

XS500 Search

74 TX500 Build