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Yamaha brings back the SR400, how cool is that!

I saw that & thought 'wow, I could buy that.' But this bike is not coming to Canada :-(


Motosportz said:
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I wanted a Kawasaki W650 but it was a short lived run of bikes and used they are over priced. I did go look at the Triumph T100 about a month ago, that may be the one for me.
Mother likes the Yamaha and was on the fence with a HD street 500/750. All I said was "you have to kick that" and she didn't care, she kicks almost everything she owns.

I dig the Honda and we are restoring a 1972 CB175 right now, well she is.
 
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i wouldnt mind if they started bringing these back to the states...comfy! torquey! great retro looks! fully adjustable suspension to boot..these things have sweeeet torque curves
 
justintendo said:
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i wouldnt mind if they started bringing these back to the states...comfy! torquey! great retro looks! fully adjustable suspension to boot..these things have sweeeet torque curves
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I owned a fairly tricked out one of these, should have never got rid of that bike. The only reason I sold it is I was way to tempted to ride it to fast and do wheelies. Great machines.
 
Muchmore said:
$10,400 for the air cooled 1100cc "modern classic" Honda CBX, geez.
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worth every penny! I love the over 3000k on my 13 CB1100 but considering our new FE350 MSRP at $9549 and we cant enough of them the $9995 I paid for mine seems a bargain. But @ $5995 an SR400 might have scratched the itch a k bit cheaper I agree.
 
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im glad the sr400 is at least priced at what it should be..
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I think it's at least $1k too high still.

It's a 400 single. What it would suit best is the beginner bike market, the short commute market, and the nostalgia market. The Suzuki 250 offering is $1600 less, their 650 single cruiser is $300 less. The DR650 is only $500 more. The Honda CB500F is $200 less. KLR650 $500 more. Ninja 300 $1k less.

Make a crate bike road racer, with upgraded brakes, a solo set, better suspension, less electrics, clip ons, etc and sell it for $7-8k, but yeah...I couldn't see paying nearly the same I paid for my Strada for that bike.

Just thinking they could do better on the price, as they're not putting any extra effort into it.
 
youre probably right, its pretty low tech. was probably just a matter of busting out some old tooling. or sometimes this stuff is still made in 3rd world countries. i know mama kaw did this with some of their 2 stroke road bikes
 
msmith345 said:
I think it's at least $1k too high still.

It's a 400 single. What it would suit best is the beginner bike market, the short commute market, and the nostalgia market. The Suzuki 250 offering is $1600 less, their 650 single cruiser is $300 less. The DR650 is only $500 more. The Honda CB500F is $200 less. KLR650 $500 more. Ninja 300 $1k less.

Make a crate bike road racer, with upgraded brakes, a solo set, better suspension, less electrics, clip ons, etc and sell it for $7-8k, but yeah...I couldn't see paying nearly the same I paid for my Strada for that bike.

Just thinking they could do better on the price, as they're not putting any extra effort into it.
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I bet they sell a bunch of them even if they are slightly high because there is already gobs of aftermarket goodies for them. I think they were counting on modifying them being the appeal.
 
It should definitely have a disc in the back....nostalgia or not.

Oh and they could have at the very least got it in the 35hp range.... 27 horsepower? What the crap is that in a 400lbs bike!

Honda has to be killing it with their crf250l. 300lbs touch over 20hp dual sport.
 
I don't mind drums on the rear of a semi slow bike. Had many bikes like that. Work fine. 27hp but probably good toque.
 
I thought they had that bike over seas so it would not be a retool deal. I would rather it be a sr500 and I wonder if the top end fitts or can be punched out,:thinking:
 
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