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Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:38 pm
by Garnet
http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/03/06/20 ... TPkA.email
Kick start only.
There are only a few bikers left who can remember how to do that.
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:29 pm
by Rob
Ew, kind of takes me back to my '78 XS750SE Special.
While this one is not quite so extreme, I learned A LOT about the impact styling has on the comfort of a motorcycle.
It was a great bike - I only wish I had chosen the standard model.
Surely they are not going to try and sell this to USA-folk (sometimes known as 'merikans...).
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:38 pm
by Garnet
Rob wrote:
Surely they are not going to try and sell this to USA-folk (sometimes known as 'merikans...).
From the article:
"It takes chutzpah to introduce a kick-start-only streetbike in the US market, but that’s precisely what Yamaha has done with the narrow 384-pound SR400, which traces its lineage back to the SR500 that made its US debut in 1978."
The Cafe Racer crowd will love it, me thinks.
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:42 pm
by dougie
I love that whole concept.
Here's one that has been "cafe'd".
http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/20 ... .html#more
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:59 pm
by robert
That's a scrambler this is a cafe racer.
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:41 pm
by Rob
That's your work, isn't it, Bob!?
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:45 pm
by robert
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:03 pm
by Rob
I said that wrong.
"That is your pleasure" !
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:40 pm
by Major Softie
robert wrote:That's a scrambler this is a cafe racer.
Your right, the other bike is not a cafe, but I still like it - almost as much as yours.
Re: Brand new retro bike.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:44 pm
by robert
Thank you, it's been a fun project. Goes and handles way beond my expectations.--RG
