The New SR400 !!!

Tim said:
Your link isn't working, but it's good to see they FINALLY brought that bike to the US market. $6K is a little steep maybe for a 400 single but... it's a nice bike.

Might be my wife's step-up from her TU250X. I'd ride it - but again, $6K buys a lot of bike if you're willing to buy a 2-3 year old machine.

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She makes it look big, the average rider is going to make it look like a 250

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Cheers
Steve
 
Steve F said:
She makes it look big, the average rider is going to make it look like a 250

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Cheers
Steve
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31" seat height and depending on where you get your info, as much as 384 pounds, this is not a small bike. At 32" and 414, my Aprilia isn't ever mistaken for a 250. Your correct, she makes the bike look huge.....
 
with a 47mm intake valve,large capacity air cleaner, an optimized flywheel weight n healthy torque output this would be great with some knobbies n doing wheelies ;)
 
Joon-yah Bourelle said:
with a 47mm intake valve,large capacity air cleaner, an optimized flywheel weight n healthy torque output this would be great with some knobbies n doing wheelies ;)
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26 h.p. and 21 torque almost 400lbs this isn't a dirt bike, there isn't much weight saving plastic on the big girl....
 
384 lbs. and 26 H.P. makes for what the Brits used to call grey porridge. That is opposed to a BSA Goldie being roast beef. My feeling is its dead in the water but at that weight I think it would sink, I love singles but that is testing that love. The last time I got excited about a single was when Yamaha brought out the SRX. I ran out and bought one. Nice bike. I put about 45,000 miles on it before I sold it. Sorry that I did. But the 400 is dated looking. Sort of like looking at an M20 BSA. If Malcolm brings one in I'll go have a look and maybe change my mind about it but I doubt that will happen.
 
If it does flop it will be alot like the SRXs , only made one year and 15 to 20 years later everyone wants one !
 
This may be one of those machines that doesn't look very impressive on the spec-sheet, but can be modified into something special. I hope so at least. ;D
 
I've never ridden the 400 but the 500 is a blast, and the 400 is FI so it should e fun as well.
The 500 is 348 lbs so I don't know where the extra 40 lbs come from?
 
SONIC. said:
I've never ridden the 400 but the 500 is a blast, and the 400 is FI so it should e fun as well.
The 500 is 348 lbs so I don't know where the extra 40 lbs come from?
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I've been looking up info and have seen everything from 288lbs. to 384lbs. So you're probably close. The 384 I saw was wet and the 288 dry, so I'm sure the truth is in there some place. I doubt the 288 is even close being it looks like an all steel bike....
 
ApriliaBill said:
I've been looking up info and have seen everything from 288lbs. to 384lbs. So you're probably close. The 384 I saw was wet and the 288 dry, so I'm sure the truth is in there some place. I doubt the 288 is even close being it looks like an all steel bike....
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Yeah, it looks steel.
My 500 I'm thinking is in the 220 range at the moment dry. It's crazy light.

Put some aluminum rims, a 500 stroked crank and lose the blinkers and shit and you'll have a nice bike with the 400
 
SONIC. said:
Yeah, it looks steel.
My 500 I'm thinking is in the 220 range at the moment dry. It's crazy light.

Put some aluminum rims, a 500 stroked crank and lose the blinkers and shit and you'll have a nice bike with the 400
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220? That's friggin awesome.... That would make a fun ride.
 
I had a look on Cycle World and they are quoting 384 lbs. And a bore and stroke of 97 x 62.7. That would make it a revver rather than a thumper. I'm wondering what they did to get it to weigh 384 lbs. That's a deal breaker right there. The should have brought the SRX back instead. The 400 reminds me of an ugly Honda of the 70s and I can't (or don't want to) think of the model. But dull, dull, dull, comes to mind. Yamaha's version of the M20 BSA.
 
SONIC. said:
Yeah, it looks steel.
My 500 I'm thinking is in the 220 range at the moment dry. It's crazy light.

Put some aluminum rims, a 500 stroked crank and lose the blinkers and shit and you'll have a nice bike with the 400
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220 right ::) put it on a scale you can use a bathroom scales quit dreaming wake up
 
xb33bsa said:
220 right ::) put it on a scale you can use a bathroom scales quit dreaming wake up
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That's without a tank seat or any fluids :)
 
Hoofhearted said:
I had a look on Cycle World and they are quoting 384 lbs. And a bore and stroke of 97 x 62.7. That would make it a revver rather than a thumper. I'm wondering what they did to get it to weigh 384 lbs. That's a deal breaker right there. The should have brought the SRX back instead. The 400 reminds me of an ugly Honda of the 70s and I can't (or don't want to) think of the model. But dull, dull, dull, comes to mind. Yamaha's version of the M20 BSA.
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That's what it's supposed to be reminiscent of.
They have been making them pretty much unchanged since the 70's.
The market here is beginners and the younger crowd who want a new bike but want it to look "vintage"
 
SONIC. said:
Having touched the enfield....SR all the way.
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SR weighs less @ 400cc and kick only. GT @ 535cc has both kick and electric start. Stock top end on the SR is listed as 66 vs. 85 for the GT.
 
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