Yamaha sr400 custom

One reason that we love the Yamaha SR400 so much is that it's a throwback to an older, simpler era of motorcycling, when bikes were air-cooled with carburetors, twin shocks, and no magic button to fire them up -- you had to kick them to life. Launched in 1978, the Yamaha SR500 and shorter-stroke SR4

At last year’s EICMA motor show in Milan, Yamaha Europe caused a splash by showcasing three ‘Yard Built’ customs. This is one of them, ‘Boogie Single Racer,’ and it just drips with style. The forks are vintage Ceriani, the tank is immaculately cut-and-shut, and the rear frame loop curves over the outside of the custom rear fender. Beautiful work, and a worthy inclusion in our Top 5 Yamaha SR400 customs review.

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Sometimes subtle but clever mods are better than a radical transformation. This is the SR400 we reckon Yamaha should be building.

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On this project, our customer (Benjamin) first idea was to turn his Yamaha SR 400 into a British style “Between the Wars” inspired custom bike. He would

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