Next year, the Yamaha SR400 will be celebrating its 40th birthday. It?s been in production since 1978, aside from a brief hiatus ten years ago for a fuel injection transplant and emissions upgrade.
There are a few other two-wheeled dinosaurs still around, but the Yammie is reliable, can still keep up with urban traffic, and is built to modern quality control standards.

In showroom form the SR400 has a retro (if slightly dowdy) appeal. But the Australian company Ellaspede is about to give owners a second option, with two very slick kits that add a tracker vibe to the plucky little single.
Queensland-based Ellaspede has built up a good rep for one-off customs, but producing kits is a big?and logical?step up. ?Building a bike from ?bolt on parts? isn’t something we?ve done before as a custom shop,? says Ellaspede?s Hughan Seary.
?This build has taken so much development to get to this point, but we?re keen to share the experience of building bikes with every weekend warrior and night-time DIYer.?
There?s a basic seat conversion kit and a more extensive ?Complete? kit. ?They don?t require any specialist tools, welders or your own private mechanic to fit up,? says Hughan. ?A basic set of hand tools will see you unbolting the standard parts and replacing them in a matter of hours.?

?Our goal for these kits is for someone to easily customize all the key areas of their machine on a Saturday, and be out riding on Sunday.?
The kits are designed for EFI SR400s but c...