Speed Read, 24 January 2021
It?s a newsier mix than usual this week, with the Yamaha SR400 finally down for the count, and a top European motorcycle museum gone up in smoke. On the custom bike front, we?ve got two very sporty builds?one an XT600 supermoto, and the other a radically restyled BMW R nineT.
Yamaha XT600 supermoto by 86 Gear Motorcycles Christian Boosen runs 86 Gear Motorcycles in Warsaw, Poland, a city where the custom scene is starting to boom nicely. He?s just finished building this XT600 for a local client, and it looks like an absolute A-to-B supermoto weapon.
The engine got a massive shot in the arm with a rebuild including a high-comp piston, the cam from a TT600, and a Mikuni TM34 flatside carb?plus a new hydraulic clutch to handle the extra power. When not zooming down Warsaw streets on the back wheel, the rebuilt forks (with progressive springs) and a YSS shock keep the bike planted on its new 17-inch supermoto-spec rims. A bigger front brake disc and new master cylinder help keep the rider out of trouble.
An XT500 fuel tank keeps the top line flatter than standard, and there?s a well-padded new seat (on a truncated subframe) to cushion kerb jumps and hard landings. This one looks like more fun than a barrel of monkeys. [Via | Images by Bartek Zaranek]
Say?nara, Yamaha SR400 It?s finally the end of the road for the venerable SR400, which has been around since 1978. Yamaha has already withdrawn the plucky air-cooled single from most markets around the world, and this we...
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