Speed Read, March 20, 2022
This week’s edition of Speed Read is loaded with new releases from major OEMs. We’re looking at Honda’s new Dax and Hawk 11, Yamaha’s new electric scooter and the Royal Enfield Scram 411. But first, a tasty Yamaha XSR700 flat tracker from Mellow Motorcycles.
Yamaha XSR700 by Mellow Motorcycles Yamaha’s Yard Built initiative is one of the longest running, and prolific, factory-backed custom programs out there. It consistently produces great looking bikes too?like this Kenny Roberts-inspired Yamaha XSR700 from Mellow Motorcycles.
?There are not many things in the world I like more than King Kenny Roberts and the ‘Speedblock’ design,? says Mellow Motorcycles’ Patrick Sauter. But this custom XSR, aptly dubbed ‘King Kenny,’ wears more than just a lick of yellow paint.
The German workshop went all out?redesigning the XSR’s bodywork and treating it a host of flat track-worthy upgrades. The new body kit consists of a one-piece tank cover and tail section, hand formed out of aluminum. There’s a 6.5 liter [1.7 gallon] reservoir hiding underneath, with the fuel pump squeezed in there too.
Mellow installed a set of lowered XSR900 forks up front, kitted with a pair of fork guards instead of a fender. The 19? Excel rims were laced up by HE-Motorradtechnik, and wear Dunlop’s perennial DT3 tires.
Up top are new flat track bars, equipped with Renthal grips and Magura controls. There are new foot pegs lower...
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