Suzuki ST400 Tempter,  now there's a tank I would like to see on an LS650 cafe conversion    





(Opps put in Rubber Side by accident!)

Unbolt that 400 in the black one & Ill slide my 650 See  SEE En Jine right in there..

Anyone know if thats a swap?

Boy, wouldnt that be fun? All your friends know its "Just a 400" & ya go home one night & turn it into a 650 & dont tell them,, Just tell them ya put Klotz oil in it,,dropped some Sea Foam in the tank & hung a bell on it,,
Daaang but dont she run Better!??

If I can't have the bike......at least let me have the muffler.

It even has the old school rims with the raised edges.

Pine wrote on 08/22/12 at 08:20:48:


Pine, we do have the cool stuff. We ride 'em. And I can't believe the photo taken on the side of the hill was just an accidental suggestion by the photographer.  

The engine is almost the same (provide the LS400 and the Tempter share the same engine).  The only difference is the size of the piston/bore, and it is chain drive.  One forum member had a LS400 and attempted to install the LS650 piston and cylinder - then found out the wrist pin was 1mm smaller diameter on the 400 engine.....so Suzuki has designed in a away to prevent (or slow you down) in making the cc upgrade.

If Suzuki brought the Temper into the US....they sure could give the Yamaha SR400 some competition (and Royal Enfield).

DesertRat wrote on 04/04/16 at 07:31:12:


And that was implied in my response....the only confirmed difference we know of comes from the LS400 - which is identical except for the piston/cylinder diameter, and wrist pins size.  The other parts....including the engine case is the same.  No one has provided any information on the stock sprocket for the LS400 or Temptor - so we don't know how the countershaft sprocket is spaced.....or if it uses the same transmission shaft as the bikes with pulleys.

(And......the head cover caps are not the chrome covers - they are really cool finned ones!).