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Doug B Full Member Offline I am, therefore I think Posts: 175 Kennewick, WA Gender:	Re: yamaha SR400-2015 Reply #15 - 04/02/14 at 06:31:41 Also - it was ToesNose who made the Kawa 400 bigger bike comment. I do like the smaller bikes. The Yamaha SR400 appeals to me. It has one feature that I really like : kickstarted - I tried ending kickstarted with an "r" - spellcheck again intervened.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: yamaha SR400-2015 Reply #16 - 04/02/14 at 19:22:33 Oh don't misinterpret my comment, I'm all for smaller displacement bikes, they are a blast!! My mention of the W650 was just specifically directed to what I would do if I had $6k to blow on a modern reliable "English" style standard, and was looking to get the most bang for the buck.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5836 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: yamaha SR400-2015 Reply #17 - 04/02/14 at 20:50:29 I'm still trying to figure out how the spell checker works ? But I did look-up the alt. system on the the 500 yamaha (bikebandit). Best I can tell it was a brushless system.
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Doug B Full Member Offline I am, therefore I think Posts: 175 Kennewick, WA Gender:	Re: yamaha SR400-2015 Reply #18 - 04/03/14 at 10:56:39 ToesNose - no misinterpretation intended I think we all like the lightweight bikes This new one/old one from Yamaha would really sell - if they got it under $5000
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: yamaha SR400-2015 Reply #19 - 04/07/14 at 00:12:42 I've wanted a W650 since they were introduced didn't have the bux before now and now thay're discontinued
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Reply #20 - 06/27/14 at 13:43:20

Was buying oil at the Yamaha shop for my YZ and they had a new SR400 sitting there. Really sweet feel to it. Bars are in good position; overall bike has a narrow feel to it with a long skinny gas tank. I read somewhere a relatively strong man can start it with his hand, that's how easy the kick is with the compression release and TDC indicator. Not sure about that.

The downside: $5999. I'm guessing Yamaha is banking on middle age men who have some extra cash on hand will feel nostalgic and won't have a problem dropping that much on what amounts to a 'run around town' bike. Not sure about that. Yamaha must be making a ton on each one of these bikes they sell. A new Bolt is only $2000 more.

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Reply #21 - 06/27/14 at 14:30:20

Looking at used ones, (80's +/-) aground here, they run from 400.00 (Barn Queens), to 800.00 (Just needs a little work Grin

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So if one would buy one for as much as, 800.00 then add, (Even up to), 2,000.00 of parts/work/ect.

You would have a REAL, ORIGINAL One, at, Less Than, 1/2 the Price, they are asking!
AND it would also have elect start !

I am looking for a 400.00 one.
To tear down. and make perfect.
Will have a LOT less in it than a 'new' one.

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Reply #22 - 06/28/14 at 11:43:35

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The downside: $5999. I'm guessing Yamaha is banking on middle age men who have some extra cash on hand will feel nostalgic and won't have a problem dropping that much on what amounts to a 'run around town' bike.

I had an interesting conversation about this bike with the owner of our local HD/Triumph/KAW/Yamaha dealer.

He agrees that the bike might have nostalgic appeal to older guys but he doesn't think there are enough folks like that around to make this particular model a success. He thinks Yamaha is aiming it at the entry level crowd, and that with the, price and the lack of electric start that's not going to work out either. Bottom line for him; he didn't order a single one for his showroom. If someone comes in and wants one, he'll certainly order one, but he doesn't expect this model to sell very well.

He could be wrong I guess, but this store has been around for over 30 years and they sell a lot of bikes. He probably knows what he's talking about.

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Re: yamaha SR400-2015
Reply #24 - 06/29/14 at 06:34:23

Maybe they are following a Hardee's business model. Hardee's makes 10 times the margin on each burger sold vs. McDonalds which is why Hardee's doesn't have to sell millions to make money. I've never been in a Hardee's that was as crowded as a McDonalds.

I'm sure there's no way to find out the real number, but I wonder what the profit margin is on the Bolt vs this SR400?

Regardless, I'm not buying one at $6000. Sort of like Honda's new CB1100, cool bike but way over priced....

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