Even more than my FZR
As we have said before I’m a Honda bike fan but Yamaha are so clever with valve tuning even I’d buy oneEven more than my FZR
I wanna see the size of the valves! tiny tiny like the size of panel pins!
Now if Yamaha come out with a competitor with a big bang engine I'll have to sell me soul to get one!
Looking at what it costs $9000 is that about 12penceStuvy
Quickshifter, traction control , ride modes. As it’s the only one in the country, you buy it and give me a go.
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I wish the pound was that strongI've held a piston from a Honda 250 6cyl but can't imagine the valves and pitons from the 125 5cyl or 50 twin, Tommy Robb reckoned that went over 22000rpm.Even more than my FZR
I wanna see the size of the valves! tiny tiny like the size of panel pins!
Now if Yamaha come out with a competitor with a big bang engine I'll have to sell me soul to get one!
Did you watch the Allen Millyard you tube stuff when he made his Honda 6 cyl replica? If you haven’t it’s well worth a look. Mind blowing stuff!
Had a 400/4 for a while. Had an Alpha 4-1 pipe on but whoever did it never bothered re-jetting. Sounded AWESOME, powerband of about 300rpm, head gasket every other week. Even putting a Dunstall pipe on and several dyno sessions never improved the bloody thing. Swapped if for a T150 Trident. Honda snapped the crank a month later400/4 is a jewel of a machine. Bumped into one recently while out on the trusty Fazer.
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He makes some fantastic stuff nice bloke too.
Also, much worse braking, gutless motor, and very poor ground clearance than a standard 400 SuperDream.Had a 400/4 for a while. Had an Alpha 4-1 pipe on but whoever did it never bothered re-jetting. Sounded AWESOME, powerband of about 300rpm, head gasket every other week. Even putting a Dunstall pipe on and several dyno sessions never improved the bloody thing. Swapped if for a T150 Trident. Honda snapped the crank a month later
BEST BIKE EVER
. Had one for a couple of years back in the day. Bought it off my mate who won Auto 66 open and prodie championships on it. I ran it on road and sprinting, sadly the motor ended up in the race outfit when we needed a quick replacement and the chassis got bought by another mate who used it as base for a drag bike. Would have another tomorrow if the prices weren't so salty.
I used to do the same on my FZR - but it wasn’t the SP. I’d ride it to a track day do a few sessions in my jeans and combat boots and then ride home. Seemed a good idea at the time (late 90s). Also rode it about 350km with a snapped clutch cable on one trip. Bike was awesome. Rattled horribly at idle - I tried several times to shim the exhaust valve with no luck and I think it had been properly raced in a previous life but never let me down.I'm a massive grey import fan, anyone remember the Grey Bike magazine? It lasted a few years then stopped
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This little FZR400 certainly showed a few big bikes up round Silverstone on one trackday
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If anyone has a copy of this poster I'd love to buy it, the mice got this one
Tis now over 20 years old.I have one similar from 2003
yeah she is an X reg 2000 model.
