Tema: Nueva Yamaha SR400, al más puro estilo 1978.

Yamaha, led by successful new offerings such as the YZ motocrossers, the highly entertaining FZ-09 triple and the Star Bolt Sportster wannabe, had a solid 2013, with sales up 20 percent in a flat US market. But the tuning-fork company has by no means become complacent, a point proven by the new 2015 SR400, a classic-looking standard that goes on sale in June, powered by an air-cooled 399cc four-stroke single with a kickstarter. Yes, a kickstarter.It takes chutzpah to introduce a kick-start-only streetbike in the US market, but that’s precisely what Yamahahas done with the narrow 384-pound SR400, which traces its lineage back to the SR500 that made its US debut in 1978. Why 399cc? Japan’s tiered license system has a 400cc limit, and the displacement is unchanged for the US market to help keep the cost down.
And speaking of price, the 2015 Yamaha SR400 has an MSRP of $5,990. Although the new SR400, available only in gray, looks like it could actually be 1978 model—even to the point of still having a little window on the cam cover to help the rider find top dead center—its sohc two-valve engine is now fuel-injected, enabling it to meet emissions regulations and be easier to start, aided by a compression release on the left side of the handlebar. Yamaha, in fact, says the new SR400 is so easy to start that it can be done by hand.

We’ll just have to see about that. But in the meantime, we like what we see in the SR400’s elemental hardware. This includes a narrow, double-cradle steel frame, a centerstand, a 3.2-gallon fuel tank, a comfortable bench seat, a front disc brake and a rear drum with a handy pointer indicating brake-shoe wear.It also looks like the Japanese-built SR will be an amenable machine to ride, what with its 31-inch seat height, low weight, and excellent fuel economy. “When you ride it, it will take you back a few years,” explains Yamaha’s Bob Starr, who calls the SR “a real motorcycle that does not feel like some cheap beginner’s bike.”
Although the chrome-intensive new SR400 does indeed look very much like a classic steed from the 1970s—with old-style switchgear, metal fenders, and a simple analog gauges (a 100-mph speedo and a 9,000-rpm tach)—that’s the bike’s appeal. Yamaha, it’s clear, must feel that the US is ripe for such a bike, a machine that cries out to be customized while taking you back to those days when motorcycling was more mainstream and people took pride in being able to kickstart their bike.
Is Yamaha right? The company says it did lots of market research in Japan, where buyers made it clear that they preferred the SR without an electric starter. But will Americans warm to the idea of an air-cooled thumper that’s kick-start only?
Let’s conduct our own little research here: Would you prefer the SR400 with, or without, an electric starter?

SPECIFICATIONS
	2015 Yamaha SR400
ENGINE
TYPE	air-cooled single, 2 valves per cylinder
DISPLACEMENT	399cc
BORE x STROKE	97.0 x 62.7mm
COMPRESSION RATIO	8.5:1
POWER	not available
TORQUE	not available
FUEL INJECTION	EFI
TRANSMISSION
GEARBOX	five-speed
FINAL DRIVE	chain
CLUTCH	wet, multiplate clutch
CHASSIS
FRAME	double-cradle steel frame
WHEELBASE	55.5 in.
RAKE	27°
TRAIL	4.4 in.
FRONT SUSPENSION	telescopic fork
FRONT WHEEL TRAVEL	5.9 in.
REAR SUSPENSION	swingarm
REAR WHEEL TRAVEL	4.1 in.
FRONT TIRE	90/100-18M/C 54S
REAR TIRE	110/90-18M/C 61S
FRONT BRAKE	268mm single disc
REAR BRAKE	150mm drum
FUEL TANK CAPACITY	3.2 gal.
WET WEIGHT	384 lb.
SEAT HEIGHT	30.9 in.
HEIGHT	43.1 in.
LENGTH	82.1 in.

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/03/06...tions-pricing/




Para los SEP-estudiados, las cosas a remarcar de esta moto es que es de encendido de patada, no electrica, tiene mucho acero y corre 160kmh.