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    Simple Plan

    Jan 11, 2017 5 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON BUCK
    “IF THE MOTORCYCLES ARE TO BE RIDDEN, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM AS USEABLE AS WE CAN”

    YAMAHA made no secret that the original SR500, released in 1978, was their version of a traditional British sporting single. They came only in black and gold, with the side-cover decals reading ‘500 Single’ just in case you didn’t get it. The SR400 went on sale in Japan the same year; amazingly, you can still buy one brand new nearly 40 years later.

    So it’s fitting that this superb cafe racer, based on a new SR400, was made in England by our mates at Old Empire Motorcycles. We’ve run a few of their customs over the years, all of which were based on older bikes, but the times they are a’changing.

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