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Motorcycle media outlet RIDE HI spotlighted Yamaha's SRX400/600, built from 1985 to 1989, in a feature retrospective. The SRX600 made 42hp from 608cc and the SRX400 33hp from 399cc, selling 30,000 units domestically (400cc) and 19,000 overseas (600cc).
Looking back at the history, the SRX broke away from the SR-successor debate to become its own thing. Pairing an angular double-cradle frame with a dry sump was a genuinely indulgent choice for its time. Thirty thousand sold domestically and nineteen thousand overseas — those numbers speak to a quiet, lasting following. This is a bike that teaches you it's never too late to relearn how to corner.
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Classic bike prices have probably climbed — finding a good one now might be rough.
If you can find one in good shape, upkeep should be cheaper than a modern multi-cylinder.
30,000 domestic and 19,000 overseas — sold better abroad than I expected.
Compared to the Honda GB400 of the same era, the SRX had noticeably sportier suspension geometry.
42hp from the 600, 33hp from the 400 — solid numbers for a single back then.
The SRX is the origin point for single-cylinder sport bikes — that lightness isn't in any modern 400.
That "awakened cornering" line makes sense — singles just have such honest handling.
