Where are all the 400s?

[corsaro128]

I used to have a VFR 400 street fighter. Super fun bike. Such a low center of gravity. Could get my knee down on it everywhere. Loved it. Had a crazy exhaust on it. Bought It for 800 quid, snapped the chain and broke the motor. Bought a new motor for 100 quid.

[AllanB]

400's were big deals decades back, also back in the day in Japan 400cc was a classification for licensing that was easily achievable if you wanted to go larger the cost in compliance or something was huge.

Picture your favourite 80's -90's jap superbike and there was a scaled down replica version at 400cc in Japan.

[Murray]

Get something like a Suzuki SV650 Vstrom. While they are 650 they handle good around town and will not freak you out power wise like a 650 sports bike.

What you talking about and who too?? This is a thread about 400's not what 650 to get??

[avgas]

I'll just leave this here http://www.swm-motorcycles.it/old_fashion.html

[James Deuce]

I'll just leave this here http://www.swm-motorcycles.it/old_fashion.html

Good. Perfectly positioned for me to back over it.

[Daffyd]

It seems to be other territories' legislative environments that create 400s, my SR owes its continuing existence to Japan's regulations and KTM's 390 pair are aimed at "Emerging Markets" which is code for India isn't it? LAMS is creating stuff like Triumph's Shrunk Triple.

The KTM 390's are selling well in the Philippines too. The biggest problem for them here is expressways prohibit anything under 400cc.