Great review, thanks! It's so nice to hear a street 2 stroke, it's like music. My first bike was a 1970 Suzuki 250 Hustler that I rode for a year before discovering what a power band was. I note the red line on your 400 is 10,500. What a hoot!
I drooled over these when they were new and was trying hard to get one of the ones imported for racing, but never did. Now that I'm older and have more money............
The thing I like most about this bike is how the racing pedigree is found in a lot of details, but still it is also a very comfortable and well thought out bike. Quickly and easily adjustable suspensions knobs, quarter turn screws for the fairings (and generally very few screws for all other parts for quick Maintenance), fixed front axle bushings with a drop-out construction for quick wheel changes and so on... I just love it 😍
I had this exact same looking bike, I loved it and it went really well, especially the smell of motel racing oil, I was so sad to sell it due to having to buy a car
Awesome! I really wish I got to keep this bike. I only rode it a handful of times and sold it for the same reason...although I never ended up buying the car. :(
Absolutely! I've been lucky enough to have owned all 3, granted the Yamaha never ran. The RG500 was SUCH an enjoyable bike to ride. I miss it every day.
i had one (rothams colours) as my first propere bike at 17, it was glorious until the crankshaft turned into a bananna while i was doing 110mph destroying the engine :( nearly 40 now and id love another one still :)
@@PetesClassicCycle yeah I did by pure luck, had my mate on the back at the time, clutch did nothing, left a 300m ish lock to lock skid down the A14, when I finally came to a stop you could see the bead of the tyre!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked the video. If it wasn't for lack or registration, insurance and cameraman i would certainly of loved to take it for a ride.
I couldn't tell ya; I never had a chance to inspect the carbs in person before the bike left my hands. I know a lot of these "race Inspired" bikes are designed to be serviced quickly but I have no 1st hand experience working on this model.
Excellent overview and nice machine. Yes - Honda did a great job on that bike. I always found the front fork lowers to look cool - are they part of the front fender?
It's a really nicely built bike & a great street bike but you just can't get past the real pity of the bike, why the living f*** didn't they make it a 500?
@@waynepantry7023 I can sort of see this point, given some of the 'just like a 500GP bike' hype, but then again the 1985 Honda catalogue had bikes that were far more powerful than any the 500 2 strokes.....& heavier, harder to handle & with lesser performing brakes etc etc.
Japanese home market demands 400cc bikes. Suzuki did a 400 version of the gamma and a 500 for export, honda didn't... great bike but a bit down on power.
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05:40 Two stroke music at its best. When everything goes electric we will miss these little jewels.
Great review, thanks! It's so nice to hear a street 2 stroke, it's like music. My first bike was a 1970 Suzuki 250 Hustler that I rode for a year before discovering what a power band was. I note the red line on your 400 is 10,500. What a hoot!
Thanks so much!
I drooled over these when they were new and was trying hard to get one of the ones imported for racing, but never did. Now that I'm older and have more money............
They are great bikes! Hopefully you're able to fulfill that childhood dream of yours.
The thing I like most about this bike is how the racing pedigree is found in a lot of details, but still it is also a very comfortable and well thought out bike. Quickly and easily adjustable suspensions knobs, quarter turn screws for the fairings (and generally very few screws for all other parts for quick Maintenance), fixed front axle bushings with a drop-out construction for quick wheel changes and so on... I just love it 😍
I should have had you write my script haha well well said
Dream bike right here. V3 two stroke 🥰
80’s 2-strokes 👏👏
The best! What a wild time i motorcycles that was
Yeah it's the little things that really add up to a great machine - awesome video !
Thanks 👍
My favourite color on one of my favourite bike's ever.
I'll never forget the lower fork fairing with TRAC sticker
the most comfortable bike I owned.
Beautiful Example. Man I miss 2 strokes.
Long live 2 strokes!
I had this exact same looking bike, I loved it and it went really well, especially the smell of motel racing oil, I was so sad to sell it due to having to buy a car
Awesome! I really wish I got to keep this bike. I only rode it a handful of times and sold it for the same reason...although I never ended up buying the car. :(
Awesome vid as always! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Class! I so want one!
Beautiful bike, the 3 best two strokes of the 80s were the NS400R, RD500 YPVS, And the best of the 3 was the RG500
Absolutely! I've been lucky enough to have owned all 3, granted the Yamaha never ran. The RG500 was SUCH an enjoyable bike to ride. I miss it every day.
What a nice bike pity they never made it a 500 with the same engine layout as freddies
I agree, that would have been great. With the other brands doing 500's I'm surprised they didn't
i had one (rothams colours) as my first propere bike at 17, it was glorious until the crankshaft turned into a bananna while i was doing 110mph destroying the engine :( nearly 40 now and id love another one still :)
OUCH!!! Hopefully you were able to keep the bike upright
@@PetesClassicCycle yeah I did by pure luck, had my mate on the back at the time, clutch did nothing, left a 300m ish lock to lock skid down the A14, when I finally came to a stop you could see the bead of the tyre!
Beautiful still today. Would kill to own one.
Nice review Pete
Thanks
The best looking bike ever!
She's definitely a stunner
It's great you didn't take it for a ride to let us hear and see how it performs on the road, so you just proved all that street abilities...
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked the video.
If it wasn't for lack or registration, insurance and cameraman i would certainly of loved to take it for a ride.
So sick!!!
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Bet carbs setup not easy if changed expansion chambers
I couldn't tell ya; I never had a chance to inspect the carbs in person before the bike left my hands. I know a lot of these "race Inspired" bikes are designed to be serviced quickly but I have no 1st hand experience working on this model.
Stratosferica❤❤
Excellent overview and nice machine. Yes - Honda did a great job on that bike. I always found the front fork lowers to look cool - are they part of the front fender?
No, they are two separate panels. The left one also incorporates a little knob for adjusting the honda TRAC System :)
What top speeds did anyone get from these please anyone??
210 Km/H (on track) , standard machine
Probably about 130mph
Yeah I've had RZs NSRs TZRs and RGs, but I've never had a NS400r. Some day
That's awesome! I was pleasantly surprised with the NS400r. I think it's the perfect cherry on top to any 2 stroke collection.
Spit it out mate 😊
Sorry, spitting on video is rude
72 hp under 400 lbs same hp less weight than my 85 600 ninja which was pretty fast. And 2 stroke power is best.
I don't think they made Anywer near 72bhp one test reported the 350ypvs as having more power than the NS I do remember that....anybody can help?
@@stephenhurst9257 american version is like 20hp lower than ones made for other countries due to smog regulations
@stephenhurst9257 more like 50hp .yes the 350 ypvs was faster
The biggest tragedy in cycling is this bike never was imported to America.
My dad had one in Guatemala
It's a really nicely built bike & a great street bike but you just can't get past the real pity of the bike, why the living f*** didn't they make it a 500?
Agreed!! That little bit of extra power would have been a world of difference.
@@waynepantry7023 I can sort of see this point, given some of the 'just like a 500GP bike' hype, but then again the 1985 Honda catalogue had bikes that were far more powerful than any the 500 2 strokes.....& heavier, harder to handle & with lesser performing brakes etc etc.
Japanese home market demands 400cc bikes. Suzuki did a 400 version of the gamma and a 500 for export, honda didn't... great bike but a bit down on power.
@@chrisstephens6194 I get that mate, but 500cc barrels were hardly asking too much for export (like Suzook did), surely?
@gixxerman0016 I agree a 500 version would have been interesting
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