The Yamaha SRX is a standard-style motorcycle that was manufactured in two engine sizes: 400(398)cc and 600cc. Single cylinder twin overhead camshaft engine with advanced two stage carburettor. Lightweight frame. Alloy wheels. 600 model was originally manufactured for international distribution, 400 model subsequently manufactured for domestic (Japanese) use, but some were unofficially exported. 400 model has no oil cooler and only a single front brake disc. Development modification included a monoshock rear suspension and electric start. Yamaha Motor Corporation (ヤマハ発動機株式会社) is a motorized vehicle-producing company, initially part of the Yamaha Corporation. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...
Yamaha had tried this concept, once again, in the mid-seventies, with the SR500, which reminded to a great extend its...
The SRX got the new enlarged motor of the XT600, with a slightly bigger displacement, at 608cc, instead of the 595cc of the XT, along with a few changes in oil cooling and the addition of an external oil cooler.
The exhaust system on the SRX is cosisted of the two chromed exhaust tubes, continuing to a short silencer, almost completely hidden under the frame.
And so it was that in 1986 the YamahaSRX 600 came to America, only to hear a dry, collective yawn from nearly everyone who gazed in the direction of the six and its meager little brother, the SRX250.
Yamaha somehow got the noble idea that many Americans would be astute enough as a people to learn to like the SRX if Yamaha made it bigger and faster than the Japanese model.
Whereas the Americans virtually ignored the slim SRX, (after a season it was but a fading memory) the Japanese embraced the bike and Yamaha continued to improve the machine, adding a better chassis, another gear and electric starting in the late eighties.
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