Did you see these other Classic features?
a catalytic converter now resided in the
muffler, and in 2008 fuel injection replaced
the old CV carb”.
There is something attractive about a simple
four-stroke, single-cylinder motorcycle
that offers the owner the opportunity to
customise, and personalise it. After all that’s
what many riders used to do in the golden
age of classic British singles.
For the record the 1978 model SR500E had
a tubular steel frame with single downtube
and semi double cradle. Dry weight was
RETRO OR CLASSIC?
BMW K75
SR500 Yamaha (picture Australasian
Old Bike magazine)
163kg, producing 33bhp at 6500rpm, with a
top speed of 151km/h.
So let’s hope that in a world promising
more and more restrictions on petrol driven
vehicles we may still be able to hear, from
time to time, the glorious sound of a big
single cylinder motorcycle on a country road,
or indeed at a classic race meeting.
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