Yamaha sr500

Yamaha 1978 SR500

1978 - 2018: Yamaha SR 500

On this project, our customer (Benjamin) first idea was to turn his Yamaha SR 400 into a British style “Between the Wars” inspired custom bike. He would

Scramblers are a hot topic. Build one, and you're sure to be judged solely by how well equipped it is for hardcore off-piste use. But that's not all that scramblers are about. Daniel Peter compares his latest build to his childhood BMX—and it's pretty much how we feel about modern-day scramblers too. 'When I was four years old, my BMX bike became my life,” he explains. “It was so simple, yet so fun. Just wheels, pedals and brakes. I'd ride it to the beach, jump a few curbs along the way…

The Yamaha SR250 is the hardworking little brother of the inimitable SR400/SR500, many of the components are shared between the SR models making repairs

La Yamaha SR, che ho avuto già modo di presentarvi l'anno scorso nella versione di 400 cc, è uno dei maggiori successi commerciali della casa dei tre diapason. In Giappone questa monocilindrica è ancora in vendita e non è difficile imbattersi in rete in splendide realizzazioni basate sulla meccanica e sul telaio della SR. Sul suolo nipponico ci sono molti fans di questa Yamaha e le specials che vi illustro oggi sono realizzate dai ragazzi della Presto Custom Collection e basate sulla…

Like all good artists, the best custom builders have a handful of regular customers. They’re usually folks with an eye for quality and shared tastes, and they’re gold dust. Iowa-based Greg Hageman has been in this business for many years now, and one of his most steadfast customers is Mike Martens. ‘Fat SR’ is the fifth bike that Greg has built for Mike over the years, although it’s really for Mike’s partner Sally. “This bike is a 2015 SR400 that I purchased for myself,” Greg tells us. “But…

Everyone loves a thumper—and few thumpers are as loved as Yamaha's popular SR500. Manufactured for just over 20 years, from 1978 to 1999, it shared the same single-cylinder, air-cooled 499cc engine as the XT500 and TT500. Looks-wise it was styled to resemble its big brother, the XS650. While the popularity of some motorcycles has risen and fallen, the SR has remained a regular favorite within the new-wave custom scene, thanks to its easy-going nature. It sounds clichéd to say that it was…