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Title: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 10, 2022, 11:21:05 PM: Found on e-bay seems cheap for what it is ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175292173910?hash=item28d03a4e56:g:PpYAAOSwBfZii3Xd
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: dave400 on June 11, 2022, 12:08:25 AM: Not my cup of tea….looks like a dogs dinner to me and at that price…scarey :)
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: bruxby-clive on June 11, 2022, 07:57:02 AM: Not mine either, that looks really garish. Sometimes less is definitely more. I am sure the original Harrier was far more restrained.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: Laverda Dave on June 11, 2022, 10:57:42 AM: I noticed that bike on ebay last year when I was looking for a Harrier.
The front fairing is a genuine Honda item and was an extra for the CB250RS (and I think the MB50/80's). They are as rare as hens teeth and are made of very thin plastic, they dont survive a drop hence now being rare!
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 11, 2022, 11:00:04 AM: (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52138131134_ee2e301f31_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nrgxVq)s-l1600 (https://flic.kr/p/2nrgxVq) by Macabe Thiele (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187487200@N03/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 11, 2022, 11:04:03 AM: Quote from: bruxby-clive on June 11, 2022, 07:57:02 AM
Not mine either, that looks really garish. Sometimes less is definitely more. I am sure the original Harrier was far more restrained.

I guess its subjective but it looks well tidy to me - not sure about the blue bits might have been nicer all in orange.
Methinks it needs Alans rear disc. upgrade.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: Lobo on June 11, 2022, 12:31:13 PM: A sad waste of a 400F in my opinion. And why was a Russian submarine chosen to fashion the instruments panel? Ugh.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: allankelly1 on June 11, 2022, 03:36:29 PM: Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 11, 2022, 11:04:03 AM
Quote from: bruxby-clive on June 11, 2022, 07:57:02 AM
Not mine either, that looks really garish. Sometimes less is definitely more. I am sure the original Harrier was far more restrained.

I guess its subjective but it looks well tidy to me - not sure about the blue bits might have been nicer all in orange.
Methinks it needs Alans rear disc. upgrade.
Bit to bling for me

I like a modified bike but done in a subtle way.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220611/39e5d8939d8b37b4e03e435901318eee.jpg)

Think even my rear disc conversion would get lost in the styling

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Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: Bro550F on June 11, 2022, 03:41:48 PM: Just proves that you can't buy taste.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 11, 2022, 04:37:02 PM: Well I do like some bling and it hit's the spot for me even if I am in a minority of one - it looks like a customised race/road bike should.

I also like some Cafe reacers!
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: philward on June 11, 2022, 04:42:15 PM: If you like that style of bike, it's got the right bits - it's just the colour scheme that spoils it ft me

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Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: andy120t on June 11, 2022, 05:33:32 PM: It's horrible! Fairings didn't survive, no doubt, because they don't really flow with the 400/4 styling.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: Laverda Dave on June 11, 2022, 05:45:24 PM: Quote from: andy120t on June 11, 2022, 05:33:32 PM
It's horrible! Fairings didn't survive, no doubt, because they don't really flow with the 400/4 styling.

I agree, they look better on the CB250RS with the rectangle headlight. I searched for two years before I found an old battered one on ebay. Piki made the decals whilst Menno did the paint to match the rest of the bike.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 11, 2022, 06:02:43 PM: If i'm being critical the front mudguard looks as though it's on upside down it aint going to keep much water off your feet barely a hugger.

Nice looking mirrors tethered inside against vibration.
Title: Re: Anyone seen this Yoshimura ?
Post by: allankelly1 on June 11, 2022, 08:34:25 PM: Quote from: Laverda Dave on June 11, 2022, 05:45:24 PM
Quote from: andy120t on June 11, 2022, 05:33:32 PM
It's horrible! Fairings didn't survive, no doubt, because they don't really flow with the 400/4 styling.

I agree, they look better on the CB250RS with the rectangle headlight. I searched for two years before I found an old battered one on ebay. Piki made the decals whilst Menno did the paint to match the rest of the bike.
I had one of those fairings on my cb125tdc back in 85

Happy memories and the bike I passed my part 2 on all those years ago

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