Post by esso on Jan 19, 2007 20:03:21 GMT -5
Hi -
I owned, modified and rode an SR500G (1980) for a few years, until a bad hip caused me to give it up. The hip was fixed years ago, but young children and the pleasures and obligations they bring have kept me from riding at all. They're both teen-agers now, and I feel the call again. I put cafe bars and a Harro tank bag to good use in the past, riding that SR in all weather conditions, for hundreds of miles at a stretch. I'm looking forward to doing it again, before Time takes much more of a toll on me.
In searching for a 500, I stumbled across the SR400, still made and sold in Asia Pacific. This bike looks even better than the SR500 to my eyes (well, it's a little prettier anyway). Does anyone know if you can buy and bring these into the US, and if so, how to do that? It's getting hard to find an SR500 here that isn't bored out to a set of washers or rusting its way through Armegeddon.
Thanks for putting the forum together - it's a welcome sight!
- Esso
I owned, modified and rode an SR500G (1980) for a few years, until a bad hip caused me to give it up. The hip was fixed years ago, but young children and the pleasures and obligations they bring have kept me from riding at all. They're both teen-agers now, and I feel the call again. I put cafe bars and a Harro tank bag to good use in the past, riding that SR in all weather conditions, for hundreds of miles at a stretch. I'm looking forward to doing it again, before Time takes much more of a toll on me.
In searching for a 500, I stumbled across the SR400, still made and sold in Asia Pacific. This bike looks even better than the SR500 to my eyes (well, it's a little prettier anyway). Does anyone know if you can buy and bring these into the US, and if so, how to do that? It's getting hard to find an SR500 here that isn't bored out to a set of washers or rusting its way through Armegeddon.
Thanks for putting the forum together - it's a welcome sight!
- Esso
