07-01-2015, 04:28 AM
(06-30-2015, 03:45 PM)DaSwami_imp Wrote: Picking up a SR400 in a couple of days that is kick start ONLY.
The bike has NOT been a commercial success.....I'm guessing the high price and no e-start are the culprits
I think you nailed it. If they've been making this bike all these years with minimal changes, seems the tooling costs were largely amortized and they would be able to hit a much lower price point. $6k will buy you more bike than what the SR400 offers, on paper anyway.
Most beginners needs the magic button on the handlebar. I can imagine a new rider getting easily flustered by stalling out in heavy traffic and having to kick it over while impatient, aggressive cagers are honking and bearing down. I was riding my XL175 the other night when it just died at a red light. Car behind me starts trying to maneuver around me when the light was still red! I get it fired up right away just as the light goes green and I blast off with the fury of 9 horsepower!
I wouldn't mind having a scramblered SR bombing around town.