Still got it

Remember the glory days of the 1990s 400cc Grey Import exotica boom, with perfectly formed chassis and screaming, sky-high redlines? PS spends quality time with Yamaha’s FZR400RR, Suzuki’s GSX-R400R and Honda’s RVF400 to find out how these 20-year-old mini-marvels stand up today

Words: Simon Hargreaves | Pictures : Gareth Harford

It’s as if editor Jim has planned it. Half an hour ago we sat shivering on a moor in the Peak District, brown hillsides still splashed with the milky remnants of winter snowdrifts like an embarrassing accident over a Christmas pudding. Jim was holding forth on the madness of buying a modern sports 400 parallel twin instead of a classic 1990s Japanese 400. “You’d want your head testing,” he said, shaking his. “Why look at a modern 400? Not only are these better, at around the same price, but they’ll make money,” he continues, waving a frost-bitten hand at the cute 1996 Honda RVF400, immaculate 1996 Yamaha FZR400RR, and honest 1990 Suzuki GSX-R400 decorating a Derbyshire back road. “It’s win-win in every respect. By what measure is a new bike…

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Practical Sportsbikes (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2018

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