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I think so. Sleeved VT500 mainly for the Japan market because 400cc was the maximum for one of their licence tiers.
Not sure if it's urban myth but I read somewhere that part of the Japanese M/C test is to pick a dummy bike up. That was why the lighter class was so popular. Maybe someone knows more.
Airhead
I had an NV400 for a while. Lovely bike and suffered a lot of abuse. Never let me down, even made it the last mile having dropped a valve!
I like shaft drive too.
Never got into engine work, it seems to involve a lot of measuring tiny tolerances. I did replace the valve on that engine on my kitchen table.