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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.
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Yeah heard that too.
the bros was a great bike as it was really sknny and battered ones could be had for cheap and sold for similar prices.
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Not sure anyone could pick up a Goldwing.
There was a specific unfaired detuned Vfr400f which was used in rising schools, it had massive crash bars maybe a foot each side with different coloured lights on them that lit in sequence according to your speed. The bars were so wide I doubt it could have fallen over to be picked up.
Some schools in city’s were on top of buildings to add a bit of spice to the emergency stop.I read in one of the Grey Bike magazines to go up on capacity you had to pass tests in sequence and they got more expensive so most stopped at 400cc.
I despatched a string of Bros400s, CB-1s and CBR 400s, they were all around the same age and mileage as the MOT (Shaken) became stricter with age and eventually involved a partial engine strip.You can fit a 750cc AfricaTwin engine in a Bros400 if you try
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