Beautiful color scheme. Why Yamaha stuck with the same boring variations of white for so long, I'll never know. Never was crazy about white, but ya don't get much choice with the TW.
Yah even if Yamaha ever decides to build a TW-MAX version they would be smart to keep the old standard as well and I bet they will sell both equally well I just don't want the TW-MAX at $12k MSRP (ok maybe $8k ???) to keep the TW fans out of the market in the $4k range
I cringe every time I see that MSRP...Gone are the days when a kid could work a summer job and plunk down $1200 for an xt200 or XL just in time for school.
Nice to see they added the electric start in 2001. All you guys with pre 2001 TWs have a ghost red button that works off some mysterious other power source but those with 2001 and newer can't kick it.
I can appreciate that some people can write good articles about various motorcycles but in all honesty they don't know squat about this one like we do here. I would be impressed if Yamaha would just make the kick start an optional accessory at right around $200 and dealer installed.
so true on the kick start if they are staying with mid eighties design they really did need the kick starter I know of no other bike that has such a weak and wimpy battery system than the TW
The design is actually LATE seventies, and the very first model came without a kick start!!! , the 1981 SR185. The kick version came the next year in the XT, and it was first combined on the Bigwheel 200 in 1986. They were combined again for the TW200 in 1987 and then the Serow and then the TTR225. (there is probably JDM and foreign versions I'm omitting)
I'm not sure there is any other engine design with longer continuous production (street legal) with the exception of the Honda Z50 based designs.
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