Bike Garage - Radian Cafe Racer

21 Nov, 2019 Post a Comment

Radian 600cc Cafe Racer by ZDR Custom Moto.

The YX600 Radian is a sport/standard motorbike manufactured yesteryear the Yamaha Motor Company betwixt the years of 1986-1990.

The Radian came equipped alongside a slightly detuned version of Yamaha's 598cc, air-cooled, inline-4 which was used inwards the Yamaha FZ-600 Sport Motorcycle (grandfather of Yamaha's FZR serial of functioning bikes), as well as initially designed alongside 528cc for the 1981 XJ550 Seca as well as Maxim therefore inwards 1984 the bore, stroke as well as carburetor size were increased for the Yamaha XJ600/FJ600 sport bike.

In 1986 the engine was fitted alongside smaller 550 agency carburetors to lucifer betwixt the frame rails inwards the Japanese FZ400 chassis as well as introduced equally the FZ600 which was produced until 1988.

The YX600 Radian chassis received less high functioning components than its race-bred relatives inwards guild to brand the machine to a greater extent than affordable for the full general riding community.

Some of these features included twin parent daze absorbers, parent drum brakes, as well as the lack of functioning fairings, lending the motorcycle's appearance to the increasingly pop "Naked bike" styling at the time.