The first time you roll your new
nda XR "250R or XR400R down
'ng ramp, you better tell your
'ng b
to take a good look.
use al ey're going to see for
the rest ofthe day is your dust and a
big firehose roost - and that's if they
T
can even manage to keep you in sight.
In one bold stroke, these two bikes
have made every other machine in their
class look about as advanced as a
weed-wacker lashed to a pogo stick.
They both feature compact, air-cooled,
Radial Four-Valve Combustion chamber
engines offering I~ndary XR reliability,
and the 400 features an easy-access
CR'"-type clutch cover. Their stainlesssteel headpipes are lighter, and big-fm
cylinder heads and dry-sump engines
mean they run cooler. Their automatic
decompression systems make them a
