TT Is For Truly Tantalizing

Jeff Palhegyi’s Yamaha TT400 Custom Rocks!

Starting off with Yamaha's new retro-styled SR400 like the one pictured here, customizer Jeff Palhegyi took the throwback look to a whole new level with his TT400 treatment including custom swingarm, a shaved tank, fork gaiters, and ADV tires on stock wheels.

Starting off with Yamaha’s new retro-styled SR400 like the one pictured here, customizer Jeff Palhegyi took the throwback look to a whole new level with his TT400 treatment including custom swingarm, a shaved tank, fork gaiters, and ADV tires on stock wheels.

Enthusiasts of a “certain age” will see customizer Jeff Palhegyi’s Yamaha SR400-based one-off as the realization of a dream. It’s a simple, elemental, astonishingly beautiful expression of dual-sport/scrambler roots. And it’s not that hard to duplicate. “I trimmed the rear subframe and built a new loop for the rear fender and the custom seat,” he says. “We used a custom aluminum swingarm, but you could retain the stock piece if you wanted to.” Heidenau ADV tires grace the stock rims, and while the shocks are custom Race Tech units, the fork is original, as is the front brake. Custom side covers/number plates partly disguise a simple, hand-built stainless-steel exhaust with a demi muffler at the end. The headlight and taillight come from Dime City Cycles. And the tank? Mostly stock, with the bottom seam removed and a fresh coat of paint.

Starting off with Yamaha’s new retro-styled SR400 like the one pictured here, customizer Jeff Palhegyi took the throwback look to a whole new level with his TT400 treatment including custom swingarm, a shaved tank, fork gaiters, and ADV tires on stock wheels.