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Driver Ejected from Toyota FJ Cruiser in Beach Stunt Gone Wrong

It’s completely comprehensible to be skeptical about movies revealed on-line on April 1. However, this video certain appears to be like terrifyingly actual. Footage recorded in Kuwait on the Abu Al Hasaniya seashore reveals a stunt gone horribly fallacious. A Toyota FJ Cruiser driver was ejected from after attempting however failing to drag a stunt.

We can safely assume that he wasn’t sporting a seatbelt. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been thrown out of the SUV whereas the FJ Cruiser was rolling over. We can see the driving force strolling on his personal two toes following the loopy crash, so he was fortunate sufficient to outlive. He seems to be limping, however a damaged ankle is a small worth to pay for such reckless conduct.

What was he attempting to perform anyway? Perhaps he needed to indicate off his “skills” in entrance of his buddies. Otherwise, there would not be a digicam pointing immediately on the FJ Cruiser, until a stranger observed the Toyota SUV getting dangerously near the water. At one level within the video, the driving force opens the door for no matter cause, earlier than closing it to carry out what may’ve been a deadly stunt.

If you continue to have doubts concerning the authenticity of this video—it’s April Fools’ Day in spite of everything—there are pictures of the aftermath. The automobile was ultimately swept into the ocean earlier than the fireplace division recovered it. That poor Toyota FJ Cruiser has definitely seen higher days. Local experiences declare authorities in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate have seized the wrecked SUV.

Hopefully, the driving force has realized his lesson for the reason that odds are he will not be this fortunate subsequent time. Swerving a automobile so enthusiastically the place there’s sand and water shouldn’t be one of the best concept, even if you happen to drive a real off-roader. Not sporting a seatbelt whereas attempting to drag off such a harmful stunt is mind-boggling, to say the least.

 

You Can Still Buy A New Yamaha SR400 In 2024 In One Place

When beloved, long-running bike fashions are discontinued, it is utterly comprehensible to really feel unhappy. For that purpose, in February 2021, Yamaha announced a yearlong going-away party for the SR400. Over in Japan, it introduced a Final Edition model in 2021 as nicely. 

For a motorcycle that began manufacturing in 1978, the SR400 went a great distance with out altering a lot. Sure, the ultimate years have been gas injected, however that was its essential (and never unreasonable) concession to modernity.

We have completely no proof that anybody at Yamaha ever uttered the precise phrases “electric start, schmelectric start,” however did the SR400 ever have one? No, buddies, it did not. The SR400 was and evermore shall be kickstart all the way in which, ceaselessly and ever, amen.

Rumors Of Its Death Appear To Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

2023 Yamaha SR400 - Thailand Banner

What you are is a banner for the Yamaha Thailand launch of the 2023 SR400. It is available in two colours solely: Silky White and Mat Gray Metallic. The worth of ฿295,000 works out to about $8,492 on the time of writing on January 5, 2024. 

While TripApart took observe when Yamaha Thailand released a Limited Edition 44th Anniversary Edition SR400 in 2022, there is a important distinction between a particular restricted version mannequin and a daily run. Seeing the common 2023 SR400 that anybody with the money can simply stroll into their native Yamaha vendor in Thailand and purchase reveals us that it is not useless all over the place simply but. It’s even nonetheless manufactured in Japan after which exported to Thailand, based on the official brochure.

In truth, all of the specs sound simply as you bear in mind them. It’s nonetheless powered by a two-valve, four-stroke, air-cooled, single overhead cam, 399cc single-cylinder engine. It makes a claimed 17.5 kilowatts (about 23.4 horsepower) at 6,500 rpm and 27.8 newton-meters (about 20.5 pound-feet) of torque at 3,000 rpm.

Curb weight is 175 kilograms (just below 386 kilos). Seat peak is an approachable 790mm (31.1 inches). It makes use of the identical easy nonadjustable telescopic entrance fork and twin rear shock and swingarm suspension setup, which gives 150mm (5.9 inches) of entrance wheel journey and 105mm (4.13 inches) of rear wheel journey. Brakes encompass a single disc brake up entrance and a drum within the rear. It rolls on a pair of 18-inch spoked wheels with tubed tires. 

The promotional video from Yamaha Thailand that we have included on this submit is from a number of years in the past. Apart from the paint and graphics, although, it might simply as simply be from at the moment. This bike is aware of who it is for, and it’s very unapologetic about it.