andrewrooney Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Just saw this on thaimocyc.com: http://www.thaimocyc.com/yamaha-ybr250-%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7/ Yamaha has uploaded a sell sheet for the YBR250 to their Thailand website. It's not linked from the front page, but if you follow this link it's there: http://www.yamaha-motor.co.th/pdf/yamaha_YBR250.pdf Any thoughts on this bike? If the price is right it could be a decent commuter. Seems a little underpowered, though, and I'm not exactly thrilled about the rear drum brake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Would have been a real goer in the sales charts in the early 90's. Doubt if it will do well now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfsa2 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 if its not too much more expensive than a CBR150, then maybe it will sell some... good engine for bkk, but it's hell ugly. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantan Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I like it. Hope that more such bikes with simple technology are sold in future. Perfect for Thailand. Air/Oil(?) cooled and naked. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Z 250 competition? Though to be honest I haven't seen many Z 250's on the road. Don't know how many Kawasaki shift. Yamaha/Suzuki lack of dealerships, lack of parts, lack of trained mechanics discussion coming very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramds Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Z 250 competition? Though to be honest I haven't seen many Z 250's on the road. Don't know how many Kawasaki shift. Yamaha/Suzuki lack of dealerships, lack of parts, lack of trained mechanics discussion coming very soon. You don't get out much, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ma Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) How many more new bikes can possibly be introduced into a market within 3 years. Getting a bit of a joke now. I would quickly guess the number of bikes between 250-650cc have gone from 4 to about 15, in the last 3 years. And thankfully they're all better looking than that thing. Edited January 2, 2014 by 1ma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrAzTiK Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Personally, I really like the YBR style. I want this bike ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-BKK Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Great news, Yamaha Thailand is thinking about introducing a Chinese developed and made motorcycle on the Thai market. I'm sure that Chongqing Jianshe "Yamaha" Motorcycle Co., Ltd. is delighted by the news... Not sure what the news will do for the "Made in China" haters on this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfsa2 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 maybe it's from some Chinese branch of Yamaha, not Japan yamaha. the Keeway RKV200 looks much better than this one, and how could they put a Drum rear brake? I hardly see the Z250 out in the wile, maybe half a dozen since it launched, and I ride 1-2000Km/month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wong! Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 ^ The Z250 is Kawa's best looking bike. The should remodel the ER6N & Z800 ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerkid Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Great news, Yamaha Thailand is thinking about introducing a Chinese developed and made motorcycle on the Thai market. I'm sure that Chongqing Jianshe "Yamaha" Motorcycle Co., Ltd. is delighted by the news... Not sure what the news will do for the "Made in China" haters on this forum ssssssssssst...... don't wake up the trolls . They haven't discovered this thread yet. I think they have a filter that automaticly detects anything chinese and will be here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Great news, Yamaha Thailand is thinking about introducing a Chinese developed and made motorcycle on the Thai market. I'm sure that Chongqing Jianshe "Yamaha" Motorcycle Co., Ltd. is delighted by the news... Not sure what the news will do for the "Made in China" haters on this forum ssssssssssst...... don't wake up the trolls . They haven't discovered this thread yet. I think they have a filter that automaticly detects anything chinese and will be here soon. it is written Yamaha on it so no problems pokerkid! I was riding a ybr125 before as a commuter back home for a short time and it was a good reliable bike but that is all, no excitement. ybr250 looks like a good option in Thailand and if they sell it like 90 k, they can score some sales for sure. But if they pass 100 k, they will go into cbr250/300 territory which will be very hard to sell these for them. But it is low tech with an air cooled sohc engine with two valves only and rear drum bike and a cradle frame kills me at this age! it looks nearly same as my ybr125 except, the only improvement over long years between these bikes is ybr250 has a mono shock which tidies the bike a bit and it looks better. Edited January 3, 2014 by ll2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I personally like it and prefer it to the CBR, it looks better and better (upright) riding position for Thailand, I like low tech too, but fear it another bike built for shortarses. High pedals too mean my knees are in my armpits, so again another Jap bike not for me. I understand why people like HD's, pity there isn't anything Jap for the fat or tall(ish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wong! Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Great news, Yamaha Thailand is thinking about introducing a Chinese developed and made motorcycle on the Thai market. I'm sure that Chongqing Jianshe "Yamaha" Motorcycle Co., Ltd. is delighted by the news... Not sure what the news will do for the "Made in China" haters on this forum ssssssssssst...... don't wake up the trolls . They haven't discovered this thread yet. I think they have a filter that automaticly detects anything chinese and will be here soon. it is written Yamaha on it so no problems pokerkid! Apart from frames made of rubber. Even the new 600 has godawful handling for a bike of that class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Yamaha's version of the Inazuma. Butt ugly, looks like something from the early 90's. I'm no CBR250 fan but if I wanted a cheap 250 I'd be buying one of those before I considered this monstrosity. Maybe fans of the Tiger Boxer will be interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistachios Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Much better looking than any of the ninja clones on the market imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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