Really cool that you are going to get yourself a legal YBR250, a great bike, perfect for these roads. In fact anything bigger in China could really be argued too much, this being because in the countryside there are so many uneven dirty corners that having a bigger bike might end up putting too much power through the rear tire and making rear end slide type low-sides too likely. There is nothing really wrong with the stock tires and brakes, but I'd be pretty interested to compare upgrading the front with a Brembo system and putting Bridgestone or Pirelli tires on it.

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I call it the beast because it is bulkier than I expected: I learned on a 250, but it was a Kawa SuperSherpa, lighter, higher and narrower. So the YBR seemed and felt fatter and heavier. But I was happy to find out that the seating position and seat height are quite comfortable. I was a little worried about being cramped because I'm 5"11 with long legs, and the YBR sits a whole 8cm lower that the Super Sherpa.
It's cool that you don't find that YBR250 too cramped. Recently there have been a whole load of folks on these boards who usually ride dual-sport bikes like the super-sherpa complaining that street bikes they've tried are 'too small'. Surely it is obvious that a bike with extra clearance, more suspension travel and bigger wheels is gonna be higher than a purely street bike?