My first thoughts after a quick dash around the block on Pete's YBR250. Start-up, wow this thing is quiet, super quiet, it seems more like a high-end sewing machine. You're not going to set off car alarms with this bike in stock form. The frame welds are sound and safe but still not as tidy as you would find on a cheap bicycle, or quite as good as the (Sundiro) Honda CBF150, maybe a little annoying, but there shouldn't be any issues. On the bike the pegs are a little further back than neutral, a tad of race feel but probably only a cm or two, and body is put in a nice comfortable dynamic position, dials are sharp and easy to read. Moving away I immediately noticed how quiet the bike was and how there were no rattles or vibrations whatsoever when compared to other China bikes. There were no issues with the throttle response which was smooth all the way through the rev range. The few corners I rode the bike had beautiful handling. The Sakura tires match the bike perfectly and have a really attractive tread pattern.

Overall thoughts so far are that this is going to be a beautiful handling, hassle free and rider friendly machine which over the time of ownership if over three or more years will totally pay for itself, due to less need to buy parts and low fuel consumption. Possibly being so quiet, having euro3 emission standards and being a single-cylinder machine can make it seem a tad sanitized. Although with such a well designed EFI machine careful research should be carried about before altering the muffler or putting a clip-on air filter on it, as you might be tempted to early on with a carburetor bike.

Can't wait to ride it on the twisty mountain roads!

UK YBR250 price is Ģ3,799 = 40,570RMB (but might be Brazilian or Japanese version).
P.S. Yamalube is fairly well thought of in the west, but I'm not convinced about Chinese Yamalube's quality as yet, prefer the Elf and Shell Chinese offerings.