Quote Originally Posted by soberpete View Post
Fred, I doubt that the Fazer will ever be available at a reasonable price (or at all) here in China. They seem to do fairly well selling the Jianshe Yamaha YBR250 in China so I can't imagine them building the Fazer here too. The cost of beginning to manufacture the new model here or even getting them imported would make them too expensive to buy. I wouldn't bother asking them if I were you, but you never know.

About the cramping issue, like I said "I'm 178cm tall with fairly long legs and only ever feel a little cramped after about two hours of solid riding". You're a few inches taller than me, so I can't say for sure but I would guess that you may begin to feel some discomfort in your legs after an hour or so of riding. Anyway, it's really just something that comes with riding a street bike. Better position, better control and a different feel albeit not as comfy as a cruiser.
A Honda Shadow! That's a nice big cruiser and I'm guessing that you never got crampt legs on that thing. Have you ever ridden a street bike or anything with a similar position to the YBR250? If not, then I would say it's a choice between bike types:
-Cruisers have the look of style and the feel of comfort but lack handling and the proper seat position to take corners at speed.
-Street bikes have the seating postion you need to take coners at speed and give you the feel of control and acurate balance (the way a motorcycle should be... some say).
My first bike was a 150cc cruiser and although I really like the look of cruisers I would never go back to one after getting a street bike.

Thanks for the reply Pete, I dont have any more questions... for now ! ;-))

About the Honda Shadow, I'm not talking about the 750cc version of course, but the 150cc Honda-Sundiro Shadow you can buy in China !
Yes, the position is very comfortable on that thing, and yes too, it's maybe not the best to take corners at speed. I can't wait to try a street bike to feel/experience the difference.

My mind is made up on a red YBR 250 now, but all the paperwork will be terribly "mafan" :
- changing the plates registration from the Honda to the Yam
- changing the insurance to the new bike
- selling the Shadow (I'll post an advertisement on the forum later) and helping the buyer to get it plated.