My new YBR250 that will take me around China

[euphonius]

Beautiful posts, gorgeous bike. Wonderful having this just out your back door. How far do you have to ride to get to the good stuff?

Keep it coming!

Did you buy the rubber online? Lots of sizes available?

cheers
Euphonius

[modron]

It really isnt far to get to those beautiful little roads that Ive never knew about before Ive bought a bike ;) about 30-40min ride

I bought my tires here http://csttires.taobao.com/?spm=2013...76394.1.0skdrK
Not great choice but there are a few

Not sure if these tires are good but am sure they are much better than what I had ;)

[modron]

A quick update on fuel consumption:
I was about to go to the mountain and didnt want to run out of juice so I went to get some and to my surprise 11.6L got me from 1 bar on my indicator to 6 bars. The whole tank is 19L. That means it uses about 2.5L/100km.......quite good news ;)

Can someone tell me whats the reserve indicator on YBR250? I thought reserve starts when there is only 1 bar but my manual says reserve is around 4.7, or something like this, so its clearly not 1 bar ;)

[Lao Jia Hou]

Can someone tell me whats the reserve indicator on YBR250? I thought reserve starts when there is only 1 bar but my manual says reserve is around 4.7, or something like this, so its clearly not 1 bar ;)

I have too many bikes to remember the specific details of each of them, but I seem to recall that the YBR250 fuel indicator starts to flash with no bars showing - I also seem to recall that there is a period of time when no bars are showing, before the indicator starts to flash. Sorry, I don't know how much fuel is remaining in the tank when the indicator starts to flash.

Personally, though, I have never found a motorcycle's fuel gauge to be accurate. I just keep an eye on my trip odometer, and reset it at each fill.

Hope you are enjoying the bike - I think it is a great bike for China.

[modron]

Thanks LJH,
Bike is great, if my calculations are right it looks like i can do over 700km on one tank......quite unbelievable, I ve probably miscounted or something but if not ill be very happy. My trip around China starts on the 7th of May!!!! Happy Times ;)

[Barry]

Ill be putting these tires on before my trip http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=17337658701 and http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...d=18387559684&

I thought someone else would notice, but these are basically the same tires as the originals on the JH600. Exact same profile except these are labelled CST and the JH's are labelled as Cheng Shin.

[Lao Jia Hou]

I thought someone else would notice, but these are basically the same tires as the originals on the JH600. Exact same profile except these are labelled CST and the JH's are labelled as Cheng Shin.

You are probably correct. I think I once saw that "CST" stood for Cheng Shin Tire - that innocuous label is likely more easily marketed outside China.

[modron]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know of any good rear suspension replacement for a YBR? The original one is too soft. When i was on a trip it wasnt great. Me (around 75kg) + 3boxes, rack and the lagguage (around 50-60kg) and I needed to be very careful. Even on some G roads I needed to ride slower as i would normally do because of it. It would notoriously bottom out.
Result is that Id like to go on some few day trip two up but Im simply worried that it wont be fun

[Beto/SC]

Hello everybody!

I have a bike like this post but the YBR250 red in color and produced in Brazil.

Could anyone know where I can buy the original set of stickers like the photo below?

10ybr250red2.jpg

Thank you!

[modron]

So i finally decided to change my exhaust. I decided to go for the IXIL carrera (OY 920) one over the others cos this is a complete exhaust system and not just a slip on muffler. There is a choice of two, normal or stainless steel. I bought the normal one cos I like black exhausts and it was also few hundred cheaper. I didnt expect the exhaust pipe to be stainless steel but it is (at least looks like it) and it was a nice surprise!


after seeing the above picture I was a bit worried that its just gonna be ugly but the sound of my bike bothered me a lot so I bought it and was surprised again. It looks much better then the one on the official pic haha the welding is still ugly tho

I wanted to install everything by myself but had problem with removing the old one. Took it to mechanics and it turns out there was a problem with unscrewing and then screwing back the bolt that goes into the cylinder. It took them about 2 hours to fit the exhaust on. 20min or so for putting it on and the rest of the time fiddling with that one bolt.

Im incredibly pleased with the result! My old YBR sounds infinitely better hen before and it feels more responsive. Not really faster or more powerful but more tolerant on high gears and low revs. To be honest I dont really like the looks much but the sound gives me tingles :)
sorry for the quality of pics but I only had my phone