Oct 01, 2008 05:03 PM
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Bought my Yamaha YBX 125 in May 2000 .. yep .. riding it for the last 8 years.
In 2000, Hero Honda CBZ had just been launched, was expensive and had a long waiting period. So I wnet for YBX. Anyways, RX100 had been my first love, so a 4-stroke Yamaha made sense.
To start with, YBX was one of the most powerful bikes on the road. Awesome pickup, decent milage .. I got arnd 50-55 kmpl for first 4 years. Plus top speed of 105 was possible ..... I used to ride from Chembur to Nerul .. so had an empty highway to race.
The trouble started after a few years. Mainly w.r.t accessories. The palstic near brake lights broke after approx an year and could never be fixed. In general the plastics in YBX are pathetic. The odometer stopped functioning after 4 years at 45, 000KM and could never be fixed. The head light cracked up last year (after 7 years). No YBX headligh was available adn I had to use a RX100 head light. Most YBX accessories are not available and need to customize a bit and use RX100 or Bajaj accessories.
But over the last 8 years, YBX has been a great companion. Low on maintainance .... service and oil change every 3 months has been my mantra. Even now it touchs speed 90 km/hr and gives me a milage 35 km/litre.
Overall i'm satisfied with YBX :-)
