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Yamaha YB100 Deluxe


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http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5702/2yb100.jpg

 

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And the location:

 

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(Emily Moor Mast, Emily Moor, West Yorkshire)

 

Just wish I had a garage to buy more! ;)

 

 

4 Speed, 70mph (on a flat dual carriageway), 2 stroke single - 97cc

 

Generally a happy little mover capable of catching you off guard by lifting the front wheel in 2nd! :O

 

Only real issues:

 

1. Electrics - Too simple, causes issues with batteries etc.

2. Hates big hills in anything above 2nd gear (30mph max in 2nd).

Take the p*** all you want... but I bet you can't beat £16 a year road tax, £100 a year insurance and 100-150 mpg :pancake:

(with the right riding gear you don't miss in car heating etc...)

 

Although I want another car when income allows (love another Escort) or insurance prices come down (if only...) I have to say I'm bitten by the motorcycle bug!

 

Next stop a Yamaha RXS 125 (twin 62cc 2 stroke) or a full test! :thumb:

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What has this got that the base model (not deluxe) hasnt?

 

150MPG does appeal i must say, if i had to commute to work it'd pay for itself very quickly over running a car to and from work

The badge I guess... :pancake:

 

I've often wondered this myself... but I have no idea as it's become one of those things you crave to know.

 

I has already paid for itself with me, with car insurance and fuel as it is. The bike, tax, mot, insurance, parts, repairs, safety gear and CBT cost less than 3 months car insurance.

 

To put the fuel into perspective, my girlfriend drives a Peu-cheese-eating-surrender-monkey-geot 107 1.0l with a 35 litre petrol tank. If I ride without trying to blow the gasket I can get the same amount of miles out of my 8 litre tank. - I'm sure she's not getting the advertised 62mpg out of the 107 as she drives it like a rally car but still...

 

 

The biggest problem is safety... even with protection, in the same crash conditions you guys in Escorts will get a steering wheel implanted in your forehead as the airbag failed to deploy where as I would more than likely lose a limb or worse, die.

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  • 4 months later...

i do love a good 2 stroke! i have 3 bikes atm

 

my 'daily driver' - 2001 gsxr600

my 'not sure why i kept this probs coz it was my first bike and got on my 17th bday but only rode for 6 months before passing my test' - moto roma virage gt125

my 'project' - 1980 cb750

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