As requested, pics of my lovely Yamaha :)

... that's Yamaha YBR 125 for those of you getting excited hahaha. Nicknamed José (from the licence plate), we are getting on just fine, love him to bits



The exhaust painted black to keep off the rust for a bit till I can afford a new one lol.


The old rusty swingarm...


Check it out! Pretty colours


And the cause of a whole day's faffing about, the spindle rusted so badly it fused to the casing bit and had to be drilled out I love my boyfriend




This is what happens when your clutch needs tightening and you try and avoid a lampost :P

Bruise on knee after 2 days


After 3 days Ignore the hairyknees LOL



And finally, me

I thought you had a CG?

What happened to your knee then? hope it gets better soon

Lovely pics and you look so happy, chuffed to bits for you x

Originally Posted by Holdup

I thought you had a CG?

What happened to your knee then? hope it gets better soon

I did, went on a couple of rides on it and YC was worrying about the front brakes on it, they're so worn and crap it's untrue...other stuff too though. So we found a better bike fairly locally and wahey, all is much better. The luxuries of having a rev counter, I'm finding it a great help with gearing

As for the knee, well that happened 2 seconds after trying out the YBR for the first time. Had to pull out of our drive (RH bend) and the clutch was unbelievably loose. I wasn't comfortable with it at all, and lo and behold I mess up the turn, bounce up the kerb and find a lampost swiftly heading in my direction. Ended up[ grabbing the front brake (mentally thinking i am NOT going to crunch into that lamppost) and stopped right in front of it, locking the front in the process and slowly dropping it. Just banged my knee in the process. It looks worse than it is though. I like bruises, they go pretty colours haha

Ah i see, how old is the YBR? and is that swingingarm from it as well?

bad luck as well, got of lightly though!

[dizzyblonde]

Oh now that suits much better than the CG ....naming it already??,
YC will be disappointed when you start doing the woman 'emotionally attached' thing

As for the rust, I never thought I'd see anything on a bike rustier than Suzy's old shock.....that swingarms on a whole different level!!

Nice bike

Another Ysmaha rider. They're the best don't you know.

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

And finally, me

Nice one, you suit that bike much better!

I'd imagine it feels a bit more stable too? You sit more in it rather than on top of it?

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

YC will be disappointed when you start doing the woman 'emotionally attached' thing

Wadaya mean 'woman'!? I'm a manly man (hurrrrr) and I love my bike to bits!

And YBR's are good little bikes, I passed my Mod 1 on one of them. Fun few days training blasting through the Surrey countryside on it. Fantastic little learner bike, and a lovely fart-in-the-bath exhaust. Hope she does you well and you have a long, happy time together!