The Yamaha YBR 125, introduced in 2016, was considered an innovative 2-wheeler in the market back then. Everyone thought this brand would bring something new to the table and probably bring new updates, new options, and new upgrades with time, unlike Atlas, which makes crap 1980s motorcycles.
But Yamaha had another plan. Soon, 2016 passed, and we waited for 2017,18,19,20, and now it’s 2024. But Yamaha hasn’t even added a single new upgrade or option to its lineup. They are still stuck on that 2016 YBR.
Spoiler alert: It’s not what you think!
Yamaha’s New ‘Safety Features’
“If you ever feel useless, remember there’s someone in Yamaha’s social media department who is creating these Instagram posts.”
Yamaha just posted some safety features on their Instagram page, showing three primary safety features of the Yamaha YBR 125. Now, you might wonder why these basic 1960s things are safety features. Well, you’re wrong.
Yamaha thinks from another dimension that we can’t access. Let us just explain to you how these basic features are safety features:
Halogen Headlight
Halogen lights are not that bright compared to LED projectors. The specific OEM lights that come in stock in YBR are exceedingly dull, so even side indicators have more brightness than their headlights.
This is a safety feature. How?
49% of road accidents happen at night. If you have bad headlight visibility, you’ll avoid unnecessary riding at night and, hence, have lower chances of being involved in a road accident.
Although you can swap the stock headlight with an after-market LED light, we don’t recommend doing that. It’s best to keep the stock headlight and keep this “safety feature turned on.”
Ground Clearance
For some reason, ground clearance is a safety feature for the Yamaha 125. While the Suzuki GS150 has a better ground clearance (155 mm), Suzuki never said it’s a safety feature, and we cannot understand how ground clearance is a safety feature or how it would protect you during an accident.
If having a high ground clearance is a safety feature, then the Suzuki Alto is as safe as a Mercedes. Now, we’re sure that there’s a person in Yamaha’s social media department who got this brilliant idea.
Disc Brakes
Now, that’s the only logical safety feature you can see in this 125cc bike. However, if they are charging a whopping 4.85 lacs for a 125cc, it’s no surprise to see a front disc brake at that price because rear brakes are also drum brakes like CD70.
Conclusion
It seems like Yamaha’s social media department doesn’t know much about motorcycles, so they just create some random bluff posts to post something on Instagram. Otherwise, the types of Insta posts they do make no sense from the side.
A reasonable move, especialy given our market, i can’t tell how many time i was blinded because many are using high beam instead of low beam in the city or village during night
high beam is to use only on road outside towns, road without streetlight of course, and even considering that if another drive is coming from the other side, we need to change from high beam to low beam, so we can pass side by side with security
Lmfao the previous comment. It isn’t the high which is the problem. It’s the after market leds that aren’t fitted properly or don’t support the housing. Now if these shitty companies started providing proper long range led’s, no one would need after market ones. Especially those flashing yellow ones that every biker has to install for some reason, if not that, they have no lights.
Even in cars, led lights, ventilated seats(personal preference), and basic safety features should be standard, unfortunately though our awaam keeps buying everything.
The first feature seems pointless, but the second one is more of a safety feature—not really for the rider, but for the bike itself. Its ground clearance is the lowest I’ve experienced on any bike. It constantly scrapes on speed bumps that my Suzuki Alto easily clears.
@Waqas
That was sarcastic, YBR’s high beam is as useless as United Nations in resolving conflicts.
That’s why people go with after-market LEDs in the YBR.
@Zain
Yea, that yellow light is distubring af, always blind you from the front.
The problem is with the after market, OEMs don’t work so people go with cheap after-market flood lights and they are soo blindingly bright.
Nowadays most of the heartless bike riders keep their headlights off so installing this headlight doesn’t make any difference.