Yamaha YBR 125CC - is it restricted ?

Motorcycling
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hi guys
l got myself yamaha ybr 125 cc (custom)
its 2012.


on my recent trip l was really testing the speed but
the most l can squeeze out of it is 55mph (lm a girl, light one :wink: 5.7) going down the hill


l was riding with other 125cc (virago) and couldnt catch up sometimes.


is my yamaha restricted?
where can l get that checked and removed?


Thanks a lot :slight_smile:

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They arenā€™t restricted as such (at least not in the same way that 2 strokes are). The reality is YBRs just arenā€™t quick, although it does sound like you have got a particularly slow oneā€¦

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crap ! :laugh:

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LOL. The thing is no 125 is particularly quick (not four strokes anyway) and when you decided on a YBR custom you were making a bit of a style choice (rather than performance). If you eventually go on to other ā€œcustomā€ style bikes you will find they arenā€™t generally very quick, but that doesnā€™t seem to bother people who want them. Just get used to your mini ā€œHardly Davidsonā€ and learn to look cool at 50mph. It will be useful experience if you ever buy a real HD.

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Has it ever been serviced? Iā€™d be looking at plugs/air filter/oil etc, and then give up and realise itā€™s a 125 :slight_smile:

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My Suzuki Slingshot 125 does around 60mph downhill, so yh, pretty standard.

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My YBR does 68 at a push (no wind, all tucked in). They just arenā€™t really fast.

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Same here, if weā€™re going by speedo numbers.
I like my YBR :smiley:

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Struth

I thought all 125ā€™s would hit 70, my CG125 going downhill into the Hindhead Tunnel the M3 with a short fat bald 90Kg pilot topped an indicated 80 mph :wink:

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My NSR 125 got upto 75/80mph thatā€™s two strokes for you.
Oh and it was restricted!

The good old days of blue smoke.

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The 125 4 stroke bikes seem to get a bit faster with age and serious ragging . Case in point ā€¦ 2 CG125 bikes bought roughly at the same time ā€¦ One was owned by a Billy ,one was owned by a Barry ā€¦ Billy had a car too ,Barry had only the bike ā€¦They both bought their fuel from Bobs garage and had them bikes serviced by either me or John doon at the coachworks ā€¦ Barry put big miles on in no time and ragged the **** out of it everywhere and generally behaved like the ginger idiot he was . Billy was slower to put on miles due to using it only now and then if it was sunny and rode with a more mature and careful head cos he was older and also fatter and a bit of a self confessed coward ā€¦ 12 months down the line and Barrys CG125 was much quicker than Billys .

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Im applying the same logic to my Honda.

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So has my 80+ mph down hill with tail wind and over weight pilot CG125 been seriously ragged :ermm:

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haha thanks guys :slight_smile: l love my bike ans lm not a speed junkie at all (hence custom style) but it was just a bit annoying on a ride out :slight_smile:

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isnā€™t the virago a twin not a single?