Dear Seller,
Been about a year since you sold me the 1988 Yamaha Phazer. Hope all is well. Wanted to say thank you again selling me the bike and then for buying it back again after a some months.
Sounds funny, but wish you could see the places that bike and I rode. In a way, think you knew as that drive you took me on was a collection of the entire thing.
A 250cc motorbike. A ride people laugh at as being a beginners bike back stateside. In a world of 75mph highways, it is. However almost the entire world is made up of roads that allow for no more than 25-50 mph. A world the 250cc is made for.
Then you add to it the time and place this bike was made. A time in Japan where you could not produce bikes larger than 250cc for the domestic market. Abroad Japan had made advancements that even today make it the sole leader in reliable great motorcycles.
I will not bore you with all the details that made the Phazer 250 an amazing bike.
Lord was it a great bike to ride. First, why? Why was this bike still running so well. I mean like new bike well. Its true the magneto in this bike was out (right name, not sure. first time I had this problem was on a bike in the Philippines. at the time that is what the mechanic called it.)
However this problem was easy. So long as the bike was being driven, the engine would not die out. Even at a light, just keep the revs up and all was well.
Shibuya crossing, the light just after it. Yes this is where I learned the bike suffered from this problem. Had I not ridden so many broken bikes, I would have been just broken down in Tokyo.
Instead, after turning off the lights and a push start, I was on my way home.
Age has its virtues.
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