Safety matters
Updated On: 29 June, 2009 10:05 AM IST | | BALAJI NARASIMHAN
Back in the early 90s, when I was still in college, the Yamaha 'Yam' RX100 was the bike that all of us aspired to buy and ride.
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Back in the early 90s, when I was still in college, the Yamaha 'Yam' RX100 was the bike that all of us aspired to buy and ride.
This bike was reputed to be a bit dangerous. Nothing wrong with her, actually it is just that people who rode the Yam used to live dangerously. But, over the years, this reputation for danger has steadily built up, and has become almost an urban legend a mechanic I know once told me about a Yam that had claimed 17 lives. This is a bit of a sad thing for the company because the bike is really solid.
This bike was reputed to be a bit dangerous. Nothing wrong with her, actually it is just that people who rode the Yam used to live dangerously. But, over the years, this reputation for danger has steadily built up, and has become almost an urban legend a mechanic I know once told me about a Yam that had claimed 17 lives. This is a bit of a sad thing for the company because the bike is really solid.
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