Originally Posted by
dminor
^^That's to distinguish it from a saxophone so the pawn shop knows where to display it.
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Originally Posted by
TimJ
No one is telling you outright it's a cheap bike that's not going to be worth anything in the future. It's just a typical department store bike. Sometimes car or motorcycle manufacturers will license their name on department store bikes, but it doesn't make them collectible. There may not be any model name because it might be the only "model" that has the yamaha name slapped on it. In whatever case if you enjoy riding it, good for you, but it's not anything special, sorry.
You're probably right. It reminds me of when Jeep had mountain bikes as an incentive. Every Cherokee came with a roof rack and a (cheap, rebranded) mountain bike.
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