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(I had a tough time making this since I could hardly find an information source. So at this point, I only wrote what I know about him. Luckily, I have watched him since the beginning of his zx636. To make this even complete, I will try to interview him in an event to find further information)

The White Tiger

Keysa Mahesa’s Unique White R1M

KYS’ Journey

Keysa Mahesa is a 22 year old teenager from Bali who does content creation for living and has a youtube channel. Since he was a kid, his passion has always been riding a motorcycle. He started riding motorcycles when he was 17 and he owned a Kawasaki Z900 at that time. After a couple years, he started booming in youtube and became famous because of his motovlogging. After a while, he sold his Z900 and bought two motorcycles, the Kawasaki ZX636 and the CBR1000R, but after two months, he sold his CBR1000R. After uploading some more youtube videos and Instagram reels of his bike, he started getting fans around Bali. He loved his ZX636 so much that he named it “Keni”. After he got more money from youtube and content creation, he bought the 2020 Yamaha R1M and named it “Blacky” because of its body covered with carbon fiber. He then sold Keni to his friend for Rp300.000.000. 

Blacky’s Transformation

Blacky had its body mostly covered with black carbon fiber. Keysa thought the livery was too common to the other R1Ms so he decided to research for a new livery. After a while, he then created the white and blue livery, making it similar to his logo color. His R1M has a blue striping on the front, white painted carbon fiber winglet, blue LED lights on the bottom, blue striping on the fairing that says “KYS” which represents his name “Keysa Mahesa”. Other than being famous for his youtube channel, Keysa’s R1M took his instagram page to the whole world which makes him even more famous by appearing on people’s FYP.

His R1M transformation did not cost him a lot. Estimation of 4.000.000 IDR, with the winglet carbon fiber, wrapping, exhaust, and bottom LED lights on an R1M, automotive lovers does not think it was expensive at all. Compared to his friend Bima Nata who bought an R1M longer than Keysa did, Keysa’s bike is said to have a better look than Bima’s R1M, even if Bima’s bike is fully covered in carbon fiber. After changing his bike livery, he got more recognition around the world. It really made an effect on his audience due to his unique livery. The audience finds it really easy since his bike is different from the others. Who does not know what his bike looks like, right? From my experience, I have seen him at night very clearly. With his blue LED lights on the bottom, I can tell that he passed by me. 

Difference between the R1 & R1M

Have you ever wondered what are the differences between the Yamaha R1 and the R1M? Well, there are a lot of different features between them such as the Electronic Racing Suspension a.k.a. ERS system. The R1M has this feature where the suspension can be adjusted by the rider to seek comfort and experience better performance while riding. However, the normal R1 does not have this feature because it is made only for sport-touring. 

Another difference is clearly the body parts. Even though the design is the same, the material for the R1M is different from the normal R1 because it uses carbon fiber. The carbon fiber makes the R1M look special even with the same design. It also increases the performance of the R1M because carbon fiber is pretty light and strong for a motorcycle body part. The normal R1 does not use carbon fiber due to its cheap pricing and lack of race use. 

A Communication Control Unit or shortened as CCU is also one of the features that the R1M has but the normal R1 does not. A CCU can be used as a performance tracker, usually used when racing. The owner can download the data from the bike and keep track of the bike’s performance after it is used for racing and track environments. 

The pricing is one of the most obvious differences between these two bikes. The R1 only cost 605.000.000 IDR. However the R1M cost 812.000.000 IDR, a bit more expensive due to its useful features and carbon fiber. The R1M is also a little bit faster than the normal R1 which explains why it is more expensive. 

Lastly, the R1M is a limited production due to its high cost of production. This motorcycle is made for people who enjoy racing and riding motorcycles as a hobby. It is usually people that seeks comfort and performance that want to buy the R1M.