There actually IS a reason that they omitted the second headlight. I forget if its california specs (like the case of the cat) or advanced EU specs (like the emissions) that this one falls under, BUT...
...The back story behind this one is that it was designed with he single headlight look for safety reasons. Apparently, someone has done a little reasearch and found that in the case of T intections, Cars cannot readily distinguish between a motorcycle with two headlights on at a close range, or a car with two headlights at a distance. Cars keep pulling out in front of bikes, and the bikes are T-boning the vehicles through no fault of their own.
Personally, I prefer to wire up both headlights, and just poke holes in my exhaust to be obnoxiously loud for safety's sake, but no....this was no engineering flaw. Probably just an "easter egg" so to speak from the designers at yamaha to make modding the bike in and out of specs more easy.
And no, we dont have two on this side of the pond either.
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