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• gearjammer45

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• VStar 1100 Oil Filter Relocati

  • From: Wolfye
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    For those of you who are interested in the final result of the oil filter relocation kit install, here's some pictures of my bike with it installed.

    You can see the chrome filter cover just peeping over the exhaust pipe there. I was a bit worried that all that chrome might look out of place on my black bike, but I think it looks really nice down there.

    One thing I was worried about was people said that the area which was covered by the vanity plate with the YAMAHA logo would look bad because it was under the plate. A little bit of Mr Sheen (Aussie furniture polish) and it came up like there was never anything there

    

     

    You can see the hoses in the picture (right). I was initially worried that they would not fit because when I held it against the bike I could not see how they would. I bought the normal length hoses that came with the kit, but they fit perfectly as you can see.

    The oil filter itself is tucked up under the front. I'll have to see how it goes with crap flicking up from the road onto the chrome I guess.

    All in all, I'm very happy with the results. Now I have to wait to put another 5,000 kms on her so I can do the next oil change myself!

    

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• Day 5 & 6: Road Trip - Canberr

  • From: Dimitra
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    Day 5: Road Trip - Canberra to Janolan Caves

    Woke up on our last morning in Canberra and rode down to the Canberra Motorcycle Centre in Mitchell. The regulator hadn't arrived yet and we were a bit nervous, but they assured us it should arrive this morning. We left the bikes there and went next door for a coffee (good coffee joint if you're a coffee junkie like me). Dim decided since we were waiting around to get a haircut. Finished the haircut and got the call that the bike was ready at the same time (see it was meant to be!). The guys were brilliant, replaced the part under parts warranty from Yamaha and didn't even charge us for labour.

    Late morning we headed out of Canberra on the Federal Highway and cruised. Thoroughly enjoying just being out riding again and on the adventure. Pulled in to a rest stop along the highway, and had views of a wind farm in the distance... see Adam shows us how it's done:

    Then we cruised on till we got to the Big Merino in Goulburn. Fuelled up the bikes and ourselves before heading on. The freeways had numbed our brains so much that Adam said "The twisty long straights" were his favourite roads (?!?!) We rode on to Taralga where the roads were very rough. Nice and windy but very rough. Once we got past Taralga the roads got really good. We pulled in for a photo op:

    Adam had a wee on the fence (he said it wasn't electric, but I dunno, he's been acting strange ever since!)

    From this point the roads became awesome. Beyond awesome actually!! (Dim's favourite road here). Big sweeping curves and bends and up and down hills with great views. One very very steep twisty decline, followed by a very steep and twisty incline, then the road stretched out nice and windy again until Black Springs. Wanted to go back and re-do the Taralga to Black Springs road over & over. Do it if you get the chance.

    Next stop was Oberon for fuel, then we headed down to the Janolan Caves. Noticed a few signs as we got closer to the caves, which said that Trucks and Caravans were not allowed to go down that road. I knew something good was coming up... Dim's literal diary entry after doing the ride down to the Janolan Caves goes like this: "OMG crap that was a scary ride. Down down down the very steep mountain side with all those 15km p/hr bends and all that camber on the road! Barely one lane wide with vans and 4wd's refusing to move over to the edge while they were heading up the mountain and we were coming down."

    Booked into the hotel and were given a free upgrade due to a school coming in and taking the motel rooms. So we got a beautiful "Traditional Stay" room with antiques and fantastic mountain views (but no TV). Checked in and explored the grounds for the evening.

    Day 6: Road Trip - Janolan Caves to Sydney

    It was hard to fall asleep last night with thoughts of having to go back up that mountain and dreams of "The Shining", which Adam had told me about because the traditional hotel had reminded him of the hallways in the movie. After breakfast we headed down to pick one of the cave tours. We picked the Orient Cave tour which was great. Lots and lots of stairs and tight passages but well worth doing. Spectacular views of the cave with stalactites, stalagmites, and other rock formations. Nature is incredible, makes you wonder what else of such beauty lies in dark caves undiscovered!

    We decided not to take the mountain road up and out, and instead to take the only other way out of Janolan Caves, which is a less steep but longer windy ride out of the mountains. This road happens to be closed between 11.45am and 1.15pm daily, as it's one lane only for part of the road, so they close it to allow only bus tours to come in. So after the cave tour we had a bite to eat while we waited for the road to open.

    Light misty drizzle and fog started as we headed out of the mountains. Much nicer roads, still twisty but nowhere near as steep. Just before Lithgow, pulled off the road to check the maps, and an older local guy pulled up in a ute to see if we needed help.

    Headed into Lithgow looking for the Bells Line of Road. Great start to it with a cop car having pulled someone over to the side of the road right before the beginning of Bells Line. Mostly 60 - 80km/hr speed limits and we have to say, a very disappointing road. Sorry to all you Sydney folk who think it's brilliant. A small section in the middle at 100km/hr was okay. Maybe it had been over-hyped because we've heard about this road so much, or maybe because we'd just come off such great riding the day before (e.g. Taralga to Black Springs), but it's not a road we'd recommend to people or that we'd make an effort to do again.

    Came in to Sydney and for the first time ever had to pull over to a pay toll booth on the bikes (I'm sure that novelty will wear off quickly). Went through a few other electronic tolls as we got closer (must remember to set up a toll account) and we rode in over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately there was a lot of traffic so we had to keep eyes on the road for braking traffic, so didn't get much chance to enjoy the experience or check out the scenery. Once we were in the city we started looking for the street our hotel was on. When we finally got to it we were in the right lane but the hotel was a left hand turn. So we had to keep going and I thought we could just go round the block... but this is Sydney hey? So noooooo... once we turned right, we found we couldn't do another right at the next block, and so we were on a wild goose chase to get back to Point A. Finally got there & checked into our hotel. Set up the toll account & time to unwind. We got a call from this strange bloke, they call him Al... made plans to meet Al & his wife Coz the next day.

    Stay tuned for the next episode... Will Als try and push Dim & Adam off The Gap? hmmmmmmmm LOL

    Dim & Adam

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• Day 3 & 4: Road Trip - Albury

  • From: Dimitra
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    Day 3: Road Trip - Albury to Canberra

    We woke to a beautiful day, 32c degrees. Headed out from Albury, across the Hume Weir across a huge girder bridge. Absolutely awesome road along the Murray River (pic on right of page) to Jingellic, where we crossed back over the border into NSW.

    Then headed from Jingellic up to Tumbarumba, all bitchumen with big sweeping curves which Dim really loved. Except for one spot where we came around a corner and had a 5 foot long Red Belly Black Snake sunning itself in the middle of the road!! Adam went to the right of it (on the wrong side of the road), it lifted it's head to look, and Dim passed it on the left side, right in front of it's raised head. (No pics of the snake, didn't really want a closer look!!)

    Got to Tumbarumba and checked out their Information Centre / Museum which had a lot of information on a famous 1930's plane crash called the Southern Cloud. From there another fun ride up through Batlow to Tumut where we had lunch, beautiful food from a run down looking little milkbar.

    We asked some rangers about different roads through to Yass, one road we'd been told about was very rutted and dirt and wasn't advised even for 4WD vehicles. So they sent us on a back road from Tumut through Brungle, then to Gundagai which was a really good ride! It was on this strip of road, that Adam spotted a massive Goanna on the side of the road... (He must have scared him off cos he was gone by the time I passed by).

    Pulled in to Gundagai and took some photos with the Dog on the Tuckerbox (pic right of screen). Got back onto the boring Hume Highway and droned on to Canberra. So boring Dim's average speed crept up to 120km p/hr to avoid falling asleep. (Will that defence work with the cops?)

    Booked into a nice Country Club in Canberra who were very good by letting us park the bikes under cover and even gave us sponges & a bucket to give them a wash the next day.

    Day 4: Road Trip - Canberra

    This is where Adam ran into some trouble, his bike refused to start after the wash.

    He'd had a regulator / rectifier replaced just before we left and this had died again. One in a million chance, faulty part failed. We searched out a local Yamaha Dealer (Canberra Motorcycle Centre, Mitchell). They checked out the bike and confirmed it was the regulator again. They ordered the part in after our local Yamaha guys from home (City West Yamaha) faxed up the paperwork to do a parts claim through Yamaha and we went off to do our sight seeing at the Canberra War Memorial and Parliament House.

    Cruising around Parliament House we were approached by a security officer on a bicycle, and we were expecting to be told off for going in so close, but he just suggested a good spot for taking pictures. Then we cruised to the War Memorial down Memorial Drive, which is a long stretch of road between the two buildings and the middle of the road is divided by red gravel and on the sides of the road are monuments the whole way down, which represent each of the wars Australia has been a part of. All the while expecting Adam's bike to die at any minute, because it wasn't charging.

    The Australian War Memorial is well worth a visit. A huge place and very interesting. Adam loved it and could have stayed there overnight looking around. Some amazing interactive video, light and sound displays and the most amazing exhibit of the Japanese Mini Sub which was sunk in Sydney Harbour.

    Took the bikes back to the country club and did a 'once over' on the bikes before Adam's bike goes in for work & hopefully we can leave town!

    Stay tuned for the next episode... will Adam's bike ever be fixed or is he stranded in Canberra while Dim galavants off into the sunset? LOL

    Dim & Adam

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• VMAX Uncovered by V-Sting

  • From: johnrote
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         I recently bought a brand new 2009 VMAX 1700.  The person that ordered it last year didn't collect, however I did and am now the proud owner of the VMAX.  I used to hate the old VMAX because it could beat my old bike, the 1985 Honda V65 Magna.  These two bikes are very different, however.  Honestly, the old Honda ran out of guts down the 1/4 mile.  The VMAX does not. The guy I bought it from said it would spin the back tire in 3rd gear.   The first three gears take some getting used to though.  You don't know whether to go all out or keep the throttle back.  What I mean is that I was concerned about spinning the wheel at 60 mph and popping a wheelie.  But, looking back, I guess I never got on it enough to raise the front.  That is until now.  I have had the front end off the ground now.  Incidentaly, I have made it past the 1000 mile mark and it is almost ready for a good drag with someone.  I still haven't went balls out from a dead stop to the end of a quarter.  I have a good place to do the quarter, but we'll see. 

         I put a small windshield on it, but haven't ridden it since.  I will tomorrow.  Stay tuned to see if the windshield is sturdy enough to take the wind.  I think I'll put a smoke tint on the windshiled once I find out if I like it or not.  It will match the black body better.  Keeps the heavy rain off and also gives me a break from the wind on my 40 mile commute to work.  I can take it off really easy if I want to.  The only drawback after the initial setup on the windshield is that I had to rotate the clutch lever and reservoir downward.  That means to pull the clutch I have to chase it over the top, rather than reaching up for it.  It shouldn't be a problem when I'm riding upright, but when I'm trying to lean forward and keep the front end down in the quarter it will be a chore to reach the clutch without having carpal tunnel syndrome set in by the end of the day. 

         I hope to someday get a video of the bike going down the road in all 5 gears.  But, nothing can demonstrate the amount of torque and power this thing has.  You just have to be on it.  It just keeps pulliing.  The pro rider that works for Yamaha said it best, "any more power and this thing would not be street legal". 

         I find myself looking in my rearview alot.  What I mean is I think it's fun to get out on the interestate and get in front of a car and the car thinks he's going to go right up my tail end.  Of course, I don't let that happen.  A quick flick of the wrist and a gear change and I've left the scene.  Or, as I'm getting on the onramp I let the vehicle pass me doing 70.  I'm barely going 20 getting ready to get onto the interstate.  By the time we hit the end of the onramp I'm already ahead of him.  I know they must think I'm crazy, thinking "what some of these bikers do nowadays.  It's really dangerous", but in reality they don't know how much power the bike has and therefore think I'm riding crazy.  I'm actually just using acceleration just like they do when they jump on the interstate.  It's just that they've never seen something move so fast.  Anyway, it's entertaining for me and that's what counts. 

         Got to go.  More from "V-Sting" later. 

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• cobcon

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• YAMAHA 0330.JPG

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• Friday the 13th

  • From: copperguy
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    HMMM. so far seems like any other day, I woke up showered, had some eggs,with potato's, cheese, onion and tomato. got around, grabbed my lunch. Nice clear morning, really beautiful start of a day. 31Deg. F, this morning makes me want to go hunting instead of work, but no........ 4th Friday I've had to work in a row. sux, went 3 years @4days 11hrs. a day, OH well I have a job, SO I CAN NOT BI#CH.  Hmm. maybe there was some effect of Friday the 13th. My right foot was numb as usual, but in addition to that, I was having some sharp biting pain from the shins down on both legs, and some tingling of my fingers, really started to bug the sh*t out of me.  THEN WHAT DO I SEE........... Some fricking idiot, was riding his scoot this morning, s.o.b. must have been cold,,,, thats when it hit me.  IT WAS 31deg. F.!!!!!!!!   so I tucked my legs a little tighter to the Yamaha 1700 iceburg, trying to suck off the last once of heat, and had dreams of plugging some gloves into my ac. outlet.  

    I was relieved to find that I am just a MC nut and it had nothing to do with this silly Friday the 13th crap.

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• slave

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• Tires

  • From: mjsamford
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    Any suggestions for a rear tire for a Yamaha Stratoliner?I have been through two and they have only lasted for about 6000 miles. Seems like i should get more millage from them.

    Also should front and rear tires be "matched up"?

     

     

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• amanda89

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• Turn signals

  • From: PhilCole
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    BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $16for a light globe?? That's daylight robbery. Yamaha obviously had a special globe and socket made so they could charge like a wounded bull. I'd investigate the cost of replacing the turn signals with those sold on CC from Kuryakin and such. They would probably cost the same as 4 globes.
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• Turn signals on v-star 1100

  • From: chashley
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    I need a replacement turn-signal bulb for my '06 v-star 1000. The number on the bulb is 12V23/8WB. I can find 12V23/8W bulbs all over the place, but the all have two posts to hold it in the socket. The bulb I need has 3 posts. 

    The only place that I can find that has this bulb -- local or Internet -- is the Yamaha shop, and they want $16.00 for it. That's too much money for just a regular bulb!

    Does anybody know where I can get my hands on this bulb?

    Thanks,

    &nbs

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• my first new bike

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    1973 yamaha tx500

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• roadstarguy

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• my motorcycles yamaha IT-175.

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• New Exhausts

  • From: tford360
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    I took off my old stock exhausts off my 1100 yamaha V star and installed the cobra dragster pipes. What a difference it made! you no longer got that quite sound of an engine but got the sound of a REAL bike. I would reccomend these for anyone riding a Yamaha 1100 V star. The price I got, which was on sale, was $425 by Cobra, and the regular price was $499.00,  they came  with bullet caps included. I then upgraded my carberators with the Cobra Jet kit, which mellowed out my exhaust and also increased the power by maybe 10 or 11%. Next I installed the ISO handgrips which makes a big difference in comfort for the hands. I'm steadily upgrading and will keep updating on the current condition.

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• 1996 Yamaha Virago 1100

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• 2007 Yamaha Roadliner 1900

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• SITTING ON THE FENCE - SIDE VI

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    2007 Yamaha VSTAR-1300

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