Yamaha V-Star XVS650 Custom Questions & Answers

I have used premium (91 octane) and regular (87 octane) but I find that our bike ran at its best with regular fuel.
Keep up with your maintenance and you will have no problem at all. My bike have 54,000 klm now, I have taken her to Sturgis 2 yrs ago and that is over 2000 klm round trip from where I am, she may not be the fastest in our group but no breakdown, One of the HD in our group broke down twice.

block off all your pipes with egr thing, which is easy to do, and go up a few jet sizes in carb, will seattle popping down considerably

Yes, slip on or complete.

Absolutely, I have V & H Cruze on mine and I love it. Can be a little annoying to some but other bikes are louder.

Hi Shaun
It really depends on how you ride and where you ride. I treat all my machines easy and normally don't ride to hard so if you ride hard you will get less. The tank if I remember on the v-star 650 is 4.2 gallons ( I now ride a V-Star 950 Tourer) so the math reveals that I was getting between 200-220 (average about 210) miles per tank on the back roads and about 160-200 (average about 180) miles at highway speeds. By the way great Irish name. Hope this helps. Have A GREAT DAY! Go Bills! That's the Buffalo Bills of course.

Cheers mate

I always fill up at 150 klm for good measure, ran out of gas before and that's no fun

Cheers mate

Yes, Its the same motor and same bike.

Yes, bike is unchanged from its creation in 1998,

Thx appreciate the feedback from you both

No.

Your fuel tank should not get overly hot, maybe warm from radiant heat emanating from the engine or ambient heat from the sun beating down on it. As for the pressure, it is normal especially in warm weather, the key is...do not over fill your tank, it need room for fuel expansion.

You don't need room for the fuel to expand. Regardless or the amount of fuel, it's the pressure that matters. All it means is the vent will release sooner.

I believe that any year from 99 and up will work,I have a set that need to be rebuilt, if interested

I owned a v-star 650 custom and it weighted 515 lbs and with side bags, windshield, sissy bar and rear rack it weighted about 540 lbs. The 650 classic weights about 540 lbs and with the above mentioned additions would likely total about 565 lbs or around there. Hopefully this information is helpful. Remember to always ride safely.

The XVS650 only has a single front disc, the 1100 had twin discs so 650 forks only have a caliper mounting on one side.

No, I bought my 2003 XVS 650 at 43000 last year, now has 48500 klm on it.

Hi Issac
I am an American so I will try to answer your question. I had to do a little calculating. Forty -one thousand kilometers is equal to 25, 476 miles and 4,600 AUD is equal to 3,248 US dollars. You didn't mention the year of the bike or if you bought the bike from a dealer or private party. However, that doesn't sound to bad of a price. It's a great bike I put over 80,000 kilometers on mind.

I regret selling my 650 and should have keep it as a second bike. The Yamaha 650 can easily with proper maintenance run well over 160,000 kilometers or 1000,000 miles.
Enjoy the bike and remember to ride safe and wear protective gear.

I currently ride a Yamaha 950, and I am very happy with it. Yamaha makes a good bike at a reasonable cost.

Ease up on the "remember to ride safe and wear protective gear" advice thanks Ron.