Yamaha V Star 1100 Classic

Just bought 2005 vstar 1100 Classic with 12,000 miles on it and love the bike. Handles great and is a sharp looking bike. Added Cobra exhaust - sounds like it has some muscle now. Great pickup when you want to get up and go! Only thing...for long distance riders definitely change out the stock seat with a Mustang - MUCH more comfortable.

This bike is awesome! I have owned many bikes over the years and this is one of my favorites. Bought my 2003 1100 last(2012) year with only 5100 miles! Paid only $3200 at a dealer with warranty. A year later I have put another 6000 miles on it. Took a ride to ''tail of the dragon'' by myself. Left home at 5:30am got home around 10:30pm that night. Rode over 900 miles in one day! Rode this bike in the rain on the dragon, bike was flawless. Great bang for the buck!

My 2008, V Star 1100 Classic is my first bike. I took the MSF class and was in the market looking for a used Harley 1200 custom. I just couldn't get the bike I wanted for the money. I bought my bike at a Harley dealer. i bought it with 18000 miles on it. Now having put miles on it and 2 months of winter riding it has been great. This bike hates the winter but with the choke on, it starts the first time, every time. The first 5 miles are rough but once you get moving you are good to go. There is enough power to ride the highway with confidence, but not so much that a new rider won't be able to learn to ride. Turning is rough at slow speeds but with practice it comes easier. I am very happy with his bike. My next bike will have EFI for those cold morning, and a gas light would be nice, but you get use to watching the trip miles after you run out of gas the first time. Enjoy!

I sold my 1977 Gold Wing after my 1st child was born some 25 years ago. Wife left at the end of 2006 and from then until May of this year I didn't know what to do with myself. Finally I met Candy! What lines! What looks! What a RIDE! Hey I know a lot of you guys know what I mean, and she don't talk back! Screams and roars with a wonderful tone, yeah she could relax a little more at the higher rpm s, but Wow, What a ride! My Candy... now there's a screaming star!

Keith in Bend Oregon

I have a 2008 yamaha v star 1100. after riding for a while when we stop and rest, drink a coke ,get gas, ready to start our ride again the bike wont start!!its like its flooded with gas the gas smell is strong and at times you even see gas leaking out of the bike!! ( not safe at all ) I got the bike NEW

it started after the first 600 mile service ! did take it back to the yamaha dealer they said its fixed ! no its not back it goes again 5 times till they tell me they cant do anything for the bike !!! called customer service @ yamaha no return call yet 2 weeks still waiting ! the bike is stock no add on

i have talked to other owners and some have the same trouble as me and have made the same called with no answer from yamaha !!

please any ideas on a fix

Thanks Doug

I have a 2002 vstar 1100, I just bought it only has 652 miles on it, my question is do you have to adjust the valves after the first 500 miles? If I read the book right it says you do ! Can someone help me with the info?

the best bike I've ever owned! for intermediate level riders like, it is just perfect. Extremely reliable and responsive in the highway.

Look Guys. I live in China and the roads range from BANNED WORD to downright impassible.. You can jump on a 1200 beemer and soak up the roads, but you are a long way up there and it's a long way down.. Also.. I'd rather bits on the trusty custom dragstar break than shelling out the real money for beemer odds and sods.

I've been riding bikes since I was 14 .. in fact there has never been a period of my life when I wasn't riding bikes and had a chinese made chair unit. I'm 51 this year.

Is the draggie a long distance bike? Yes.. but it takes a while to get over the saddle sore. Is the bike fast? Fast enough to kill you. Does it vibrate? Guys... go buy a MK 3 commando 860 with isospastics and then tell me what vibrates. It's a big, long stroker 2 cylinder.. Try out a harley if you want real vibes though.

It handles very very well for what it is.. My footpegs are ground right down.

We've taken our bikes over roads the average off roader would dread. Thumbs up there.

On mountain roads, with the low end grunt and short bits between the corners there are very few bikes which can outrun me. Though.. it's not that the engine that doesnt' like the hammering but that the rear brakes can stop working with too much cornering.

At the end of the day it's a low rider. It's a BANNED WORD fine one. I honestly don't think there is a better value package on the market. It's a classic without trying.

Is it a superbike? NAHHHH .. It's a GREAT Bike.

Apparently the guy that cruises at 2800 rpm 75-80 mph has a different gear ratio than my yamaha v star '04..... i was wondering if any after-market vendor makes and sells a larger (more teeth) primary gear, that would increase the speed and help me stop looking for 6th gear

at 3000 rpm it's at 57 mph anything above 3500 rpm sounds (to me) like not a speed i'd run the engine for any prolonged run

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"it's all about steve"

love the Yamaha V Star bike ,recent problem however is it shakes at 40mph and gets worse at higher speed. not great power either, pops and sputs way too much. has V&H pipes that sound like they leak exhaust. any ideas anyone?