2007 Yamaha V-star 650 Custom - Tires+Oil change and chrome polishing 

Great video. Don't forget to moly-grease the splines. Stripped XVS drive shafts are bringing guys to tears!

An old tire changing trick is to inflate the tube a little bit before seating the bead and deflate it then inflate it all the way. This takes all the wrinkles out of the tube that might get pinched when the bead seats.

I'm just now seeing your video. Very informative. Your bike looks good, especially after the cleaning you did. I have a 2008 V Star Silverado. It was stolen two years ago. I thought it was gone forever. I now live about 50 miles from where I was living when my bike was stolen. And I was visiting a friend one mile away from my place. He has a shop at his house and does mechanical repairs. A friend of his had dropped off a motorcycle for repairs. Day before yesterday a cousin of mine and I towed a Jeep Cherokee to this shop for a guy who had broken down on the road I live on. When we got to my friends place, I spotted the motorcycle. It was mine! I took my title to him, he matched the Vin numbers, even so, I already knew it was my bike. It is in terrible shape, but is now, once again, in my possession. Charges Pending! I'm still gathering information, but I've had my suspicions on who had taken it to start with. I had reported it when it was stolen, but could not get any help from law enforcement, local police, nor the Sheriff's department. Long story short, I'm in the process of rebuilding, and will now take the opportunity to make a Bobber style bike. Make it more streamlined and lighter. ✌️ Peace, from Georgia, USA ✌️😎 Life Is Not A Problem To Be Solved... Life Is A Journey To Be Lived 🌹 Journey Well Brother's and Sister's 🪶 🪶 🪶 Aquila Uwohali 🪶🦅🌹

This has been the best how to videos I’ve seen! Keep up the great work

The best way I've found to clean rust from chrome and other metal parts, aluminum, copper etc... Is scouring powder. Comet or Ajax with soap and water. It's made to clean corrosion from plumbing fixtures, porcelain and pipes. It's just a mild abrasive polish. You'll need to protect the parts you've polished with wax or some type of poly coat or you'll soon have to remove the rust again.

Great to see this new to motorcycling and just learned a lot coke and aluminum , I had heard before but first time I have seen it done thumps up and new subscribers thank for video.

Thanks man, the video gave me the confidence to do the worm myself, cause I can clearly see how you did iT!

That‘s a nice bike you got there. Sounds absolutly amazing. Actually at the moment I am rebuilding my 1978 Yamaha sr 500 and you gave me some great tips. Thanks for the vid :D

sir, you are my hero bro, thank you so much for this video, your knowledge and attention to detail is so incredible!!!! keep it up!!

Thank you so much for posting this....Well done... I learned a lot....

Great video. Thanks for posting!

my first bike was a vstar 250 in the same color! i no longer have her but have stayed loyal to yamaha! Nice bike!

Really helpful video I just learned so much 😃

The safety neutral switch white tri shaped sensor is a common leak issue. On Amazon for $25 with oring. Cheers OEM Yamaha part.

Very well explained. I have to change my rear tire and new led lights on the back of my 2003 v-star this weekend. Hopefully its not too cold. I live in Edm, Alberta, so who knows. I think the dealership charged me around $7-$900 with the tire, even though it was a 85 V-Max, its the same setup. Thanks again.

Nice video. Thank you for making this video.

You forget one very important thing dude. You did not grease lube the coupler splines on the other side of the drive shaft. They say to at grease them at least when you change a tire. And if you let it go dry, it will strip the splines and a new one cost about $1200. You simply take out the 4 bolts and split it open. Slide out the coupler that goes between the drive shaft and the coupler end. You need to great all four splines and clean them first to get the old dry great and dirt etc. It is so simple and will save your splines and alot of $$$$$$$$. Look at videos how to great the rear spline. Thank me later.

great video...i would have confidence to do this job after watching....

Great vid, informative!

Thanks...Now i know I can do this too...was very apprehensive earlier.

this was so great

Very informative video thanks

You're a badass dude. Thumbs up

Very helpful video

Man I have had soooo many Harleys, triumphs,etc...but the easiest and best bikes were the xs 650, suzuki intruders, shadows/ vlx and the vulcan!!! They run great and dn near bombproof!!!

Thanks for the video, it was really helpful. But I wanting to see where that oil leak was, because I have a oil leak that's coming from that same part as you.

awesome!

Good video thank you

Awesome, Thanks.👍

Old post, I know, but, I thank you for creating an easy to follow maintenance video. One question I have though, is why did you leave the wheel weight on the spoke on the rear wheel. [the big lead piece on a spoke.]. It should have been removed prior to balancing.

Great video! Curious if you still have the bike? And how is it holding up?

If $150 to install bags with zip ties. You must have done $2500 worth of labor today. Good job.

The hoist great idea!!!!

You have any videos on how to adjust clutch linkage?

What are you using with the coke to clean the driveshaft - is that aluminum foil?

Great job Elin - thank you for sharing! What paper did you use (with the Coke) to remove the rust?

Great video! Im sorry but the front tire you monted whith the rotation direction back. The front tire model did not fit whith the back tire. No hard felings. 🤗 Thank's 💪😎

IF IT WASNT FOR YOUR VIDEO..... I WOULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE.... SPECIALLY WITH THE PLACING BACK THE SHAFT. THX MAN. MIAMI FL.

After installing the inner tube you should put a little air in it before finishing fitting the tyre.

I don't think the Coke is doing anything. It's the aluminum foil that's cleaning the rust. You can also use steel wool to clean the rust off of chrome.

Bead breaker Pros save tons of time it has the spoons on the opposite side 👍

The hell you get the bike mounted on the stall and still

I thought the drive shaft has a cover housing attached to the final drive assembly area.

Whoooa, what a sound! What kind of pipes did you install?

Should you not have the shaft greased inside the final drive?

Moly-grease the splines every time you remove the drive, very expensive and often a problem

thanks for manual :)

While the rear drive was out, you should have removed the splines from the rear portion and lubed them. This is a high failure item if you don't lube it and you can't just replace part of it when it goes bad, you have to replace the entire unit which is nearly $1000.

Counteract beads for balancing is the way to go. No weights on the chrome and they automatically balance as you drive. No throwing or losing weogjts. Add beads to tube before air and valve installed. Check them out. ⚡Super smooth. I have 08 Custom and tried both ways with extra wheel and prefer the beads.

I didn't see where you added moly grease to drive shaft splines. Its a known failure if removing rear tire to grease the three splines of the drive shaft. It will fail and will cost $1000 to replace. Just a heads up. Know you got ripped off on bag install so hopefully this will put $$$ back in your pocket. Cheers👍

Who is the guy to watch? Jed macklin? For tips and tricks.

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reply elin hi the mention of the right tool for the job is true bet what i was getting at when you have taken the skin off your knuckles a few times you will understand bob

0000 Steel wool and winded to clean rust off chrome

Elin hi you don't half make hard work of removing the tyre, every job has a tool for it and they aren;t the right ones 8/10

What a waste of good Coke Zero...that could be in my belly helping to dissolve all the rust in there!

Elin - You drive and restore Triumphs and ride a Hardley Stopperson! How very dare you Sir! ... lol I have been a biker all my life (since 16 and I am 71 now) and always rode Brit Iron. And we have produced some real crap trust me! We used to check if there was oil in it by checking for the oil puddle underneath. Currently have a Triumph Daytona 675 factory edition - probably my last one. Shiny side up my friend ...

Spoiled for chioce this summer Elin, love the bike but the spitfire wins all day long.

This made me want a Coke

Едрены батоны!

V start, really 😖😠

thats why i dont drink coke

Железом по хрому!,поцарапал наверно!,работал без пластиковых подкладок,ужас

dont go to far away