5 Reasons I LOVE the Yamaha Bolt 

What do you love most about the Yamaha Bolt?

My only real gripe on this bike is they put a small square inside of a large circle for the gauge. They didn't even utilize the excess space for anything cool like a gear indicator or something.

I love my Bolt and I love Harleys. To me what makes the Bolt so awesome is that it is the best looking non American cruiser ever made. Over the years out of all the other various non American cruisers like other Star cruisers, Honda Shadows, and whatever Kawasaki tried to pull off, the Bolt is the closest and best looking one to ever pull off the classic Harley look. Don't ever repeat that I admitted this because I'll deny the poop out of it, but I even like the shape and look of the Bolt tank over the Sportster tank. Well and even a few other Harley tanks. I also like that it has the air cooled V-twin instead of water cooled like 95% of the other Japanese cruisers. Overall it's just simply the closest and best thing to the look, feel, and sound of a Harley that has ever been made by a non American company. Except it doesn't come with the huge Harley price tag, rides smoother than the Sportster, and has Japanese reliability. It's just flat out a great and noble steed! At least in my opinion I guess.

👍👍👍👍 you make me wanna buy it even more. Thanks for the clear information! Ride safely! ✌️

I have 33k miles on my Yamaha Bolt .... She's a daily driver & she's still running strong 🙌🏽👌🏽

I love my Bolt as well!

I agree with the power band - it’s great and very usable. I came from an R6 so that things power band was an on off switch and by the time you got there you’re already at the speed limit in 1st gear

Love that beginning stage of death wobble at :06

I've always thought this is a phenomenal bike for the money it's a great size with a great look and a good sound with the right exhaust of course. I think people have lost what used to make motorcycles cool and that's having fun and enjoying it. You don't have to spend $20,000 or more to really enjoy a good motorcycle.

Just found this a few months late, but great review dude! Not only are they a great value for the money new (though I will never buy a new bike again, period), you can find REALLY good deals on them used. I just bought a 2020 Bolt R-Spec with 85 (!!) miles on the odo, WITH Vance and Hines pipes for $6000. Dude just wanted to pay off his loan and move on.

I blacked out the shiny bits on my bolt. And added army green camo ammo boxes as paniers. From that day on I no longer get tailgated. 👍

I was going to go for the Yamaha V star or Suzuki c50 but now I am really looking at this Bolt. Ahh the choices we have to make !

I'm strongly considering a Bolt as my next bike. I live in Australia and for the first 2 years of having a bike licence you're restricted in what level of power you're allowed. I just sold my HD Street 500 and this feels like a natural upgrade nearly twice the displacement, bigger physical size and like you said even here in Aus the second hand market means that a good one is much cheaper than an 883 or 1200. And I've done the Harley thing I'm ready to try something else. Cool video mate! Heaps of food for thought!

Absolutely agree with ure opinion in ure video man ! I bought my 2015 XV 950 CU in the end of 2021. Its the Café-Racer-Version of the Bolt I fell in love with. Cant wait for 2022 bike season to beginn !

I'm picking up a 2022 bolt this Saturday and excited as hell to move up from a 135cc to a 900cc.

Considering this for my first bike instead of the 883. Thoughts?

armored riding pants . what do you wear?

When its all stock, do the pegs scrape often from being low? and is it a pretty bumpy ride?

going to look at one next week but wondering how this will feel. i'm 6'3" and am currently riding a MT10. i feel like its going to sit really low for me

I just got a 2018 with 4700 miles for 4500.... it had some damage from being laid over once but it runs great. The damage is just 2 dents on the tank, a scraped up exhaust, and a snapped brake lever. Shouldnt be too bad to fix apart from the fuel tank. Going to swap out the exhaust soon.

I've seen it for that price at moto sport... They had a lot of those for $8,500. I even brought it down a few hundred dollars

Going to take my MSF soon and I keep coming back to the Bolt. I hope I can find one for around 5k. It's the Bolt or a Rebel 500..I think.

Hey man, can you recommend any good adjustable brake and clutch levers for a 2017 yamaha bolt? I just bought one and the levers it come with are extra large my hands are small. Feels awful.

Hey dude where did your yamaha bolt ended up ??? I was looking at one that looks exactly like that in Texas. Forgot the mileage but i ended up choosing the stock one over the other one i saw. The one i got only has 7xx miles on it now

nice bike

bro can you make an honest review of Honda rebel and the bolt.... I'm torn between the both.....

Is there a way to increase the seat height to make it a bit parallel to the handle bars just like in the case of royal Enfield?

It's best sound.

we have the same height im confuse if what will i buy a used sporterc883 or yamaha bolt 😵‍💫

Help me decide between this one and the vmax1200 .

Is that air intake safe to drive while it rains?

What year did they make red?

The Bolt is quick enough without speeding up the intro

I really love the Bolt, but I'm a taller person (6'2) so I'm kinda looking more towards the Harley Sportster 48 simply because of the forward controls. I've heard from other reviews that the ergos on the Bolt are quite cramped with the mid controls and the knee bend angle is not great if you're taller. You have kits that bring the controls forward by about 4" on the Bolt but that's still not really forward controls imo...

How about the death-wobble.

How tall are you?

Good review but the waving gloves became annoying after about 10 seconds

Yamaha has the best mechanical rating of all motorcycle manufacturers.

Ummm... Harley Evo 883 1200 are unbelievably reliable. They also have big bore kits, cams and heads that will get a sportster up to 120hp. The bolt does not have the aftermarket like the sportster. I like the bolt don't get me wrong but just spend a little less and buy a used sportster. The market is flooded with them for cheap.

Looks like a Honda rebel

The air filter hits me in the middle of my leg just like a Harley....lame. I think you gotta be a fat guy to ride cruisers.

Why do all these POV RU-vidrs have the exact same hand gestures. Do you go to school for that or what? It’s annoying and distracting.