How to change the Oil in a Vstar 1300 | Vlog 

I run rotella 15w40 seems to work well I use on of those crank up Jack's slide under the frame and lift the bike guess vertical easy to check oil level

Solid oil change video, as mentioned I like the different angles to get a better view on what you did. Good job! 👍

THanks my dude, best Vstar video by far. I ride Harleys but my friend just got a Yamaha 1300 and we gotta do the oil today. :P Ride safe!

Thanks, love the vlogs. You are very good on your tutorials. Clear precise and great camera views.

Thank you for breaking everything down in easy steps💯

"sight" window..... Yeah I dunno bout that. Who designs this stuff!? 😆🤦🏻‍♂️😁 One of the very few things I miss my old Harley for.... The dipstick!

Thank you. I'm doing mine this Monday. Loving my Tourer! Over 3k in just one month now! :-)

You can't use regular oil in a motorcycle it needs to be motorcycle oil!!! Regular oil as you had in that 5 quart jug will mess up your clutch an cause it slip an wear out prematurely

Nice job on the oil change bro. There sure isn't much clearance under cruisers. My bikes takes 10W40 and I tend to use mostly Amsoil Synthetic. Ride safe bro.

Awesome. Perfect camera angles. Thank you

When I had my road star I used a car filter only different it was a little longer then stock .

Nice one bro, a good easy job, have you moved your rear footboards higher? in the video they just seem a lot higher than mine that's all, I think we have one of the hardest site windows to see the oil level on every bike, lol, pain in the arse, RSM8.

Dude!, just found your videos. These are awesome! Thank you so much for putting these together!

Great video! I change my own oil as well and you definitely covered it. By the way, I noticed you collected a small sample. Do you have your oil tested? Ride safe my friend.

Have you ever changed your bars?if so did you do a tutorial? I am going to try it. Any suggestions on type of bars.

Replace drain plug. Partially fill new oil filter with new oil, coat oil filter gasket. install new oil filter.

👋 I'm confused because the manual calls for 20-50 yet most people say 10-40. You use something else. I live in the Northeast if that matters? Also, what size crush washer?

Lol I have 07 tourer and can never find oil site widow on first try. It requires a lot.of body english.

Great video 👍awesome machine 😎🤙🏻

Great video. Lots of questions about oil. I'm in KC and it's about to get hot and humid. What's your recommendation for oil? Thanks. Great video.

Are you suppose to replace the washer for your oil drain bolt? Or can you reuse the same one as long as its in good conditon? This is my time changing oil on my vtsar 1300 and I was curious to know. Hopefully it wasn't a dumb question.

Nice job. I’m preparing to do mine also. What was the little test bottle for?

Have you done a maintenance video showing how to remove the fuel tank? I want to run electrical wiring from the battery to a USB socket mounted on the handlebars. Thanks.

just wondering what you wash your bike with?

Can I use any 17mm crush washer I find? Or are you using a washer specific to the bike? Part number please

Fantastic video, I just have a question does it only have one drain plug? I was told on mine there’s two I’m sure have 1300 v start 2015 is this true?

Nice instruction, but you forgot some really important points, first of all when checking the oil level, the motor should be warmed up or else the level will show wrong, if you check the level when cold you will not even be able to see the oil level in the glass, and if people are not aware of that, and just fill oil untill the oil level seems correct, the engine will have way to much oil, and will lead to damage the engine because of to high oil pressure. So important is when you check the oil level always run the motor for 5 - 10 mins before checking the oil level. Next problem is that after oil replacement, the first thing to do is to check if the oil pressure is correct, it is so there is 2 oil pressure check screws, one at each cylinder, those screws should be loosen to check if oil pressure is present for each cylinder. loosen the screws, should show oil present within a minut or two, or else something is wrong. And also important warm up the engine before replace the oil, that will make sure all the oil is drained.

How about the coolant, ever do a video of changing the V Star 1300 coolant??? Thanks

Hey my friend, My 2009 v star 1300 came used last July with fresh oil chnge. The sight glass level was right in the middle. 3000 miles later, yesterday, I drained the plug and filter and not even a quart came out. The sight glass now empty, I added less than a quart and the sight glass is totally filled! I am confused bud. Hope you get this message and can shed some light. Thanks!

Nice. 👀 👍

Thanks for the video and information, it was very helpful. But I have 2 questions for ya. Where did get those highway pegs at and that horn ?🤔

Hi mr dbest1, my 07 vstar tourer has the engine light on just changed the oil, changed spark plugs no not too long I don't know what is going on.

why didnt you show putting the oil filter on

Hey man. I just got my first bike. It's a 2009 Yamaha V star 1300. And I wanted to know do you use synthetic oil or regular oil? I'm just trying to learn how to keep my bike in good running order.

there's​ something about clean oil...that gets a guy going. In my opinion ...of course!

Nice bags

For all we hear about Yamaha engineering brilliance, all I can say is that everyone at Yamaha who Oked the placement of the oil sight-glass should commit Seppuku. Same sentiment goes with the rear brake reservoir. Does anyone know of any 3rd party conventional oil dipstick that can work for the Vstar 1300?

Where u get them from