Vlog # 44 : 3500 mile review of my vstar 1300 deluxe 

Thank you , and you are 190% right . My wife loves to take the bike Out with me when possible. As long as she is comfortable all is fine By me. I'll be doing a 2nd review video soon ..

dbest1a Vlogs Happy wife happy life. What my dad always said and now I'm starting to figure that out lol! Thanks for posting

+John Doe lol.. so true .. Much better place to live in .. lol..

Sweet, hope you find a great deal on one. Thanks for etching.

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Thank you .. it's a process

Hey, thank you for the compliments . I am very happy with the vstar . Given the bikes price range 10k to 13k, I have very few complaints. As with any bike or car you have to find a way to make it your own . I think I'll do another review video at 10k, by that time I should have a few more changes done to talk about . ride safe, be safe

sam smith oh didn't know you had a star, gonna swing over to your channel. I don't know if I told in earlier vlogs, probably did.. but I was going to get a 950, actually going to pick it up in flemington nj. Then I get there and they didn't have some papers for the bike . I saw this deluxe and fell head over heals lol .. was a left over. I do have the ram mount for the phone, but I have yet to use it as the phone is always in the saddle bag .. I will install anyhow. I also have mounts to connect cameras to the crash bar with the ram mount.

sam smith lol duh is me, I have seen your channel ..

Haha! Welcome brother!

Thay you Jay , I appreciate the view and comment .. The mods done are all listed on the vstar wiki, I felt they were all highly important . The horn being a major one .. Take care brother Ride safe

+2Vegans2Wheels oh I know your bike, and your videos . I saw you from Vstar wiki .. Just amazing the journeys you and your wife have taken. Purely amazing, Ned inspiring Thank you for viewing. I m planning my next sit down review to be at 10000 miles. Il have to figure out. Location , and maybe have my daughter or wife run the gimbal while I yap.

+HubertBung very nice info You added, and thank you for watching the video. I do intend to do an update video in the future Also. I love the bike, have been adding an accessory here And an accessory There but nothing insane. What color And model Vstar 1300 did you get ?

+dbest1a Vlogs Mine is a 2009 it is in bright red metallic colors and chrome, with Cobra pipes, it came with a trunk on the back , but currently I use only the Saddle Bags. The Yamaha Bags are ideal, you can load them from the top and you don't have to get on your knees to load them. (that is another very great practical Yamaha feature) One thing I want to mention, the V-Star 1300 is a short stroke engine that can handle higher revs, and does not want to be logged, I had to remind myself of that, I don't shift into 5th. gear much below 65 mph unless I drive downhill. Last weekend I was cruising trough Arkansas, it was the best motorcycle riding experience that I ever had. Years ago I used to ride through the Swiss and Austrian Alps, but most of the time there where high traffic so you could not enjoy the actual riding as much there.

+HubertBung those are some amazing places to ride, many of which I would love to even be able to drive to . I'm planning to do a second review video. I'm just figuring out when and where, considering the 10k mile mark as I'm at approx 7k . The information you give about the engine is very true , the 1300 hates to be bogged, staying in the most responsive gear is actually better for our bikes. Btw , are you a member on the Vstar 1300 wiki website and forum . Check it out when you can . I'm on there most of the time, I go by first name of Bruce.

Yes sir . Cause you sir. ... are the man .. hehe... It's a PIAA 60/55W 70456 ANTI VIBRATION BULB .. Also to add .. I aimed the lamp assembly up a bit .. which pushes my beam pattern out more. Just don't lift to high or your high beam will be to far off..

dbest1a Vlogs LOL LOL...No no...U da man...LOL I've never even taken a screwdriver to the bike yet. Is it only the BULB that you changed and was it difficult to adjust the angle to it? Kind of scared of f**kin it up? I work on cars a lot but a bike is a bit different.

Yes .. just the bulb . It's super easy . You should go on the wiki n find the download able service manual. You have to take out the 2 Allen bolts on top of the light , then take out the Allen bolts on the bottom of the light . I believe I had to pull the indicator assembly which is just a few Allen bolts . Pull the lamp swap the bulb n reverse . The adjustment is the little screw hole on the clutch side of the bike on the headlight side

dbest1a Vlogs OK...cool...sounds easy enough. Being a backyard mechanic for quite some time, I shouldn't have any problems. It's just I've never touched a BIKE before and didn't trust my abilities. Found the bulb on Ebay. Should be here soon. As always ...Thanks.

Hey no problem .. any issues email me I'll find the schematic or take pics on my bike of the stuff you need to remove

+IMAWILDPARTY Thank you, II really Appreciate the view, and comment. It has been a good bike to me, no complaints, or worries at all. I just can't ask for more.

RideorDie Hey thank you , awesome riding with you and the kawi, I won't be using or buying that brand ad card ever again ..upset that. Footage didn't record ... Do over lol

Live and learn brotha, lol...nothing ventured, nothing gained

Hey Paul , thank you for viewing .. Appreciate the complements .. I did a lot of reading up about this bike on the vstar 1300 wiki forum.. I usually just google it .. The stratoliner is nice to, but didn't need 1700ccs . The 1300 pulls me n my wife around with beast authority.. Lol Just depends on what you like , test ride them both . I also do my own maintenance, as I like to know what was done n how. If ever any questions just ask .. I know of a couple vstar 1300 forums

+dbest1a Vlogs Beautiful bike! I currently have a Star 650 and am looking at the 1300 & the Road Star. My little scooter is great at low speed maneuvers so the natural question is, how do you find the handling at low speeds like in parking lots etc? Thanks Ride Safe

The Deacon for the 1300 low speed handling isn't bad, you just have to practice though . Assuming you have had practice with a smaller bike, and understand being in the friction zone your chances of dropping it are less.. During a practice left U turn I fell out the friction zone mid turn, and the bike wanted to go down . I had to wrestle the bike back up, lol, with one foot .. 700+lb one foot squat lol..

Congrats on the new star , what do you mean you can't get the music to work ? If navi, deluxe model, you have to subscribe to Siri .. Safe riding

+dbest1a Vlogs what I meant is that without subscription and putting in a music hard I couldn't get the radio to work. Do I have to have subscription to listen to any music even if I put in music card?

+dbest1a Vlogs I also b ordered a small blue tooth

No if you put music on a micro sd card you can insert it into the gps and play it. You can also get a Bluetooth device like the mpow I have in this video. I use it to stream music from the phone to the audio system. You can use apps, like iheartradio, Pandora n such.

+Jackie Cali you can get micro sd cards cheap from amazon. Also working on a video showing how I got the mpow installed. will let you know when I get it up.

Thank you tf91 , it's been a joy owning her .. Coming up on 4000 miles , oil change due at 4500. There are a few minor things I would like to add, but I think for now, I'll call it a day .. Handling as is is very nice , she will carve nicely at a comfy pace , and the radio keeps me nice n happy lol. Thanks for watching, hope you and the family are doing well..

Bad Driver Thank you . It just crossed 23k the other day . Amazingly still the original front brake pads, but they are scrubbing down. That’s for watching brother . Stay safe, ride safe. Feel free to check out my other videos.

thank you for watching . I did a 13k review (2nd review) that you can see in my list of videos.

thank you . hope you enjoy it. I am going to be making an update video to this soon. bike has changed a bit.

Ahh .. very nice .. do u have it in the blue? I live the blue? And the black... hehe .. silver to... I got the splitter from radio shack .. When I get home next week.. I'll see if I can take the cover off and snap a pic of the hook up..

+dbest1a Vlogs Mine is the blue and yes I would love to see a picture of the hook up just so I know how to make it right...

It can be tough with your bike design, but I am sure you can find a cowl t hat will give a little more protection. Maybe diverting the air up a bit more and giving a little more of a pocket.

@@dbest1aVlogs already got some stuff on order, gonna make the triple tree deflector fit even though it says its not for my bike. I'll make it work.

Yes I did the flash , love it. I also had the cobra slip on , but sold it . couldn't Stand it after a while. I know run the stock muffler with drilled baffles. The windshield was a CeeBailey shield 10" cut to 9" with vent. They don't make em anymore. The ecu flash was the best mod I made. the cobra powerful is nice to , just gotta find it .

Indeed I have considered heated grips, I do have heated gloves but I think heated grips would be better.. The fairing actually blocks a lot of the cooler air oddly, my hands did get a little chilly , but yes heated grips is a definet option I would like.

What brand of heated gloves do you have? Are they battery or do you pigtail them off the bike.

Man . I was trying to look on amazon to get the name . I don't know off hand , but I remember they worked well .. but heated grips I think k would be better

Hello, thanks for viewing, and commenting. . I'm always willing to share anything o do as it has been shared with me most likely except the Bluetooth thing .. If you do decide on purchasing a vstar be sure to test ride first, so you get the feal of it. Also look for a 2014/2015 leftover .. they drop the price a bit on them .

Anytime glad you liked watching . I'm gonna be doing a 11k+ mile review soon, just planning it out .

+Stephen Viotti Thank you , and appreciate you watching

Give him a call, very friendly guy . I called him and spoke to him. He told me a lot about what he did, which is already listed on his web pages. I must say the power improvements on the Dyno are nice. While speaking to him he said that I could run the cobra intake I have with the flashed ecu, and be fine. Ofcourse, I will do the flash then see how it runs. If I have to add the power commander, I will . Hopefully I get no popping. I don't have an exhaust, just a drilled baffle. What mods do you have done to your Vstar . Yes it is expensive for Canadians I guess, even for us. But normally u have to run a cobra piggy back with an open intake. The cobra piggy back would run about 350us also.

Thank you very much for watching . I did a test ride video on the fjr1300 .. so impressive .. Loved that bike . hoping to get to do a second test ride in 2016 at Americade.

awesome. i'll check out that video. I'm in love. Got her on Aug 29 and already have 6,000 miles :D

+Tommy Thompson man that's some riding . knowing what I do about the vstar1300, if I wanted to get a newer bike it would be a tough choice between this n the fjr1300 . The 2016 saw some nice additions ..

Lol, good ear .. I was born here, but family is from Jamaica .. They yelled at me a lot when I was a kid lol... Kidding. I gotta do a part 2 to this video. I have a spot picked out ..

Tom Cecil It doesn’t need it badly if your under 70 to 75... above that a 6th would be nice. No I never rode an 1100 before. The 1300 gears are tall so your in 4th up to 60. So basically 4th n 3rd on most back roads. I’m currently at 28,8xx. N still going. Thanks for watching.

Thank you .. Appreciate the view n comment

Hello thank you for watching. I did do my second review of this bike .. You can see it in my Vlogs playlist, or just my videos. I ordered the shield from Ceebaileys.com . It is a 10"vented . I did end up cutting it down to 9" .. The fork deflectors are from Memphis shade. I got them off of eBay, but they can be add a lot of places. If you get a chance check out the forum , Vstar 1300 wiki . A quick Google search will bring it up. I agree with what you say on some others reviews, but everyone has their opinion.. Stay safe, and enjoy your ride brother. Hope to see some video of it.

Thank You for the reply. I do have a additional question for you and hope you can answer something the manufacture (Memphis Shades) cannot... Do you recall the part # for the deflectors you used? Ive been trying to order some but according to Memphis Shades they do not make a mount that will fit the 2015 1300 Deluxe. Well obviously something does fit as you have them on your bike. Probable anything that fit the older 1300 will also fit ours too they just haven't tried it out so wont say it will. Im thinking the MEK1934 is the one that will fit all of the 1300... Having a long beard I got to do something to stop having my beard in my face. LOL.... Thanks for any help you can give me to resolve this issue.

Hey thank u for commenting .. yes should be west point area .. seven lakes and hariman are so beautiful.... have some video footage from there also.. lovely area . my email is dbest1a@gmail

JOSETHEMAN ANGEL Thanks Jose , don't want to spend more at this point aside from tires. Lol I think it's where I want it within reason.

Diamond Coles my 2nd review is here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mLq3CjyjRAA.html At 5’4 I don’t think it will be to much, you may have to be careful trying to flat foot both feet, but that could not be true also. Best bet is to sit on one. If you can keep the brake foot on the rear brake and flat foot ur left foot .... you will be fine ... so far I have 32k approx on the bike and it’s been a joy. It does have Ivan’s ecu flash which smooths the bike out amazingly... thank you for watching, any questions feel free to ask. I am 5’11.

I ride a 1300 Tourer, but the ergos are the same. I'm 5'3" and it works well for me. I'm planning to by a Deluxe. I cannot flt foot it, but I can get both balls of my feet firmly on the ground. I'm 61 and am excited about the deluxe!

Too date with ecu flash , intake, and exhaust i see 43 to 45max. Usually around 43mpg. The bike has been a joy to ride and own. Thank you for watching.

+Rep. Hopper hehe , I got a steal on a cobra backrest, and a cobra rack ..I had to snatch it up. My xm works, worked in killington Vermont, and north of there. I have not to date had man outage, not that lasted one anyway. My issue with xm is the cost to Value ratio. Also have tryouts gone into settings and turned off Bluetooth? If not try that and try again while out on a ride. Also it so towel insides garage

+dbest1a Vlogs You should of mentioned you can do the same bluetooth capable stream music from the inside of the saddle bag.You can also answer or call on your Phone while riding through the Garmin

Yes very true .. you can use the wire is the saddle bag if you have an iphone/ipod ... I have an android . I tend to not connect my phone cause when I ride I don't want to be disturbed till I stop and pull over

There is an adapter for android phone!

+Frank Debono yes I saw that on Amazon . Not to bad, but was a little pricey . Speaking of which I need to cancel the xm.

Thank you . Appreciate you watching . I need to organize myself for the 10000 mile review Video .. After my trip I'm up to 9k lol..

Jim Minnie ok here they are .. part # 2350-0143 search eBay Then all you need to find is the hardware. If you handy you can buy plexi glass and make em.

thx for the quick reply. actually, i could make them. it's the hardware i'm having difficulty finding.

Jim Minnie oh Memphis shades makes them hardware, may be listed on their crappy site. I never saved the part number , let me check my eBay history ..

Robert Robb thank you Robert.. Thanks for viewing .

June. Hey thank you for watching. I had to wire it to a wire under the rear fender. There is a wire under that you connect the signal wire to. I believe the info is on the vstar 1300 wiki on the Delphi forums.

Supposedly the ecu flash he does kills the popping .. Will see once I do it. The donor bike says he noticed a night n dat difference. On Vstar wiki forum . Check it out , Google Vstar 1300 wiki

I ended up selling these, and making my own with plexi, and some angle metal. Lots of how toos can be found online google. Some also like the hd lowers inverted. These lowers didn’t work good with my passing lamps when I got them mounted up.

Terry Walker They are 2340-0143. hope that helps. Got mine on ebay.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MJMV0GU/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's a Bluetooth receiver . I use it to stream audio from the phone or whatever audio source to the motorcycle audio system ... not record. I just T'd off the amp output to the speakers.

+dbest1a Vlogs Your bike doesn't have the Iphone jack installed in the left side bag? Mine did.

Kent B Yes. Thing is I have a android .. Bluetooth works great , I charge it less than I can remember lol

If it aggrivated them they they are to close, and shouldn't be behind the wheel either . When you tap the brake you get 4 or 5 flashes to let others know your braking. It has been nothing but a god send.

bypassing the o2 sensor tricks the ecu into thinking it is getting a stoich or rich reading when at low speeds. usually it Would be on the leaner side which is part of what causes the surging issues At slow speed. There is a guy named Ivan that has come out with a flash for our ecus which addresses a lot of these issues, and makes it run so much smoother. I plan to get it done Some time this week. www.ivansperformanceproducts.com/vstar13.htm ride Safe and thank you for viewing. BTw do you vlog also ..

At 6'3 you would have no issues , you would want highway pegs though. Where you would run into an issue is with the seat. This bikes stock seat sucks. I'm currently running the ed seat and love it. Btw I'm 5'11 215 lbs. . At the time of this video I was 255lbs.

Wow 40lbs that awesome man! Do you prefer the ED seat to the Mustang you had prior? (I think that's what you have on it in this video) thanks for the response 👍

+Travis Sunderland yes Mustang in the video. I know have the ed big touring which I love. It was expensive but worth it. I sold the mustangs , they were terrible for me. I'm hoping to loose another 30lbs ... gotta get busy and on my diet... not that I'm off it. It's become a way of life now.

No , I honestly never looked into it .. I don't even remember seeing anything on it in the manual.

Jackie Cali The way I do it. I take off all the small Allen screws on the fairing. Pull of the cover. then remove the 2 Allen screws on top of the headlight. remove the ones on the bottom. Remove the screws on the bottom of the indicator cover. Pull off indicator cover Then you can pull off the headlight bucket. I'm sure I missed a step, cause I'm tired as heck. you can download the service manual from vstar 1300 wiki . just search on the first page for manual. then save to your ipad or what have you. hope this helps, n sorry if I missed a step.

I can understand. I wasn't very fond of it either when I first saw it . I accept it more now though. There is a lot of room for improvement, and development there, but Yamaha doesn't want to do any . As it is now it does it's job, so I can't complain . thanks for watching, and commenting.

mark turner it can be hit or miss , yesterday was the first time I had trouble , I think the sun was right behind me ... Otherwise I font have issues .. I wear ear plugs and hear the radio /gps perfectly. Thanks for watching

dbest1a Vlogs Thanks for reply, took one out on a demo ride and thought the bike was very comfortable.

It is comfortable.. I didn't like the stock seat once I was almost half way home.. about 60miles. Also the bike has a really small friction zone, which I added the cleever lever to help out with ..

a wobble... No.. Not at all. Does this happen to you when you take your hands Of the bars?

May be an alignment issue, or depending on year Head/kneck bearing issue..

I've never experienced anything like that , very weird. Maybe kneel down look at rear swing arm by the axle. See if the plastic with notches on it is at the sme mark on both sides of the axle.