Well lads and lass's i live in Guernsey the Channel Islands and i love my 1300 xvs midnight star to bits yes gearing a bit of a pain , my speed limit is only 35mph down to 25 mph so i am only using 1st/2nd gear , i did have a problem last year with getting a back tyre but was lucky to get one from the dealer at the last minute when the bike went in to have fuel pips replaced on callback from yamaha my bike has a rattle which the dealer says he can't fined i thought it was a loose tapet but they told me they couldnt find anything dose any one have a clue as to wot it may be seems to be coming from the left side.
