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    tail ight

    in Classics

    Posted

    thanks man, does the main lighting circuit go through the foot brake then? as i dont get a light on at all if not engaing any of the brakes lever / pedal, the front head light is on..

    job done, was a loose switch on the forward control brake, and bad connection to the rear light under the riders seat, thanks for the tips man

    tail ight

    in Classics

    Posted

    check the rear brake switch, might just need a squirt of wd40 or such gt185. check connections by undoing and reconnecting

    thanks man, does the main lighting circuit go through the foot brake then? as i dont get a light on at all if not engaing any of the brakes lever / pedal, the front head light is on..

    tail ight

    in Classics

    Posted

    hi all

    any one have the issue, where the rear light doesnt work, but the brake lever will make the light come on but the foot brake wont make it come on...? the head light comes on as does the light for the speedo...

    not sure where to start as the bulb is good.. unless its a connection problem...or is there a separate fuse for the lights / brakes? not got a workshop manual to hand so couldn't check...

    cheers

    Help - aftermarket exhausts for XVS650 Drag Star

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    I don't know if I'd class this as a project so much... But I'll try and pad it out some for you. It will be something like this:

    Phase 1:

    - Have parked bike get hit by vehicle, who hits and runs as they know you're not home.

    - Arrive home to find damage. Swear and curse. Check bike to find it still runs fine.

    - Continue riding throughout Winter, oblivious to the fact that rust is developing on inside of heat shield.

    - Have heat shield rust off and drop off bike 'somewhere' along a motorway. M25 is good, as is the M6. Stop at motorway services and suddenly see damage.

    - Phone up to find how much a replacement downpipe is. Swear and curse when you hear how much!

    - Order much cheaper entire system.

    Phase 2:

    - Take old ones off.

    - Put new ones on.

    - Start bike up.

    - Ride.

    Phase 3:

    - Ride over to mechanic mate's house.

    - Sit around while he looks at pipes and figures out which jets you need.

    - Go buy jets from m/c parts shop.

    - Sit around while mechanic mate fits new jets, cleans carbs out and does a couple other little "oh, while you're there" jobs.

    - Sit around with mechanic mate while availing yourself of his wife's valet services.

    - Pay mechanic mate some of that papery stuff he likes so much.

    - Ride home/out/somewhere and enjoy.

    Alternatively, all phases can be completed by yourself if you feel like it. I'm currently finalising Phase 1, just waiting for PayPal to finish fecking about with updating my account balance.

    this sir, is genius! :lol:

    Help - aftermarket exhausts for XVS650 Drag Star

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    Most mechanics seem able to calculate what jet size you need and just fit them straight. Rolling road might help, but it will cost and a Draggie ain't exactly a high performance bike, is it...

    I'm not a fan of having loud pipes and my neighbours love me for it... But since a whole new system costs half that of one single fecking OEM downpipe, I'm going with the noise and dampening it down some.

    I'm going for the Caligula pipes, kinda like the ones Elvira had, but straight rather than curved.

    thanks for the words of wisdom man

    please do keep posting about your exhuast project, am very interested as i'm sure all newbie dragstar owners are

    Help - aftermarket exhausts for XVS650 Drag Star

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    IGNORE anyone who says not to re-jet.

    Many riders tell me there's no need to re-jet. EVERY SINGLE (and almost every married :lol:) mechanic I have ever known insists you should re-jet. Who ya gonna believe....

    Slip-on types mean you retain the original pipes and just swap the silencers/mufflers/end-cans/big bits at the back.

    As mentioned, you may need to jury rig some brackets.

    I've also turned to the dark side and chosen to get some FECK-OFF LOUD pipes on my Dragstar... Most of that is the cost of a replacement OEM downpipe after some feckwitt reversed into mine.

    But yeah, I'll let you know how it goes and maybe even post my findings.

    NOTE: My pipes will still have removable baffles to make them nice and quiet and I might even get a tunable baffle for added fun....

    i'm thinkng getting mine rejetted any way just in case (as i'm experiencing some odd lack of power now and then which i read may be down to the rejet gong out slightly..?), but have been told a rolling road might be in order to get the best results, you have any experience on that part..?

    btw, good man on the loud feckng pipes, love em! :)

    Help - aftermarket exhausts for XVS650 Drag Star

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    Common theme here.

    I have had the noise mentioned before by the fellows that do mine but its too old for the rules to matter. It is totally at the discretion of the tester. If he had a barney with the kids before he left the house, bad traffic your busted. Its why everybody 'should'hang on to their stock pipes for the man....

    good advise there mate

    i do have some not so loud pipes but will have to get the bike rejetted if i fit em.. :mellow:

    carb cover?

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    Hi all

    Only had my 650 custom a few weeks now but noticed the carb area seems a bit exposed underneath (just a flap of some heat resistant type material)

    Was wondering if mine had been removed or are they all like this? as couldnt find any ref to any covers in the work shop manual

    Cheers

    Pete

    Help - aftermarket exhausts for XVS650 Drag Star

    in Yamaha Customs

    Posted

    Good man :)

    Right, well I have some custom turn downs on mine - fitted them last summer. I can't remember where I ordered them from, perhaps custom cruisers (.com)? They are VERY LOUD... I know every custom rider thinks their bike is loud, but even down at the Ace, she is considered loud - and on some days, shes the loudest thing there.

    The bike has passed an MOT with those pipes on, although the advisory states the exhaust is loud - the place I go MOTs Harleys, and they didn't blink twice about it - the guidelines state that the bike should have exhausts and exhaust noise that are appropriate for other bikes of that type - something like that, but others on here can give you the specific wording.

    I use my bike a lot, never had any issues with the police (not saying you won't / will etc). In fact a lot of the time you get "the nod" of appreciation from the MC police and a little smile :)

    Pics;

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamlesh/sets/72157624064656546/with/4608242117/

    Oh, one thing to note though, I had to fabricate some brakets, as the rear mount points didn't line up with the exhausts correctly. Those broke recently, and just this weekend we welded some new, much stronger ones, up - ready for this years mad euro trip :)

    i got the same on mine, lovely sound on em :-)

    newbee

    in New Members Welcome Area

    Posted

    hI gUYS AND gals just bought a yamaha VStqr 650 and enjoying it greatly after having a Honda posty bike for the last 23 years lol. a bit more wieght but so far coping with it lol. hope to join in to the forum and exchange lots of things so lets have some fun ok ?

    hi there, new here as well, just got me the same bike last weekend and loving it

    got any pics of it?

    new biker saying hello

    in New Members Welcome Area

    Posted

    Hi Pete and welcome to the Y-O-C m8, and congratulats on the test pass-should that be 'grinning Pete' ? :D

    thanks for the warm greets

    funny you say that, my instructor said that i had a stupid grin on my face all through training, loved every min of it! and loved the ride back last weekend when i picked it up, all many hours of it! :-)

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