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  1. V Star
    Currently doing a chop build on my 1100 vstar but wanting to upgrade to a 16 in the rear with a vintage tyre. Measured it out and the diameter would fit the swing arm. Factory wheel is 15x4.50 from memory? Wondering if anyone knows if a factory roadstar 1700 wheel would be compatable? They're...
  2. Electrical and Lighting
    What's up, everyone? I am a new owner of a used 2002 V Star Classic 1100. I am actually a brand new rider and this is my first bike! As I am waiting to take my motorcycle safety course, I am doing some maintenance to my bike. The first thing I've been working on (bc its generally easy) was...
  3. V Star
    Hi everyone, got a quick question, I have a 2001 vstar 1100, pod kit air filter, rejetted and open exhaust, bike runs well but I was looking at the Dynatek 3000 but I don’t know much about it, does anyone know if it’s worth getting? Pros and cons, Do you think there would be much improvement in...
  4. General Bike Talk
    2007 yahmha vstar 1100 Hey been trying everything to get my bike from backfiring. This like the 4th time this weekend I've pulled apart to clean n adjust carbs. Well was goin to move shim down on needle n when I put needle back in broke the fingers 2 of them n cant get needle to stay in right...
  5. V Star
    I recently installed Ramflo 400s as part of a DIY pod setup on my 2005 VStar 1100. Wanted to share my experience here in case others want to follow suit. The idea is credited to Joe Conway (Custom Air kit pics). The usual pod setup of having air filters hidden under the fuel tank leaves the...
  6. V Star
    short story long, i had a 75/76 Honda CB750. it got stolen. my neighbor felt sorry for me and gave me this 2006 V Star 1100. it had been sitting for a couple years. it ran fine (my neighbor says) prior to it sitting. he’s in his 70’s and has stopped riding. i changed the oil, the plugs, the fuel...
  7. General Bike Talk
    I just wanted to put a general reminder to all of those guys getting redfaced and beating their chest at the motorcycle gods. Take a break. Take a day. Take 3. Dont take a week. Forget everything and rediagnose. Two things happened to me that this helps with. One, sometimes your petcocks...
  8. V Star
    I've replaced the starter on my vstar classic but when I go to start it sounds like it's just whines and doesn't crank I've replaced the battery, starter, starter sylonid, fuel pump, and had to replace the dighram on the carb floats I'm at a loss run out of ideas
  9. V Star
    thinking of a bib for the vstar 1100 i would like to see some picks of them on your bikes, what is underneath the leather i check ebay theres nothing i like. maybe i make my own.
  10. V Star
    Starter clutch went out, witch come to find out is a regular thing with this bike in particular. So as I get the timing marks on the flywheel tdc along with rear cylinder. Then I take the casing off as instructed every single video I’ve seen... After I pulled the casing off the gear that is...
  11. Engine Work
    Im swapping the engine out of an 1100 and putting it in another but i have no clue what to do with the driveshaft. Do i disconnect it where it hooks up to the engine on the ubolt or where it hooks to the back wheel? Ill need to drain the gear oil in the back wheel if i do that right? Or do i...
  12. V Star
    I just bought a 2000 1100 classic that had been sitting for 7 years. Before ever trying to start it had the carbs rebuilt, oil and filter changed. New plugs and tires. New tank. When we first fired it up it started blowing gas out the front cylinder. Have went back through the carbs several...
  13. V Star
    05 VStar 1100 All of you have done a ton for me searching for answers that I haven't needed to ask while I've been fixing this bike 35k mile bike so thank you but I was an idiot and I panicked instead of getting an answer first. This is my first season riding and I'm doing a lot of learning...
  14. Carb and Fuel
    First post……be gentle lol Bought a 2004 Vstar Classic with Vance and Hines straight pipes. Backfired like crazy and fouled plugs. Took it in. Was told it had the wrong jet kit. Had new kit installed. Bike still kept carbon fouling plugs. Extremely sooty. Took it back. Was told it needed to be...
  15. V Star
    I have decided to sell my '09 Silverado. There's a lot going on in my life now and don't have time to ride. I prefer the bike go to someone who can appreciate and enjoy it. Asking $4,800. Let me know if interested.
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    2003 Vstar 1100 hardtail. Harley 21" front wheel, Kjs single carb intake, Mikuni carb, Dyna 3000 cdi, Dyna coils, Thugstar exhaust, 16" apes, Frisco 2.5 gal bare-bones no turn signals, horn, etc...just key, push button start and headlight low beam-off-high beam. Started out as a vstar 1100 classic.
  17. V Star
    I just bought a 2006 vstar 1100 custom and the owner before me dropped a cornhole board on the headlight and busted the black plastic painted piece that sits around the headlight, but I'm lost trying to find another one anyone know somewhere to get one thats painted
  18. V Star
    I've been trying to find access to the steering head bolt to maybe tighten it after hearing a worrying clunk, and for the past day I've looked everywhere online in manuals, parts lists, and forum posts and I've convinced myself that it has to be under this chrome cap, maybe I didn't look hard...
  19. V Star
    Hey guys so I’m working on a 2007 Yamaha Vstar 1100 classic and it’s my first time messing with carbs. So I am impatient and hate waiting for shipping and i am limited to motorcycle shops where I live so I bought the only aftermarket PMS this bike shop had and it’s the moose racing one and it...
  20. V Star
    Hey! Purchased a 05 vstar 1100 for my first bobber project. Stripped the bike and just finished putting it back together. Installed new led tail light flashers ext. Everything was working last week when I finished building the bike. Was going to take it out for the first time today and...
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