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I was at a car boot sale when I saw this old Yamaha moped, for £60. So I snapped it up. All I had to do to it was clean the carburetter out, put new fuel pipes on, a clean and a new coat of paint. I took it for the MOT and it passed easily.
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A review by tallguy on Yamaha V Star Classic May 12th, 2001
Author's product rating:
Comfort
Good
Handling
Good
Looks
Satisfactory
Features
Good
Fuel consumption
Excellent
Advantages:
Cheap to run
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I was fed up with forking out money on petrol for my car, as I spent most of the time sitting in traffic jams, which is just a waste of petrol, in my opinion.
One particular morning I was sitting in my car in a traffic jams completely bored, when this this moped come whizzing pass me and went off into the distance.
Seeing that moped inspired me to get one myself, but only for the summer when the weather is nice.
I was at a car boot sale when I saw this old Yamaha moped, for £60. So I snapped it up. All I had to do to it was clean the carburetter out, put new fuel pipes on, a clean and a new coat of paint. I took it for the MOT and it passed easily. My mate had a spare crash helmet, and that was it I was ready to hit the open road.
The moped costs hardly anything in petrol, it gets you to your destination on time, and it also releases the car for my wife to use. This has to be one of the best ideas I've ever had.
Advantages: Cheap to run, no chain to adjust Disadvantages: Struggles two up on motorways, rear spokes
The Vstar Classic motorcycle. In England, it's known as a Dragstar. It comes in 2 sizes, 650 and 1100 and in 2 varieties; Classic, and what is known as Custom, versions. This review is of the 650 Classic. Basically the difference between custom and classic is in the styling. The Classic version has deeply valanced mudguards front and rear, with other slight differences to accomodate the different guards, tin sleeves over the fork sliders for that ... ...1100 are both shaft drive, a refreshingly low insurance group, air cooled, economical on the petrol, and easy to ride. So, in commuter terms, a peach. The 650 will struggle to reach 100mph (I'm told ;-) ) but will cruise on a motorway all day at 80mph, and 2 up too. As cruisers go, they're quite robust. Tyre life, at only 38bhp, is wonderful, a rear lasting over 10k miles. There's a lot of 'chromed' plastic, which you have to clean with soap and ...
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Advantages: handling, looks, size, weight, power Disadvantages: not a Harley-Davidson
...Here we are three years later, and I have put 15,000 km on my 2004 V-Star 1100 Classic, bought new in '05. I have also spent about $6,000 CDN on bling - 4" risers, crash bars, hiway pegs, custom exhaust, windscreen, K&N filter, visors, passing lamps, Kuryakyn grips. It is, without question, a looker.
It also sounds great. Even my H-D-owning neighbours thought I bought a Softail. But as it has been said, it's only fault is that is is not a Harley. Harley's have the single crank-pin potato-potato sound that gives great feedback to the throb of the Big Twin. But the custom-exhaust V-Star is close, oh so close. In some ways it is outright remarkable:
I had it track day and the brakes never faded over five hard-run laps of ther 2.5 mile (former F-1) track at Mosport International Receway in Ontario, Canada. Cornering is limited...
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Advantages: looks, comfort, reliability Disadvantages: Its just not a Harley
...Bought this new as a change from a Blackbird and was shocked by the seeming lack of power (62BHP) after a sports bike, but a few miles of laid back country roads and I started to remember why I enjoyed riding a bike so much.
With so much low down torque you dont need to rev the bike or change gear that frequently it just pulls deeply from around 1500 rpm and keeps going.
Sit back on the ample seat, hands on the big handlebars ( larger tubing on the classic), with a subtle rumble from the V twin and a stupid grin on your face.
It only gets used for pleasure and so I left it for a month over winter and had to charge the battery to get it started, so I now have it on an optimate permanently.
The chrome shows no sign of tarnishing and there are plenty of aftermarket goodies, as well as a very active owners club.
Its only fault...
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