Welcome to our VStar 1300 website...
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My wife and I love our VStar 1300. Powerful enough for highway speed 2-up riding, yet very nimble in the corners. Here's how it looked the day we brought it home... |
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We had ordered some goodies at the same time we got the bike but most of it wasn't in stock when we took the bike home. Here's how it looks with Yamaha 19 inch windshield, Yamaha "Big Bar" engine bars, "Royal Star Tour Deluxe" handle bars, Yamaha luggage rack and Mustang Wide Tourer rider's and passenger's seats. We later replaced the Yamaha 19 inch windshield with a 21 inch CeeBailey's windshield and added
some small, drilled aluminum flat bar to move the windshield forward and to tilt it backwards a bit. Tilting the windshield allows for smoother airflow over the top of the shield resulting in less turbulence on our helmets...
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We've also installed a Gorilla motorcycle alarm system. The indicator light blinks when the alarm is active and protecting the bike... |
| We added an aftermarket license plate frame with LEDs for brake and signal lights to help other drivers see us. Here's the signal light activated... |
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This is how it looks when the brakes are activated. We also added a "BackOff" brake light modulator. When we use the brakes the BackOff modulator flashes the brakes lights rapidly on and off 5 times and then puts them on steady. Very effective! |
| Another addition we made was engine bar chaps. These are great for cutting the wind that comes up from below the windshield along with the "Buck's Lowers" and help to keep rain off my legs and feet... |
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What a treat it was when I turned the key on one morning and noticed that we had just turned 1300 miles on our VStar 1300... |
| We added a Stebel Nautilus horn. At 139 decibels it really wakes up the driver who's not paying attention... |
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Here's a good view of our aftermarket RoxSpeed riser and extended, braided cables. The stock handlebars made my back and shoulders hurt. Now it's as comfortable as sitting at home in the recliner... |
| We also added some nice, leather saddlebags... |
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The saddlebags are handmade by a US company called, appropriately enough, "US Saddlebag". Also note the passenger floorboards by Cobra. Much more comfortable for my lady than the pegs were.. |
Bike mods to date - RSTD Handlebars Cobra CL Fuel Processor Roxspeed Riser Braided Control Cables and Hoses Chrome Radiator Cover Yamaha Big Bar Engine Bars Engine Bar Chaps Saddlebags from US Saddlebags Yamaha Touring Hard Saddlebags Mustang Wide Studded Tourer Rider and Pillion Seats Protac Rider's Backrest CWI Luggage Rack BackOff Brake Light Flasher Headlight Modulator Cobra Speedster Xtra Longs SSCC Custom Air Kit CeeBailey's Windshield Buck's Lowers Cobra Rider Floorboards Stebel Nautilus Horn Progressive Front Fork Springs Optilux 1102 Driving Lights Gorilla Motorcycle Alarm Mutazu Trunk Cobra Speedster Xtra Long Exhaust TomTom Rider 2nd Edition GPS Kuryakin ISO Grips Modified with a Throttle Tamer from G2Ergo Windshield mounting location and mounting angle changed Amber LED lights at the front brake caliper replacing the stock amber reflector Red, round LED lights replacing the rear, side, red reflectors Audiovox CSS-100 Cruise Control Metzler Marathon 880 Tires Chrome license plate frame with both amber and red LEDs We're pretty pleased with our VStar XVS 1300 and look forward to a lot of very enjoyable miles to come. Thanks for visiting! |
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