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04-24-2007, 04:19 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Apr 2007
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|  V Star 1300 maintenance Bought a new V Star 1300 Tourer. The wife and I love the bike. Looks and handles like a dream. The shock was when I got the maintenance schedule for the bike. For the 1st K and every 4K after that, valve adjust, throttle body sync, etc.. Dealer wants me to drop it off (for the better part of a week) and says it will cost $280. The mechanic said that the valve adjust could be done every 8K which lowers the cost to $200. Way too expensive, and since I don't have a bike trailer, a major hassle for my wife and I to drop off and pick up. Just wondering every one elses take is on this. Not particularly mechanical, so I can't do this myself. Personally I think Yamaha has put out a great bike but followed up with a maintenance nightmare. Jerry |
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04-24-2007, 05:27 PM
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| U.B's LoveChild   Joined: Jan 2006
Bike: 2008 C90 SE
Location: Ajax ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 1,233
| I was disappointed to read the maintenance schedule for the V star 1300 as well. I thought it would be my next bike but am put off by having to get the valves adjusted every 4000 miles. The Road Star or a Harley is starting to look real good now.
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04-30-2007, 02:58 AM
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| Clutch Cadet   Joined: Jul 2006
Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50 Candy Grand Blue with 42,050 miles since May 18th 2006
Location: Tacoma ,Washington
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05-09-2007, 02:49 AM
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| Newbie Joined: May 2007
Bike: yamaha v star 1300
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 3
| yamaha v star 1300 hi, just bought my bike (in Australia) a week ago, my maintainance schedule states check valve clearances and adjust every 20,000 kilometers (12,400 miles), relax and enjoy ! David
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