V-Star 650 after Vance and Hines Cruzers

[Farmer2492]

I have the same pipes never rejetted never had one problem only a slight bit of popping how did you get rid of the popping

[0U81aswell]

fill it up and write the mileage down. run it till you need gas again and write down the gallons you put in. divide the miles into the gallons used. do this about 4 times.

then add all 4 mpg together and then divide by 4. this will be your avg mpg. thanks fo watching!!']

[yuppers5121]

How do u check ur mpg? I just got an 08 vstar 650. I would def like to know the mpg.

Btw SWEET bike :)

[0U81aswell]

Thanks!!

[DarknessDeepest]

Sounds SICK.

[BoStErO1905]

Dude, I just made the sound of your ride as my ringtone. Fucking awesome. I got the same bike and this is my next project. Did you rejet?

[0U81aswell]

@BoStErO1905 Thanks for the great compliment! No I did not rejet. Keep us informed on how the project goes.

Thanks again!!

[BoStErO1905]

@0U81aswell Thanks for the reply. Did you notice any difference in the feel after you installed the pipes?

[0U81aswell]

@BoStErO1905 Not really. Got rid of the popping sound though.

[jonlovean018]

@0U81aswell did you experience any blueing by not rejetting?

[redneck500]

how fast can you get that bike up to?

[0U81aswell]

@redneck500 I have only had it up to about 85. It can do more but have never need to.

[m52grinnell]

also, did you use the stock headpipe?

[0U81aswell]

@m52grinnell Yes. All I did was took off the old pipes and put on th V&H.

[m52grinnell]

what kind of gas mileage do you get now?

[0U81aswell]

I get about 57 MPG on the backroads and 50-54 MPG on the highway.

[0U81aswell]

Thanks dude! They are holding up too, excellent quality product. Before you buy check out the price at Cruiser customizing. com. Thanks for the post and thanks for watching!

[metalhead11985]

those V&H pipes sound nasty! i have the same bike stock this video convinced me to go with cruzers, good footage man

[bthrun90]

Holy hell this video got me so excited. I have the EXACT same bike and I'm a couple of weeks away from getting some V&H pipes put on it and was curious as to how it would sound. Thank you for the video!!

[0U81aswell]

@bthrun90 Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching.

[0U81aswell]

I did not do anything else to the pipes or bike. I did not re-jet (didn't need to)or make any other changes. I did it myself in about an hour or so. One thing I found that gives it a better sound is after it is good and warm I turn the idle down a little. It gives it more of that Harley potato sound. I did not have it turned down in the video. Good luck and let us know how it sounds when and if you get the cruzers put on. Thanks for watching and I hope this helps.

[blusmile1]

I have an 08 650 v-star if I replace the stock pipes for this V& H Cruzers is there anything else i have to do to get the sound like yours? some body any body?

[ryanthie]

That sounds real good for a 650.

[0U81aswell]

Thanks ryanthie! The 650 part of it shows on the highway, high engine RPM's. The pipes still sound good at higher speed's though.

thanks again!

[ryanthie]

You're welcome!

I didn't think a 650 could sound so good.

The pipes make it have a nice growl to it.

I bet it sounds great under heavy acceleration. Hearing the RPM's climb violently would sound vicious.

It's a lot louder than my dad's VStar1300 that's for sure. The exhaust is still stock though.

It would take a lot of work to change the pipes on the 1300, you gotta change a few things, so it'll run right, since it's a 2 Into 1 system, we'd have to change multiple things.

Your bike sounds great!

[codym41]

Did you get a power gain?

[0U81aswell]

It feels like it did. Also feels like it accelerates smoother now. I definatly lost the popping/backfiring on deceleration. The stock mod pipes popped a lot on decel and was driving me nuts. That's 80% of why I wanted to change them. The other 15% is they sounded like tin cans. The other 5% is looks. Another thing I noticed is that the idle is slower and I have to run with choke half open for a few miles till it gets good and hot, close choke and then all is well. Hope this helps.

[Farmer2492]

@0U81aswell I find i have to do the same thing on my 2010 650 vstar it has the same pipes but i have to start it on choke and let it idle for about 1 minuite then it good to go

[tstroud05]

Sounds the same to me. Haha. J/K I hear the diff,