Vstar 650 vs 1100

**cknowles** · 04-06-2012, 05:51 PM

Awesome looking ride!!

**canuckerjay** · 04-09-2012, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by alphaChaser

Hey folks,

Update: Got the 2007 1100 Vstar Custom!

Congratulations! I still dig my 05 custom. Anytime you wanna share pavement, PM.

**mrefaat** · 04-23-2012, 04:28 PM

Congrats, very good looking bike.
I m in mississauga. PM me whenever you wanna go for a ride.

**alphaChaser** · 04-24-2012, 05:47 PM

Thanks for the comments! I'll definitely msg you guys for cruising this summer!

**Zag** · 04-28-2012, 09:35 PM

I have seen a couple of vstar 650s lately as wanted to get one.. both were awesome but that shaft drive is making me confused. So far I rode only chained ones. May I get some experienced advices to make my purchase easy? Do they give smoother drive than chain? Handling advantage/disadvantage?

**Zag** · 04-28-2012, 10:26 PM

Found this link with some info.. http://motorcycle-intelligence.com/chain-belt-shaft/64/ comparing chain/belt/shaft.

**YamaMana** · 05-01-2012, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Zag

I have seen a couple of vstar 650s lately as wanted to get one.. both were awesome but that shaft drive is making me confused. So far I rode only chained ones. May I get some experienced advices to make my purchase easy? Do they give smoother drive than chain? Handling advantage/disadvantage?

Have owned and presently own both. Shaft drive all-the-way when it's an option. Clean & virtually maintenance free. Unless it's an 80's bike and you are a full-on rider, you'd never know the difference.

Cleaning the dirt that builds up from no matter which brand of chain-oil you use is a PITA (some is WAY better than others).

I say ignore the purist's you read about when they talk about shaft-drive-buck. It's simply not there on a cruiser and certainly not on a 650! Now you want to talk about an 80's Magna 1100 ...