Part 1 in the Vstar bobber build. Simple hardtail strut and rear fender modification. Please SUBSCRIBE to stay up to date on all current and future builds
It’s comments like these that push me to get back at it. I have 2 bikes just sitting there waiting to get chopped up. Summer is coming to an end here in Ontario. May need to make some life changes and do this more full time Glad I could inspire and be inspired 🤙🏻
@@rev7garage Keep on doing it bro. You'll get em done for sure. Would love to see those bikes in some videos too. I'm def inspired by this video to finish the roadstar now for sure. Summer never seems to end down in Texas, so I might get it finished before the cold catches up lol.
Great job... I was impressed with this bike. Looks amazing Only a question.. Can you put a passenger seat on the new fender? Did you left the hole to fix it?
Thank you! This fender has enough room to put a small seat on. The stock mounting hole was cut off for the passenger seat. But you could easily not cut as far back and leave it… or they sell small bolt on passenger pads on amazon. There are both bolt on and suction cup versions that fit with this fender modification
I never had an issue with speed bumps but I did have 2 other issues. I scraped entering a steep laneway and my second issue was it has zero clearance loading into a trailer or truck bed lol. City cruising is great otherwise
I ended up with a Suzuki C50 and know that the lowering kit for it also is the same as the Yamaha 650 and 1100. I wonder if the strut you made for this bike would work for the C50 🤔
I gotta know how long did you make the hard tail bar like bolt to bolt hole? Planning on doing a rear end like this and want my fender that tucked to the tire
@@rev7garage you are good man how many inches did u make the hardtail bar? I’ve got my fender brackets cut to shape just wondering how long to make the bar to replace the shock to get it that low
I believe I did 8.75 (8 and 3/4inches) centre to centre That is maxed out As low as you can go for shaft angle/frame clearance. If you watch the pt1. Fender chop video, I think when I’m cutting the strut it’s marked “8.75” on the bar
How much of a drop did you get from this?? Im looking at doing a similar setup on my 09. But im looking at about 5" of drop. and im worried that itll start binding up the Rear end/Driveshaft... Any issues with yours?3
Very sorry for the late reply I’ve ran every bike I’ve ever built like this with zero binding issues. I got the measurements for the strut by basically letting the top of the swing arm rest on the frame so it was as low as possible… I then stuck a Half inch flat bar between to give a little height… took the measurement and that’s my strut measurements
@@rev7garage No worries. You have a life and Other responsibilities outside of UA-cam! I did pretty much the same thing. Sitting pretty nicely at about 4 1/2" of drop. Thanks for the videos!
With the stock suspension it would have same clearance as it does stock. This fender is mounted in all stock locations. It’s just cut shorter. You can safely do this with stock suspension it’s just you would have larger gap between the tire and rear fender.
@@rev7garage do you know of any shorter springs that would have the same effect without the loss of comfort? Have you found your bar replacement to be particularly uncomfortable?? And how much did you lower it by?? Love the build btw!
@@felixdavison4634 I’ve done the popular “j-slam” where it uses the stock spring, but relocates the top mounting hole to get 2-3inches of lowering. You can’t go any smaller with the spring because the swing arm would then hit the frame while riding. This bike was maxed out to how low it could go. Dropped almost 5-6inches I’ve built about 12vstars this way and love it. Love hardtail riding. Only discomfort is the seat style. I had to go through a few manufacturers to find the right seat
@@rev7garage what if I kept all the stock suspension, and used the factory struts, but just drilled another hole to can’t The struts downward so that there’s not such a huge gap between the rear fender and the tire? Would that potentially cause a problem? Btw I still watch these v star vids as reference for when I work on mine. Great vids man
I want my rear fender to look like yours but i dont really have a shop not do i know how to weld. Maybe I’ll just cut it nice enough then lower the suspension
Highly suggest lowering the bike first to help find the flow of the bike. Honestly you could cut the fender with a hack saw or coping saw and make sure you have a file to clean the edges. Almost anything I do could be done with basic tools. For the fender struts you essentially could cut them shorter and drill new holes instead of welding them
@@rev7garage thank you! To be honest I want something bigger like an dragstar1100 because the price for a 650 is almost the same as the 1100. Do you think I can still do that chopper fender style on yamaha dragstar1100?
More then likely. I have never cut up an 1100. I know there are some differences but I can’t see it being that hard to modify it the same way. Stay tuned to the channel have some more bikes lined up. May try to scoop an 1100 and see what I can do with it
Zu krass für mich und meinen Rücken 😬. Tieferlegung hinten nicht schön da die Starrahmen Optik flöten geht und die Schwinge keine Einheit mehr darstellt zum Rahmen. Auch die Kardanwelle ist schief von der Seite. Greetings from Germany Bro 🤘🍻💪
Hallo aus Kanada!🤙 Auf diese Weise können Sie bei Bedarf auf Softail zurückwechseln. Der Winkel der Antriebswelle ist spürbar, funktioniert aber normal
J slam is drilling a new hole further up the top shock mount and compressing the stock shock to drop the bike about 3-4 inches What I did was make the bike a hardtail by simply removing the stock shock and replacing it with a shorter piece of aluminum. No rear suspension. The aluminum bar is 8.75inches centre to centre of the bolt holes I’d suggest going 9inches centre to centre. 8.75 brings the frame and swing arm within about 2mm of each other
@@rev7garage I like the bar stock idea, but i don’t want it that lowered, what size would you recommend for it to be if I just want it about factory height, just hard tailed?
To each is there own. I’ve built 4 of these with bolt in hardtail struts. Can always be made a softail again but I’ve found the others I built were actually good riding. Hardtail isn’t for everyone. As for the front end, it’s stiffer over stock but this thing isn’t a corner slayer by any means. This ride isn’t for everyone and I understand that. I enjoyed my others and had no problem cruising 2-3 hours on the bike. One even had just a metal pan
These vstars are awesome...run forever!!!!
Know a guy that has 162,000 miles on vstar 650 and never touched motor except for valve adjustments!!!!
Yea the valves have been done on this bike. Super easy bike to maintain. In my opinion very easy to modify as well
Why you removed the shock and added a tube instead ?
Wow! Amazing work 🎉
Thank you! Cheers!
Looks great!
Good Stuff Bro....Hoorah!!
Looking good brother been wanting to do a vstar bob build for a while now
Probably my fav bike to bob by far. Definitely do it!
great work, I wish to get one of it.
Thank you!
this video is amazing. killer bike. i'm starting the chop and bob for my roadstar 1600 right now. Def got a like and sub from me.
It’s comments like these that push me to get back at it. I have 2 bikes just sitting there waiting to get chopped up. Summer is coming to an end here in Ontario. May need to make some life changes and do this more full time
Glad I could inspire and be inspired 🤙🏻
@@rev7garage Keep on doing it bro. You'll get em done for sure. Would love to see those bikes in some videos too. I'm def inspired by this video to finish the roadstar now for sure. Summer never seems to end down in Texas, so I might get it finished before the cold catches up lol.
Great job... I was impressed with this bike. Looks amazing
Only a question.. Can you put a passenger seat on the new fender? Did you left the hole to fix it?
Thank you! This fender has enough room to put a small seat on. The stock mounting hole was cut off for the passenger seat. But you could easily not cut as far back and leave it… or they sell small bolt on passenger pads on amazon. There are both bolt on and suction cup versions that fit with this fender modification
@@rev7garage Thank you so much!!! 👍❤️
No problem at all
Awesome set up will be doing this soon to a 1100 project I have may need a few pointers if you don't mind
Bud, by slaming down, would it reduce clearance body to ground as well? Would it be prob with speed bums. Contemplating doing it on my bike..
I never had an issue with speed bumps but I did have 2 other issues. I scraped entering a steep laneway and my second issue was it has zero clearance loading into a trailer or truck bed lol. City cruising is great otherwise
Dope, that makes that rear flow so much nicer. Think it can still support a pillion seat and a passenger???
100% I know it can. And I built the same setup on my other Vstar and added an almost 3foot sissy bar and take my lunch, gear and chainsaw to work
Don't call him a dope he couldn't do this if he was
How many inches did you cut out of the brace bracket?
Hey was that just billet aluminum for the lowering strut? What size did you use?
Yup just aluminum
Square stock
1.25x1.25
I ended up with a Suzuki C50 and know that the lowering kit for it also is the same as the Yamaha 650 and 1100. I wonder if the strut you made for this bike would work for the C50 🤔
I gotta know how long did you make the hard tail bar like bolt to bolt hole? Planning on doing a rear end like this and want my fender that tucked to the tire
My apologies just getting back into the shop after a work injury. Only took about an hour and a half start to finish including removing the shock
@@rev7garage you are good man how many inches did u make the hardtail bar? I’ve got my fender brackets cut to shape just wondering how long to make the bar to replace the shock to get it that low
I believe I did 8.75 (8 and 3/4inches) centre to centre
That is maxed out As low as you can go for shaft angle/frame clearance.
If you watch the pt1. Fender chop video, I think when I’m cutting the strut it’s marked “8.75” on the bar
How much of a drop did you get from this??
Im looking at doing a similar setup on my 09. But im looking at about 5" of drop. and im worried that itll start binding up the Rear end/Driveshaft... Any issues with yours?3
Very sorry for the late reply
I’ve ran every bike I’ve ever built like this with zero binding issues.
I got the measurements for the strut by basically letting the top of the swing arm rest on the frame so it was as low as possible… I then stuck a Half inch flat bar between to give a little height… took the measurement and that’s my strut measurements
@@rev7garage No worries. You have a life and Other responsibilities outside of UA-cam! I did pretty much the same thing.
Sitting pretty nicely at about 4 1/2" of drop.
Thanks for the videos!
Hi their I was just wondering if u can you tell me if a classics fender will fit a custom v star cause I’m interested in doin the same shape fender
It sure will. I did that on a 650 custom for a customer. They are the same fender struts
Would be nice to keep the damper. But fix it to rearwheel. So it moves up and down with the wheel.
👌🏾
If you were to keep the rear suspension in, would the rear fender need to have more clearance?
With the stock suspension it would have same clearance as it does stock. This fender is mounted in all stock locations. It’s just cut shorter.
You can safely do this with stock suspension it’s just you would have larger gap between the tire and rear fender.
@@rev7garage do you know of any shorter springs that would have the same effect without the loss of comfort? Have you found your bar replacement to be particularly uncomfortable?? And how much did you lower it by?? Love the build btw!
@@felixdavison4634 I’ve done the popular “j-slam” where it uses the stock spring, but relocates the top mounting hole to get 2-3inches of lowering.
You can’t go any smaller with the spring because the swing arm would then hit the frame while riding.
This bike was maxed out to how low it could go. Dropped almost 5-6inches
I’ve built about 12vstars this way and love it. Love hardtail riding. Only discomfort is the seat style. I had to go through a few manufacturers to find the right seat
@@rev7garage what if I kept all the stock suspension, and used the factory struts, but just drilled another hole to can’t The struts downward so that there’s not such a huge gap between the rear fender and the tire? Would that potentially cause a problem? Btw I still watch these v star vids as reference for when I work on mine. Great vids man
I want my rear fender to look like yours but i dont really have a shop not do i know how to weld. Maybe I’ll just cut it nice enough then lower the suspension
Highly suggest lowering the bike first to help find the flow of the bike. Honestly you could cut the fender with a hack saw or coping saw and make sure you have a file to clean the edges. Almost anything I do could be done with basic tools.
For the fender struts you essentially could cut them shorter and drill new holes instead of welding them
@@rev7garage thank you! To be honest I want something bigger like an dragstar1100 because the price for a 650 is almost the same as the 1100. Do you think I can still do that chopper fender style on yamaha dragstar1100?
More then likely. I have never cut up an 1100. I know there are some differences but I can’t see it being that hard to modify it the same way.
Stay tuned to the channel have some more bikes lined up. May try to scoop an 1100 and see what I can do with it
Man this looks amazing!! How much would you charge to do it?
You supply a fender I can do it for around $250 Canadian
Super interested do you have a Instagram page that I can message you on, I am in Australia
Insta: jessiejamessanderson
Zu krass für mich und meinen Rücken 😬. Tieferlegung hinten nicht schön da die Starrahmen Optik flöten geht und die Schwinge keine Einheit mehr darstellt zum Rahmen. Auch die Kardanwelle ist schief von der Seite. Greetings from Germany Bro 🤘🍻💪
Hallo aus Kanada!🤙 Auf diese Weise können Sie bei Bedarf auf Softail zurückwechseln. Der Winkel der Antriebswelle ist spürbar, funktioniert aber normal
Where would you put the break lights or blinkers?
This one I mounted axle brake light and I would use the passenger peg mounts for the blinkers
I just like the fact you used a angle grinder instead of a zawsaw like some lunatics on the internet 😂😂😂
That grinder may as well replace my right hand lol… only tool I can rely on to get the job done half the time
Did you have to take shock out
I’d like for you to cut my rear fender like that on a 2007 model
Was that a flux or mig welder
Shielded wire on my Lincoln
Proving you can do anything with the right prep work and practice
Did you cut the fender supports off?
I cut 4 inches from the middle of the stock fender supports and welded it back together
Ahh ok so the supports on the frame u left on?
Yes. Removed the bolts to cut and weld them on a table and reinstalled
Awsome thank u im about to do my vstar the same didnt want to spend 350 on a rear fender
Same! Why pay when you can build it yourself
Is this what you call j-slamming? Also I like how you dont have to cut the rear support. I guess I’m getting a vstar for my bobber
J slam is drilling a new hole further up the top shock mount and compressing the stock shock to drop the bike about 3-4 inches
What I did was make the bike a hardtail by simply removing the stock shock and replacing it with a shorter piece of aluminum. No rear suspension. The aluminum bar is 8.75inches centre to centre of the bolt holes
I’d suggest going 9inches centre to centre.
8.75 brings the frame and swing arm within about 2mm of each other
@@rev7garage I like the bar stock idea, but i don’t want it that lowered, what size would you recommend for it to be if I just want it about factory height, just hard tailed?
What size bars are those?
12inch
Might be a long shot, but would you happen to have a link to these?
I make them. I don’t have a chrome guy anymore unfortunately but I can make them still in raw
Shoot me a message on insta if you wanna order a set
@@rev7garage for sure will do! Thanks man!
what about your lower back ?
I’ll worry about that when I’m 60 lol
Jokes aside… I run lower rear air pressure and avoid potholes
Zero issues
Заче изуродовал мотоцикл!?
Don't get why you would to take a bike that has a nice ride and turn it into something that rides like a brick?
To each is there own. I’ve built 4 of these with bolt in hardtail struts. Can always be made a softail again but I’ve found the others I built were actually good riding. Hardtail isn’t for everyone. As for the front end, it’s stiffer over stock but this thing isn’t a corner slayer by any means.
This ride isn’t for everyone and I understand that. I enjoyed my others and had no problem cruising 2-3 hours on the bike. One even had just a metal pan
Però sei costretto a mettere una 230 di gomma
Wanna make another lowering link identical and sell it to me?
Sure! Where you located?
@@rev7garage Troy Missouri
Do you have an Instagram or Facebook that I can message you personally on?
Insta: jessiejamessanderson
Facebook: Jessie Sanderson (Woodstock Ontario, Canada)
@@rev7garage thanks
God that music sucks!
Tell me bout it... free music usually ain’t the best and this channel ain’t about makin money so like hell I’m spending any on video edit lol