Power output of a Yamaha XV535 1995 year?

Bloke I know is selling his Yamaha XV 535 - its a bit tatty but seems cheap
and has shaft drive.
Anyone any comments on this and is it a POS or not three bad all things
considered ?
What are the power torque figures and does it sound nice ?
Nick

 

Bear emerged from their own little world to say

unless in the hands of Kev Olley when it defied most laws of custom bikes

 

Very politely put, and much better than the "It's an underpowered fucking
slug, but then all cruisers are, just deal with it" shit that I thought
better about posting..

Having recently ridden a 1450cc Harley, however[1], I would like to add
that the XV535 is surprisingly powerful and light...

Dave

[1] A Fat Boy on a mock test and then a full dress Electra **** round
fucking CBT cones.....

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, WavyDavy

This was part of the "Ultimate Biker" type stuff was it?

See, that was where you failed.

When they handed you the Harley keys, you should have said "**** off!"
and stuffed them up their noses.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

power output is something around 44 bhp, but it's a cruiser, not a pocket
rocket.

got mine to an indicated 105 mph a few months ago... 2 up as well, but didnt
feel right at that speed, as i said, it's a cruiser,

Will cruise all day at 70 to 80, and pootle round town with no problems,

it's a small bike, low seat height, so if your lacking in the leg length
department then it's ideal,
weighs feck all, and the weight is low down, 70% of the fuel is stored in a
tank under the seat, the top tank holds a few litres if that, the main tank
is the one below the seat.

they're usually reliable, start on the button, returns 55mpg or so,
range is only 100 to 120 miles untill your on reserve,

Biggest problem with these is the reserve solenoid, they don't use a fuel
tap as most other bikes do, there's a switch on the handlebars that changes
to reserve, problem is the solenoid gets gummed up, and you only find out
the day the engine starts spluttering, you flick the switch and the bugger
keeps on spluttering untill she dies on you,
The fuel pump is running like mad, but not able to pump any fuel, you can
get half a mile at a time if you lean the bike to the right and let the pump
re-fill the float chambers,

Hitting the solenoid with a spanner got it to change over for me when it did
that the other week, but that's the main weakness on this bike.

i like my virago 535, it's fast enough for me, light enough too, cheap to
insure and run, and looks decent.. if your into cruisers that is,
plenty of bits available to make it look gay if you want,

The stock seat is a bit on the arse numbing side, but custom cruisers sell
some better seats for around £150 every so often,

I got a travelcade seat for mine, gell pads, wider arse cheak support area
and so on for £100,
it's for a kawasaki VN750 or 850 (or something like that)the VN cruiser seat
fits the virago's frame almost perfectly, need to make up a brakcet to bolt
the back onto, piece of 2 inch wide flat bar did it for me, goes from the
back of the origional pillions seat brackets and sits upwards, as the VN
seat is supposed to bolt onto the sissy bar of that bike,
the seat has a built in backrest for the pillion, only a few inches tall but
my GF says it feels nice, stops her arse hanging over the back of the stock
seat below the sissy bar pad

What do you call cheap tho?
I paid a grand for my 1991 535, had 11k miles on the clock, full service
history, totaly stock with all the origional parts in good condition (except
the reserve solenoid.. which had been changed by yamaha a year before i
bought it, and lasted another year and a half untill the fecker stuck on me
the other week.

 

Actually, that taught me more about bike dynamics than any other part of the
competition... Until I got on an '05 R6 in the pissing rain on the last
day....

Those Hardleys may be crap, but seeing them put through CBT figure-8s and
tighter ... well if a Hardley can, then .... well I'm just a pussy
fuckwit....

Until we did it too..

That's how big most of us felt on the day.

Dave

 

Beav wrote

It has been around for a while in large numbers and has yet to acquire
any sort of bad reputation. They don't even know cruisers exist in
'another place' but it could easily be added to the ongoing discussions
there.



--
steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

It's one of the nicest Jap cruisers ever built. Power and torque
figures are irrelevant - it's good for just over a ton, cruises at 75,
and has a lovely soft woofly engine that pulls from nowhere. It's not
33hp legal, if that's what you're asking. Well, not officially - I
doubt if more than 30bhp finds its way out of the back tyre.

Actually, in performance terms, it's very close to a Harley 883.

Very, very reliable. Finish suffers in winter (hence the 'tatty'):
lacquer falls off the engine and the chrome gets rusty. Economical.
Comfy. Doesn't even handle badly. And as you say, shaft drive.

Very early (mid-1980s) ones had a dummy fuel tank and a ridiculously
small tank under the seat. later ones had a combination of under-seat
and conventional tank and thus have a much better range.

A few special editions around with two-tone paint, screen and panniers,
but many owners add these accessories anyway.

I've often thought of buying one. If you like the cruiser style, then
this is probably the best under-750cc one around.

 

Seconded. SO has one for years and I loved riding it to work "just to
keep it fit". I loved the engine, rear suspension was a bit hard on some
of the bumps but it handled far better than you would expect. My only
problem was "you look like a spider on it, daddy" due to long arms,
legs, etc. SO is vertically challenged so it suited her down to the ground.

 

A very good bike all round really.
I can only think he/she! may have a restricted license and was looking at it
that way.

 

The only thing I can say against is, the OEM Exhaust. The collector box is
shoved under the engine and rots likes fark. Cost's a fortune to replace.
and good used ones are rarer than a virgin in a nunnery.
Not sure if there are any OE pattern replacements or not, as I made my own
exhaust for the wife's one. Even got it through an MOT!

 

Hi Steve,

Question about the power / torque was because it is for a restricted
licensee up to 33 bhp person if its was under
and I was curious about whether it was a torquey engine - my bike is triple
that power......

I want to restore it if parts are available easily as a winter project with
my boy - teach him a bit about engines/bikes etc...
However I don't want to make an impossibly difficult, expensive and
frustrating rod for my back if I can find out some answers quickly and the
result is a nice bike at the end of it for the Missus (who IS vertically
challenged !!)

Thanks for your input

Nick

 

Both right !! - I have had my full licence for 33 years and have a DL
1000 - its a project for me and the boy
over winter and a "present for her indoors" at the end of it, who needs a
low seat, mild performance etc that this seems to give... May have to
"restrict" it though !!!

Thanks for the reply

Nick

 

Nick wrote

That will depend on the bike, some are some aren't. It should come with
some sort of certification if it is. 'If it doesn't say in writing then
it ain't,' is a good rule to live by.

For 535cc values of torquey engines yes. It is a V twin cruiser, all V
twin cruisers are tuned for torque rather than peak power, it is a part
of what a cruiser is about.

Parts and after market bolt on bling bits are readily available.

Then don't do it, seriously don't. Bikes are not the cheap solution
that folks are inclined to suggest. You just wait until you see how
much that nice Mr Yamaha wants for a gram of plastic, Cocaine is
cheaper.



--
steve auvache
750 VT Shadow (something for the weekend)
Bindit 600 (was lost and now is found)
GS500E (small but perfectly formed)
mongvan (dehydrated)

 

Drain the tanks and remove the solenoid, on top of the solenoid are two
filter pipes, one long and one short, the longer one is the main fuel
pickup.

If you remove the longer one it will allow you to use the full capacity of
the tank but you will have no reserve, I now carry a "reserve" litre of
petrol in an aluminium "camping type" fuel container in my panniers.


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Kevin - Basildon
XV535
VOLVO FH12
GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29

 

It gets me from A to B, its reliable and it don't allow me to break the
speed limits by too much


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Kevin - Basildon
XV535
VOLVO FH12
GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29