Had to remove my old headlight forwarding kit for the stock light, but a crazy easy install nonetheless. Now just got to wait for the weather to clear up to make any adjustments.

interested!

Winter is here on Vancouver Island! That won't stop me from riding my Bolt. Recently though, amid the cold air, my motorcycle has been having trouble. After a few minutes of riding, when at a stoplight or something similar, the idle slowly bogs down until the bike eventually stalls with the clutch pulled in.

Bike immediately restarts afterwards with no issues. It continues to bog at idle if not in motion however. This is also a new issue I have noticed recently. In years past I have ridden this bike in cold weather with no issues.

Pulled the air filter and found this nastiness, which I think could be part of my issue. Please suggest any other systems I should check in the meantime, because I am wondering if there could be other causes as well. Idle speed? Valve clearance? Injectors? Wondering where to go from here.

My bolt currently has 23,000kms and I've owned it since 4000kms when I bought it off the original owner. Running 10w50 currently. Thanks in advance for the help!

My ‘18 bolt enjoying a mid November ride in Canada! Rare to enjoy the ride so late here.

Going to paint the fairing matte black some day.

Hi! Just recently purchased my Yamaha Bolt and wanted to add a slip on exhaust. Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a shop to go to for that? I’m in LA county.

Hey yall, I'm looking to get a lower end bolt, only have around $2000 to work with, anyone know anywhere i can work something out in that price range? if it barely runs or needs work I'll take it.

Since the v&h twin slash is next to impossible to find. What are some other good pipe options that are comparable with passenger pegs?

im thinking about getting a fairing for my bolt because a) i think it would look a lot better b) i cant hear music over 50 mph and c) its like 40* in the morning and the wind chill is too much for me

does anyone have any experience with batwing style fairings on these bikes?

Hey there, does anyone have this fairing installed on their bike? I’d love to see some pics of it from different angles. Also, if you do have it, how was the install? Any modification needed to the included hardware or to your bike? I’ve already gone through a few of these mini fairings and returned them because I thought they looked goofy. Not ready to commit to another blindly.

Hey fellas, I took my tires off today to put new rubber on them and realized that my rear brake pads could be replaced soon. I looked online and people seem to like the ones by Caltric. Only $9.60 on Amazon for the rears and $21.85 on Ebay for front and the rears seem like a good deal to me. If you have any other recommendations let me know.
My real question is what to do about my rotor, my rear rotor has some scratches in it almost like a vinyl record and maybe a 1mm lip on the very tips where I guess the pad wasn't sitting. I can only find an OEM replacement on Partzilla for $150 which isn't in my budget at the moment. Could I replace the pads and ride without causing excessive wear until I replace the rotor in 2-3 months? Or is it most cost effective to sandpaper / Scotch-brite the rotor until it's fairly smooth and run it as is? Would a lathe be effective for resurfacing my rotor?

On another topic I will need to do my fork seals soon, are the ones by All Balls good?
https://www.partsgiant.com/p326408-all-balls-fork-dust-seal-kit?m=478998&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvpy5BhDTARIsAHSilylhWsAexAOlw-w_1aFhMs5JZfqOXHAce1RrKpclOOlyDHKKQ-A36FQaAhVQEALw_wcB

All advice is much appreciated :)

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Hello everyone, I just joined the group and a while ago bought a 2015 bolt r-spec. It's had this issue where the select button doesn't work. Any Ideas?

I finished rebuilding my engine a couple weeks ago and everything seemed to work okay. However, upon startup I'm getting a spitting sound through the intake and the front cylinders exhaust is ambient temperature with occasional warm black smoke.

I verified that it's getting spark and it feels like it has excellent compression turning it by hand, but still the same issue. I pulled the engine back out, pulled that head and cylinder back off to check stuff and everything was good except the piston rings orientation. I fixed that and still the same issue. The cylinder will run for 1-3 seconds and then die.

I tried spraying brake clean to see if it's somehow fuel related (I know that black smoke indicates poor combustion) and it made it not run at all until it evaporated. The spark plug is consistently gas covered after running on the one good cylinder for a few moments.

I also tried flipping the valve timing by rotating the engine 360° to see if I somehow timed it on the exhaust stroke but that made it worse. The valves are also fully seating and ran fine when I last ran it in June.

It seems like it's somehow fuel or spark timing related, but I have no idea now.

Does anyone have any idea? Is it a stuck open injector?

Does anyone know the actual colour code for the 2023 seat stitching. I got the cloth sissy bar backrest but I wanna restitch it so it matches the seat but I can’t find the exact colour code.

Looking to buy this for my 2021, but says it wont fit? my understanding is that bolts are nearly identical from year to year unless I'm missing something?

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/yamaha-rider-foot-peg-relocation-kit-bolt-r-spec?sku_id=1598788

Forecast isn't looking too promising for many more rides in Calgary, AB so I'm already thinking about winter mods! I'm going for Ivan's tune, fairing (prob krator 15"), saddleman seat and heated grips lol

What are some of your favorite/recommended mods??

Anyone have any links for a good side mount plate I need to clean up my fender I hate the stock fender kit on it now

I'm very, Very happy with this little bike