Howdy, my name is Dave and I'm the proud owner of a used 2002 Yamaha midnight star, I live near toronto Canada and my bike is parked for winter disassembly. This is my first bike and I love it, got to ride for about a month before winter happened here. bike currently has custom paint work done, ape hangers (not sure how tall but they are about twice as high as I would like). Vance and Hines long shots with knn air filter, pipes are to loud so I plan on addressing that once the bike is reliable. Honestly I would have built this exact bike, I thought I liked everything the previous owner did. But after riding for over 3 hours my arms got tired, under 3 hours she's great. I got my bike licence and got this bike the next day, the bike currently won't start cuz I tried it Christmas Day and won't even turn over. I will be removing the starter for a rebuild as my first repair... if she runs then we will perform all maintenance and be ready to ride in spring.... but there is a possibility I may get a newer bike instead of working on this one,, it has 100k and it was ridden hard I'm sure. Previous owner was also a mechanic so it may be well maintained? I am a auto mechanic myself so I'm not afraid to dig into it and find out.. thanks for letting me in, I have been lurking since the day I got the bike....haha,,,

I installed the windshield and bags about halfway through my month of riding and the bags are a must for me, but I hope to swap my leather bags for hard bags, also th windshield makes riding so much nicer over 70kph that I would like to install a batwing. I don't like the look of the big stock windshield. In my opinion as a non motorcycle guy if it didn't say Yamaha in 2 places on the engine I would think this bike is a Harley.... I started by wanting a brand new Harley street glide special and then found this bike used... I have read so many bad reviews about Harley's I am very happy with my purchase. And to be honest I would just like this bike fuel injected with the street glide special look and I don't need the Harley name at all..

Oshawa here
Some of the guys around the GTA get together for breakfast once in a while so
keep that in mind

from Sturgis MI. Your apes can never be too tall

from Hollister Ca

Dave From South Florida. I too don't care for ape hanger bars, just not my thing. Stock bars with a 3-4 inch riser and good to go. I'm sure you could sell the apes to someone here. Just a thought. Good luck with the bike, I think you will love it, and this is the right place for any help you may need.
John

from Seattle WA

100k kilometers or 100k miles? either way there is still a lot of life left in it. Have the battery load tested before you pull the starter. I ride with wild 1 roadking 2 handlebars. Big city thunder monster baffles will quiet your pipes down without taking away the rumble

Also check the decompression solenoid

from Southeast Texas

Almost 100000km on the speedo. I thought that was a lot for a bike? I will look into those baffles thank you...

From Plano Texas.