The Yamaha Road Star Warrior Forum

Okay - I have my bike! Yeeha!

She is a lot better that I actually expected - a 2008 Warrior. They changed the bars and the seat for me, drag bars and seat. I think it looks really beautiful, so much so that I am not sure what I want to customise. I think the back tyre at 200 is pretty nice, and as soon as I got it I put on 500km/310mi - obviously at low revs as I rode her off the showroom floor at zero mileage.

The bike really handles well and I was thinking of putting on a 240 or 260 back tyre - how does that effect handling? What do you guys recommend? What is the break even for looks and losing handeling?

And how the hell do I upload images on this site? I cant find any option for it. Is inline imags the only way?

Hey there. Thanks for the reply. I do think your bike is seriously nice. I even downloaded pic a while back as "blueprint" to where I would like the bik eto get to. ANd gald you have South Africans as neighbours - so now you know we like to have loads of beer, BBQ (Braai) and spend time with friends. ANd we love biking of course! 

I just got my bike and I am about to ride about 3000km/1880mi next week - Looking forward to taking her on a nice ride down to the coast with a few friends, also on cruisers. Should be a good trip. WIll take lots of pics.

A quick question, what tyre and swingarm do you have on your bike?

Here is a pic of my new bike...

Gerald 

Love your new beast mate, superb colour.

Gerald, my swingarm is a stock arm but modified (widened) to take a 240 tyre.  The rear wheel is a widened stock to 8 1/2 inches with a 240 Metz 880 Marathon tyre fitted.  The 8 1/2 inch rim can take a 260 but my swingarm cannot.

You'll be pleased to know that I've invited my SA neighbours over next week to polish off a few crates, they're not bikers but they never complain about my noisy pipes so they get my vote   Ride safe Bro.