r/Yamahabolt

Yesterday I finished installing and testing this fairing. I bought the 15-inch version. For my height, 6', it's too tall. It ends right at eye level, which obscures my vision. But now the bike looks different, and I really like the style.

Got the silver parts painted black, wrapped the exhaust, bar end mirrors, windshield/fairing, chin fairing, blue pinstripes on the rims to match the tank, aftermarket blinkers. It was expensive but I'm really happy with it! Took it out to the mountains today, loving the new look and feel of the bike! :D

My 2915 Bolt Trike Conversion.

I wanted a fault scanner for my Trike. I can tell you "first hand"d that not all "Motorcycle" scanners are compatile with the Bolt. I had the misfortune of discovering this even when vendors confirmed that their scanner worked on the Bolt. ... I can attest and confirm that this scanner does indeed function with diagnostic parameters.

The reviews seem to be a bit mixed. Looking to see it's worthwhile or not

The problem was a failed "Tilt Angle Sensor". I'm not about to spend nearly $100.00 on a sensor I don't need. The solution is a $1.50 1K Ohm resistor. I'm not done yet, I will use the dead sensor as a dongle. I would never ride my machine with this setup. But the good news that I wanted to share is the 1K Ohm resistor eliminates the lean angle sensor. I will post again with the detailed instructions on what pins to jumper and what I did to make the dongle .

Here's a personal and honest review of my Bolt after riding it for more than a year. I've done both short city rides and long trips through flat and mountainous terrain. I have a non-R version for Europe with black alloy wheels and ABS. So, compared to the R version, it lacks the rear gas shocks. Here this bike is called either the XV950 or XVS950CU.

Since I clearly do love this bike, there's way more upsides of riding this bike than there is downsides. So for the upsides I'll just mention the things that I extremely like about it while, for the downsides, I'll mention all of them.

Upsides:

The overall retro bobber design - I love how slim and simple it is. I also love the blacked out internals and the air cooled engine.

Foot peg position - Since huge wide chromed out cruisers don't appeal to me, I love the mid-mounted foot pegs and controls. It gives you much more control and the ability to stand up while riding.

Wheels - The simple yet well designed black alloy wheels are awesome. The version with silver spoked wheels doesn't even come close. Luckilly, here in Europe the basic version with spoked wheels is not even available. Also, you can get a non-R version with ABS, like I did.

Power and torque - It's awesome how this 942 cc bike outperforms the Iron 883 like they aren't even in the same class. Only the 1200 Sportster matches its performance. Not that I seek speed with cruisers but I was shocked at how much slower the 883 felt.

Downsides:

The rear suspenison is horrible - It has such a short travel you bottom out at every moderate bump in the road. If you hit a depressed manhole cover, it feels like your spine just quit on you. Again, these are the reqular rear shocks - not the gas ones.

The stock tune is very bad - The stock tune is so bad it very often just lets out a sneeze or a misfire without proper ignition when you blip your throttle while holding in the clutch. For example, you want to rev match while downshifting and the engine just goes "spoof" when you blip the throttle.. Not completely sure if this is universal or if it's a tune for the European market but I was very unpleasantly surprised when I discovered it. I know there Ivan's tune but, come on, this is ridiculous.

The handlebar grips are too fat - I don't understand why this bike has such fat grips. It clearly isn't really designed for giants. Not that I can't ride it but it would have been much more comfortable if it had normal sized grips like even a 1900cc Street Bob has.

The exhaust is hideous - Both the sound and the look of the stock exhaust is shit. The sound feels like you're riding a large scooter or like you have a cardboard box slipped on the exhaust. I'd like to make it more crisp and loud. The design of the exhaust is almost comical. It looks like some kind of sci-fi laser rifle with those silver parts and heat shields. The design of the exhaust is a complete miss, along with the air filter box.

Lack of dual exhaust options - There's only two certified dual exhaust options out there: the Bassani Sweepers and the V&H Twin Slash, of which the V&H is not being sold anymore. All other options are just single exit slip-ons that look like trumpets or sound barely anything better than the stock exhaust. If you opt for some unknown dual exist option, you risk even Ivan's tune not being able to help you with the engine performance downgrade.

There are a few other smaller gripes I have with this bike, like the stupid gauge, but they're less important. Overall, I think the Bolt is a very cool and fun bike. I love it. But the things I mentioned could have really be done differently. Also, it somehow feels like a lot of youtube videos fail to mention them. They just go on about the heat from the engine roasting their legs and how disgusting the gauge is.

Bought it like it is and am really liking the club style. My previous bike was a Kawasaki Z800.

Am I able to pick up an extension like this from an auto parts store for front brake extension?

Purchased my first bike recently (2025 Yamaha bolt r spec) and I want to get more of a bobber look, so I’ve been thinking about removing the rear fender.

1. Is there any good tutorials online on how to get that off?
2. How do I get started trying to Bob this thing out? Any tips or advice would be appreciated!

Put on a new Koso gauge that is ment for this models… but also tried to relocate the foot rests and fully disassembled the right one. Then put it back together (C-Spec, cant be relocated). The ABS light is always on on the new gauge, when I break with back wheel it just slides… no ABS action…
Is that a gauge problem? They are just reflecting the status and have no control…
Or maybe I could mess something up with the foot rest?

Hi, bought this one in Europe (where I am), knew would have to paint, upgrade the seat (only option I liked was Mustang-no cheap alternatives unfortunately), upgrade the gage…
But the footrests turned out to be from a C-Spec… and its over 500 bucks to buy everything needed by catalog to turn it to an R-Spec that I thought I was buying! Any places in the world with cheap used R-spec sets? Or anyone wants to trade C-spec footrest set for a R-spec set?

Ran 27 miles with the low level indicator on .. I was getting concerned.

I have a Yamaha Bolt RSpec 2015.
I’m looking for a HeadLight Fairing in the style of the picture. Nothing too big like Harley Guys. A simple fairing with or without the small smoke glass.
I live in Quebec/Canada.