Yamaha V Star 650

What do you do if you’re saddled with a small metric cruiser you don’t particularly want? Sky Fleming, a reader from Utah, found himself in this situation recently. He got a Yamaha V Star 650 in trade for an ATV, and instantly developed a dislike for his new acquisition. “I ripped into the bike that night. It lost about 60 pounds of chrome,” he says. Sky cut the shiny covers off the aftermarket pipes, revealing the (much cooler) raw steel underneath. He dismantled the front end, repainted it, and moved the forks up in the trees to lower it. Then...