Yamaha Virago 535 // Blackwidow Exhausts // 4K Motorcycle ride - Glencoe

[@thestraightpipe]

When somebody asks me, why I love motorcycles, I will show them this video. Of course, you won't get the feeling and joy of riding but you can imagine for sure.

[@hwcollector7237]

And when you’ve ride enough then you can totally get the feeling on this video minus the wind 🤤

[@dariuszreichel4232]

This bike its my dream, I watch this wideo many times 20-30 and still watch 🤪

[@morkus17]

Cheers man !

[@georgealty]

Great bike. Just the right amount of power, to be fun. Used to run mine in a higher gear and the surge when winding it on was exhilarating, without being mind bogglingly stupid. One of Yamahas unsung heroes.

[@morkus17]

For sure ! Decent amount of torque on them.

[@ericss8616]

beautiful Bike and Road !!!

[@jonathan6935]

Yamaha knows how to make a sound

[@markoltr6756]

This is the first bike I have ever riden and it is awesome little comfort machine.

[@giannibruni9392]

vedere qualcuno che prova a correre con un custom fà sempre sorridere !

[@BrkicM-motoandvideo]

Great road and video! Scotland has beautiful roads 🙋‍♂️🇭🇷

[@MironMro]

I bought a motorbike because of you and your videos

[@morkus17]

Wow, thats awesome ! You'll have a great time, ride safe

[@MironMro]

@@morkus17 Now, your video helps me survive winter :D

[@morkus17]

@@MironMro Glad to hear it mate :)

[@MironMro]

@@morkus17 I bought same bike ... even with the same color. Thanks for the video!

[@andreasV535]

What a music, man! Wonderfull tubes!

[@allanreid4935]

I love that road! One of my favourites. You had a beautiful day for it.

[@TheShubbah]

lovely bike and lovely scenery, that mountain pass looked epic

[@morkus17]

Cheers man ! Yeah the views are amazing through Glencoe

[@poxoloki]

Thanks for the ride

[@kennyjoe6065]

Nice ride and beautiful view alongside 🛣️.

[@kurtovesen2975]

bloddy hell. nice video man.im driving an old 94 mod shadow 1100 .almost the same sound. love these two cylinder engines. great driving to.

[@morkus17]

Thanks man ! Yeah 2 cylinders sound great

[@ravermonkey01]

Love my virago such a beautiful thing

[@paulusher3560]

I’ve done them same roads on a 535 back in 2006, like I’m time travelling 😮

[@vinm300]

Nice overtaking : it sounds good when you grab a big handful.

[@Life_Is_Adventuree]

Nice bike and awesome view

[@thekarmafarmer608]

You're right, its a stunning road. I've travelled out many times. And, I've seen sheep and red deer cross the road out of nowhere. Be safe friend.

[@tazmoto94]

I love the way it sounds ! Keep it up, brother ! ✌

[@bikerbex7248]

Love the virago 535 stunning bike.................one day very soon I will own one...just looking for the right one 🙂 Amazing . So glad found video as was swaying to get a modern bike as not found the right virago but after hearing and watching this deffo gonna wait and keep looking

[@morkus17]

Nice one ! Yeah go for a Virago you will enjoy it 👍

[@duskshadowpaws4434]

me personally I'm looking to get a 750, although to be honest there isn't much of a difference, both are awesome, I just prefer the looks of the 750 engine and the dash setup (I don't like not having a rev meter lol) my nanna rode both, she loved the 535, it's just her 750 is still somewhat around whilst her 535 isn't otherwise I'd be going for that first lol. I hope you find your perfect 535 :)

[@KuriReevel]

XV535 was my first bike and still is my favourite :)

[@ibendover472]

Getting my license in a month. Is it a good first bike? I'm buying it used. How's the reliability?

[@KuriReevel]

@@ibendover472 It’s a good first bike, very easily manoeuvrable for a cruiser type of motorcycle. And reliable. Only part I’ve changed over 25 years is starter motor.

[@TheShubbah]

sounds awesome when giving it some wellie!

[@TheGeekBox]

Just picked up another Virago. Beautiful bikes

[@Cristian-u3m]

10 points for pedestrains lol, nice vid it sounds buetiful

[@malcolmbarton5149]

I injoy watching your videos 😮❤

[@valance27]

Scotland is so beautiful

[@atrian6]

Great sound 👌👌👌

[@BoBBaB0oN]

subscribed to you because of this video. Wish you upload more man.

[@morkus17]

I will definitely be uploading more, as soon as I get some nice weather 👌

[@BoBBaB0oN]

@@morkus17 thanks man. I'm saving my money to get this bike for my next project. Might need to change the whole frame to the rigid one though since I'm not a big fan of the current frame it had.

[@failblazer2004]

going to do my A2 test next month and if i pass I'm getting one of these

[@jorgenbyde496]

Beautiful

[@aleksandrnestrato]

Wow, what a landscape and sun! What are those places? They don't even look like British to me :)

[@MetalStratocaster]

I adore that exhaust sound :o

[@ferenccsabatoth4886]

These exhausts sounds great! Awesome! I like it very much! My ex has a same type bike too, I think she should see this video. Man, you are fast! I wish you good health and many more miles with your bike! Greetings from Hungary: Vidék

[@morkus17]

Thanks man !

[@stivzaymusic2197]

La moto de mi sueños espero algún día poder tenerla ❤️

[@benweston122]

Great video.

[@paulwilliams2080]

Love it. Mostly you ride the way I do (cx 500 custom, a very similar experience) However a tad caution on overtaking at laybys 1:13 will keep the fun coming. People tend to pull out of them fast when they see a camper van, to keep ahead of it.

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

I was looking at Honda Shadow, but the Virago also looks and sounds sweet.

[@marekbabik2791]

Virago is much smoother too , and for a such small bike its pretty fast and light ... easy to ride in the corners too ... shadow is a bit slow, bulky and a bit heavier to manouver ...but if i were u ... in case u choose shadow ... go for bigger one ..750 ... the 600 is really not that fun ... it vibrating like hell in 90km/h ... but i love my Virago ... i bought first honda cb500x almost new ... but then i tried this ... and the cb500x is staying in garage ever since .

[@targon709]

you make some well edited kickass videos, love to work with them on the second monitor

[@morkus17]

Thanks ! Much appreciated

[@motopfuiaut8134]

very good sounding bike!!

[@kaisersdrau]

Nice video and nice bike!

[@fishbmw]

That sounds bad assed 👌

[@franciscoguimaraes3049]

SHOW! ESPETACULAR! Essa moto é MUITO gostosa de pilotar. Eu tenho uma. É uma sensação indescritível pilotar uma VIRAGO 535

[@Mike-uk2oq]

This will be my first motorbike soon :)

[@morkus17]

Nice ! You will enjoy it 👍🏻

[@beretka1389]

Great bike... Goos driving skils...

[@sebastianmiranda5076]

I used to have one. At the time I bought forward control for it. It changes everything. The feeling of riding It can't be matched. Now I have the 250 vstar. But I am planning on going back to the 535cc It Is totally different. It never struggles.

[@apophesi]

Dang, road and scenery are so amazing. Where is it?

[@morkus17]

This is in Glencoe, Scotland 👍🏻

[@geoffrogerson9595]

Thanks for sharing this great vidio of some amazing scenery and a beautiful sounding Virago..Please can I ask you where you purchased your bigger main jets from..

[@morkus17]

Cheers ! I bought them from wemoto.com, pretty cheap on there.

[@saitkarademir4157]

Nice sound

[@dallasward4825]

IT SO CRAZY TO SEE SOME ONE DRIVING AT THAT SPEED ON THE OPPISITE DIRECTION THAN USA...

[@TheMygoran]

Europe here. Same. Crazy

[@colerobinson2628]

What pipe is this? Is it hole pipe from top to bottom or different pipe end? Sound is way too adorable!

[@morkus17]

Straight through pipes, no baffles

[@colerobinson2628]

@@morkus17 I see, bet cops love you! You been pulled over while on her like this ?

[@morkus17]

@@colerobinson2628 Miraculously, no. I've never been pulled over !

[@dejannovakovic7857]

GOOD VIDEO.

[@hayerde2009]

Muy bien 👍 Más vídeos de tu motocicleta estoy por adquirir una igual 535

[@mac-xe9do]

Nice video, what camera did you use please ?

[@morkus17]

Thanks ! Camera info is in the description

[@atabeycn]

Where are you living ? Very beatiful route

[@morkus17]

This was filmed in Glencoe, Scotland :)

[@richieiommi]

Got me one of these yesterday. Power way down. Found a bloated battery and I guess my rectifier is to blame. Hope replacement sorts power issues 🙏🙏🙏

[@morkus17]

Good luck mate, hope you get it sorted !

[@richieiommi]

Cheers mate,ride safe

[@marvel018]

How did you Record the Sound? With the internal Microphone? Awesome Video!

[@morkus17]

It's actually just GoPro audio with a wind muff over the whole thing, turned out pretty good !

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

Fantastic audio quality. What are you using?

[@spongebozz8704]

I'm considering picking one of these up for myself. However, I'm 187cm and not sure if I'll fit on them, what do you think?

[@morkus17]

Nice ! I'd definitely go for it, it's a fun bike. I'm 186cm and to me it feels fine, doesn't feel too small.

[@spongebozz8704]

@@morkus17 great to hear, thanks!

[@bernardridesagain5722]

You have nice videos too 😀

[@IndependentVictor]

Absolutely stunning. What a beautiful video and edition. How do you keep the ND16 filter on the GoPro and attached to the helmet? Is there a special GoPro case for that? I've found that particular combo of ND filter and 30fps recording to be the most realistic and most beautiful. And also, is that audio just recorded from the goPro alone? You have a separate audio recorder right?

[@morkus17]

Thank you ! The ND filter I use just clips on to the lens, no special case needed. I tried using a separate audio recorder but found I am just as happy using a wind muff case that goes over the camera. It's so much cheaper and means a lot less faffing about with separate audio.

[@IndependentVictor]

@@morkus17 Oh so you dont use any GoPro case when filming right? Ok now I understand. Thanks for the reply man!

[@morkus17]

@@IndependentVictor Yeah man just the standard case thing that you need for the Hero 7. A wind muff covers the entire camera. No worries !

[@jamesllewellyn6410]

Just bought myself the black widow drag pipes for my 1991 535, cant wait to install them. is there a big difference?

[@morkus17]

Nice ! Yes there is a massive difference lol. Get some earplugs ready 👍

[@azazam8805]

Great.

[@johnel4005]

Really nice bike , and really nice sound! Just a quick question im planning on buying this bike and i wonder about the fuel consumption per 100km. For example some friends of mine tell me tha the xv400 have about 8 litters per 100 km , so i wonder how much does this one?

[@morkus17]

I could get about 110 miles out of a full tank before I had to go on reserve, fuel economy isnt great

[@johnel4005]

@@morkus17 oh ok , and what about max speed ?

[@morkus17]

@@johnel4005 I managed to get just over 100mph on my bike which is pretty damn good, some people struggle with top speed on these. Mine wasnt really modified that much either just the exhaust and some bigger floats.

[@johnel4005]

@@morkus17 ohh really nice , and one last thing , how much fuel does it fit in the tank ? So that u can see how much it burns .

[@morkus17]

@@johnel4005 Apparently its 13.5L in total. I just paid attention to how many miles I was doing so I didnt run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere lol

[@charlie_sin_mag]

Are the black widow pipes obnoxiously loud? They sound great here and from other vids. Asking cuz I often get home about 2 or 3am!

[@charlie_sin_mag]

I guess I should say at low revs are they obnoxiously loud

[@morkus17]

@@charlie_sin_mag They are very loud, I don't ride at night for that reason. If you have neighbours and are getting home at 3am they probably aren't a good idea for you. There is a different set of blackwidows available that come with mufflers, still better sounding than the original imo and look good

[@charlie_sin_mag]

@@morkus17 I had seen them, I guess this time I'll have to go with function over form... Sucks haha. Hope you post more riding videos, great quality and sound from these

[@Tiper23]

@@charlie_sin_mag The Black widow system with mufflers reduces the performance.

[@christopherbruh]

HI man, do you have the baffle installed in the exhaust?

[@morkus17]

No baffles, just straight through 👍🏻

[@TheKillboxer]

what year is your xv535? I have a '96 with the black widow drags and I've noticed some lean burbles and a small flat spot around the 4k rev mark, so I'm slightly intrigued if you've done the jets or changed air filter?

[@morkus17]

I have a '96 UK model. Sounds like you have the exact same issue I had, took me way longer than it should of to sort it ! All you need to do is take a look at your jets, if they are 107.5, order a couple of bigger ones. (I went for 117.5 but could go up to 137.5) After installing those it felt like a brand new bike runs great now ! For some reason on this model the jets are way too small and causes flat spots etc.

[@TheKillboxer]

@@morkus17 I know they made the xv535 run fairly lean as standard but black widow did use to advertise they required no rejet for the drag pipes, I just checked their site incase its changed and the no rejet bit has gone, I've gotta replace some hoses so I'll check the jets and give it a try, I did think your exhaust note sounded a tad beefier and smoother, cheers for the info on the Jets I'll give that a go, roll on the warmer weather

[@morkus17]

@@TheKillboxer No worries, good luck ! Feel free to send me a message if you have other 535 related issues, I may be able to help 👍

[@hsntrkmnturkiye5326]

Waauuuwww

[@josuebikerv178]

que parte del mundo es?

[@shadow-womanmotorbiker4897]

Good Morning, where you come from, i have this bike, i lovvve this bike!!! LG from Austria

[@morkus17]

Morning ! I'm from Scotland

[@shadow-womanmotorbiker4897]

Wauuu perfect country

[@shadow-womanmotorbiker4897]

2265km cool

[@j.ramone4116]

Goes alright don't it? For a little one.

[@29fb040]

What cam are you using please

[@morkus17]

GoPro Hero 7 Black, all details are in the description 👍🏻

[@mikestanley2190]

Any intake mods/ jetting? Going well, better than my stock bike. Cracking vid :)

[@morkus17]

Cheers ! No intake mods. Just got bigger jets (117.5 I believe) because the stock jets on this model were way too small for some reason and were actually giving me running issues..

[@dessidepaula]

Top!

[@Moschma19]

Does this Exhaust have an Cat? And which Blackwidow exhaust is it? The pipe one?

[@morkus17]

No cat, straight pipe blackwidows

[@lonniestansberry5092]

Where's the wiring harness at on one of these motorcycles

[@Orviper]

Nice ride! How much hp ? Is it the 46ps version?

[@morkus17]

Thanks ! I believe it is 44hp

[@davenidhhd]

1 hour version with extra overtaking please

[@kacperkrupnicki8007]

Extra exhaust

[@gnjmn]

great. i owned once

[@thetwogardens6048]

Would you recommend this bike as a cruiser ? What year is yours ?

[@morkus17]

That depends, are you looking for your first bike ? My bike is a 1996.

[@thetwogardens6048]

@@morkus17 I had a yamaha 250 cc years ago. Want something thats got more cruising power like yours !

[@morkus17]

@@thetwogardens6048 Cool ! If you are looking to cruise at motorway speeds or do long rides I'd say go for a bigger bike. Don't get me wrong the 535 is capable of doing these things but you would be more comfortable on a bigger bike. For cruising around and some longer rides this bike is great, handles very well and has pretty decent power.

[@JadusMotorcycleParts]

Epic! Lovely bike and route :) We have a performance kit you may just be interested in for these bikes!

[@TheRealGh0st141]

I’m interested. I have a 99 virago 535

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

Interesting about Yamaha Virago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4faXmtjfdWUh68

[@thebearvinz4760]

where do you place the camera?

[@morkus17]

Chin of the helmet 👍🏻

[@pateris]

Up yer… :))))))

[@gunnerguy31]

Can we get more of these?

[@morkus17]

For sure ! Planning to make videos with more variety this year 👍

[@duskshadowpaws4434]

@@morkus17 if that's the case then you my sir may have just earnt yourself an extra sub ^,^

[@gunnerguy31]

What happened my guy? Are you good? You've disappeared for like 3 years

[@dariuszreichel4232]

Hi, at last i have driving license for motorcycle 😀 but i buy differend moto. Suzuki Bandit 1200s its awsome 😀 regards.

[@morkus17]

Nice one man ! Bandits seem pretty good, I'm about to buy a Yamaha FZ1

[@dariuszreichel4232]

@@morkus17 Holy moly 😀 its awsome bike👍

[@talhatasdemr]

Exhaust stock ?

[@morkus17]

Certainly not, they are blackwidow exhausts

[@gordonhutchison9647]

Goes realy well and I've never liked the viagra I retract my criticism sounds cool as you like

[@richieiommi]

My virago doesn't gave a fraction or the power yours has.

[@TheNostorian]

This was my first ever bike. Actually still own it but never ride it anymore. Fixing her up to sell it. Wanting to buy my wife a harley. Had fun on it tho. Only thing i hated was its poor range

[@morkus17]

Yeah its a pretty decent wee bike but I agree the range is very bad

[@jwatson9732]

The thing I hated most was having to remove that ridiculous exhaust system just to get the swing arm off. Or maybe it was the electric fuel reserve switch never working properly making me have to push the cunt! Was nice enough to ride. Don't think I'd buy another though.

[@morkus17]

@@jwatson9732 Yeah the reserve fuel magnetic switch getting stuck is a common fault..also rusty main fuel tank. Wee bit of a faff to sort out but not complicated.

[@crm5073]

What speed?

[@morkus17]

You can do 100mph but kinda tops out between 95-100. On a private motorway obviously 😁

[@wolfgangarmbruster]

Kurven fahren kann er nicht

[@vanderson4865]

E saudade da minha moto onde s essa cidade é estado e país

[@matheusfmichelin]

Glencoe - Escócia

[@manuelalves9543]

Linda aonde posso comprar uma igual

[@morthicustom]

Beautiful road man! And this bike is awesome. Look my XV535 in my channel. Excuse-me my bad English...😜🤜🤛

[@eddiekay9019]

Rides it as it was made tie be ridden

[@MustafaKibar-ud1gs]

Ne bağırıyor BE

[@grimozzy2009]

It,s 750 cm

[@rokymautomoto]

Trasa spoko, ale filmik podkręcony :-)

[@anythingoldmechanical]

Take it easy.. It's a CRUISER, not a sports bike!!

[@morkus17]

You're right but it is also my bike..So I shall ride it how I like ! :)

[@stevesmith9661]

I can't get my virago 535 to go over 75 mph 🤣

[@morkus17]

Somethings definitely not right there lol Have you joined the Virago Owners Facebook group ? They are a very helpful bunch. If you're struggling make a post and you'll get some sound advice 👍🏻I'm also happy to help

[@stevesmith9661]

@@morkus17 I have not but ill look into joining that group. I've replaced afew easy things on my own like the fule pump and starter solenoid relay. And it runs perfectly I think. Just can't get it over 75

[@andredesousa96]

@@stevesmith9661 try new spark plugs, spark plug cables and even new ignition coils, 40bucks should do it

[@jwatson9732]

Had this problem too. At least you can get 75! I could barely get more than 60!