re yamaha vs honda opinions nuet ke pts mot com keith nuetzman x p writes i am in hte market for a new bike been without for a few years the two main bikes i m looking at seriously are the yamaha virago and the honda shadow vlx i am leaning towards the yamaha for its shaft drive the honda is chain insurance in fla is more costly than i thought so i am staying in this power range thanks in advance for any opinions and or experiences a friend of mine who s probably reading this right now just bought a new yamaha virago after spending hours very late one chilly evening watching him struggle with the bolts had to remove the right peg loosen the brake pedal c c i ve pretty much decided never to get this particular model unless he or someone else wants to change the oil filter for me compared to the minute change he was used to for his honda this is just a design flaw oversight in my eyes patricia phj remus rutgers edu
