No flapper in the airbox

[carotman]

I ended up buying a top airbox from Tiger.

The bike runs very well now! It's just a bit hard to start but once started, it purrs.

[Tiger]

I'll probably end up getting one from Tiger since he's closer to me.

Sent one out to carotman... ;)

[coyote_killer]

A word of caution.  When you take your V in to a Yamaha dealership for any repair they will remove the airbox door.  They do this because they say it runs better without it. 

I made my own door after it happened to me and it didn't run right.  The size and weight of the door is critical in getting it to run properly.

[Rick G]

DO NOT TAKE A VISION INTO ANY YAMAHA SHOP, OR OTHER SHOP FOR REPAIR. The odds are 99 to 1 that they will know anything about it . They will certainly screw it up. It is very alien to them.
I stopped in a Yamaha shop , in Joshua Tree Ca. and when I mentioned I was riding a Vision , they had never heard of it. The manager came out and said it wasn't a Yamaha! I had him look at the nomenclature tag and he just scratched his head!!
Best you hunt down some one,who really knows something about the bike .

[coyote_killer]

DO NOT TAKE A VISION INTO ANY YAMAHA SHOP, OR OTHER SHOP FOR REPAIR. The odds are 99 to 1 that they will know anything about it . They will certainly screw it up. It is very alien to them.
I stopped in a Yamaha shop , in Joshua Tree Ca. and when I mentioned I was riding a Vision , they had never heard of it. The manager came out and said it wasn't a Yamaha! I had him look at the nomenclature tag and he just scratched his head!!
Best you hunt down some one,who really knows something about the bike .

Actually my experience has been different.  I have used the same dealer that I bought my V off of new 26 years ago ever since and he is still a wealth of tech info and other help.  However as good as he is, his service dept is a bunch of idiots that rush through jobs so quick that they are guaranteed to be botched.  So, after learning that, I have done all of my work myself and called Mark(my dealer) when I need help.  He has kept me up to date on Yamaha tech updates on the V as well.

Mark has encouraged me to upgrade several times to a newer bike until I explained to him that the newer bikes have to high of footpegs for my legs to tolerate so my V is the most potent sport bike that I could ever own without leg cramps.

[Rick G]

I've stopped in to several Yamaha shops in MN , OR and here in AZ. and bitch at them because they have nothing I want to buy. I tell them I don't want a crotch rocket or a cruiser .The try to steer me to a 4 cyl standard (I use the term loosely) Then I explain  that I want a twin , a sporty twin not larger that 800cc. sort of like a Suzuki Vstrom or a Kawasaki ninja. Of course they have nothing to sell me.
Occasionally you will find a shop owner or veteran mechanic who has some knowledge of the vision.  But the odds are against it.