Adjust the fitLowering kit, bar risers, rearsets — see how mods change your posture›
What-if only — simulates common aftermarket changes, not the stock bike.
Seat height695 mm
Forward lean0°
Knee angle127°
Hip angle105°
Data confidence: HighWhoever opens it sees your size and fit adjustments on this bike.
The Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) has a 695 mm (27.4 in) seat height and a 1610 mm wheelbase. For an average 175 cm rider that works out to about 0° of forward lean with the knees bent to about 127°, and that rider can get both feet flat on the ground. See the riding-position diagram above, and enter your own height and inseam to see your fit. The Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) is LAMS-approved (learner-legal to ride in Australia).
How tall is the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) seat?
The Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) has a seat height of 695 mm (27.4 inches).
Can a 175 cm rider flat-foot the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15)?
On its 695 mm seat, a 175 cm rider (about 80 cm inseam) can typically get both feet flat on the ground on the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15). Taller or shorter riders differ — use the simulator to check your own ground reach.
What is the riding position of the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15)?
For an average 175 cm rider, the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) riding position (also called the seating position) works out to about 0° of forward lean with a 127° knee bend. See the riding-position diagram to judge the posture for your own body size.
Is the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) LAMS-approved?
Yes — the Yamaha XVS650 V-Star Custom (1998–15) is LAMS-approved, so it is legal for learner and provisional riders in Australia.
Seat height & wheelbase come straight from the manufacturer’s published specs, verified across the maker’s site, media reviews and spec databases.
Handlebar & footpeg positions aren’t published by any manufacturer. Where a true side-profile photo exists, we mark five reference points on it (front & rear axle, seat, grip, peg) and convert pixels to millimetres using the known wheelbase as the scale. Where it doesn’t, we research the grip and peg heights and estimate the horizontal reach from class-typical geometry.
Every result is cross-checked against how reviewers describe the bike’s posture (upright / sporty / committed), and each bike page carries a data-confidence badge so you can see how solid its numbers are.
The drawing is a clean schematic — one shared template per bike type (naked, sport, cruiser, adventure, touring, dirt), anchored to each bike’s real seat, grip and peg coordinates — so you compare riding positions, not paint jobs.
Your figure is a stick model built from your height and inseam using standard body-proportion ratios, then posed by inverse kinematics — hips on the seat, hands on the bars, feet on the pegs — with the same posture solver for every bike.
Bottom line: seat height & wheelbase are hard data; handlebar/footpeg geometry and ground reach are calibrated estimates (see each bike’s data-confidence badge). Always sit on the real bike before you buy.