Yamaha Royal Star Venture Black Cherry
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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I have had 2 Venture’s, 1986 which I put 138,000 trouble free miles on, and a 2002 I kept it for one year. It was a midnight Venture all black with studded seats..the 2002 felt like it had 30hp LESS than my 86..the 83 thru 91 ventures were the hot rods of the full tour class.. they turned 12 second 1/4 mile times at the drag strips in magazine road tests.. people say the 83-84-85 1200cc venture engines were the smoothest..
The thing I liked about ventures that made me buy them over buying a gold wing in those days was, you can access the clutch, the slave cylinder, the stator, and the water pump on the sides of the engine, and you can get at these parts with just using the tool kit practically. Try that on a Goldwing. The engine is also much narrower than the goldwing..
The gold wing is the smoothest & it is the king, I had a GL 1800 Goldwing for three years recently. The reason I sold it was, every little chore was a massive ordeal removing much plastic and many components. Example: to change the air cleaner on a GL 1800 Goldwing, is four or five hours labor in a Honda shop at $125 an hour. Plus parts. I did the job myself because I used to make my living as a motorcycle mechanic. I can generally take things apart and get them back together, but there were about 80 little jobs, 80 little chores you have to do just to get at the air cleaner on a GL 1800. take out the screw, take out the next screw, takeoff this plastic strip, takeoff this panel, remove this clip, ECT about 80 little steps. And I get kind of squeamish snapping those plastic strips off that fits so perfectly with all those little plastic tabs..
I also upgraded the front forks and rear shock spring on my gold wing. Just to get at the rear shock, I had to remove the dashboard gauge bezil, The cover that covers the inside of the faring below the gauges that looks like a gas tank, to get that off I had to remove the panels and strips down the inside of the faring in front of your knees, The radio, the suspension control module, the glove compartment, all these little plastic rivets and clips and strips of plastic, and you had to put them back in order because most of those screws under those plastic strips that go from the speakers on the dashboard all the way down in front of your knees, every one of those screws is a different length.I had to remove the seat, the right saddlebag, the battery, the voltage regulator, the fuse panel, the fuel tank which is about 3 feet long and it’s buried down behind the engine below the seat in front of the back wheel. Once you do all that, then you can get at the top bolt holding the shock in..
I did the exact same suspension upgrade on my 86 Venture, I had the back shock off in about 15 minutes without removing 20% of the bodywork. The ventures are just easier to work on and just as reliable. If you don’t do your own work, you have to keep in mind that labor today is around $125 an hour. To pay someone to upgrade the rear Shock spring on a GL 1800, I’m guessing that’s about five hours labor, maybe six or seven to complete the job. That’s almost $1000 parts & labor just to change the shock spring.. I liked my gold wing, but working on it, just to do simple jobs was very time-consuming, and I had to refer to the factory service manual that I had that was thicker than a phone book.
I also feel that the gold wing GL 1800 is way over powered. I don’t know how anyone could use for power on one of those things every single day. If ever. I always felt it if you can’t use all the power of your machine every single day, then you have too much power. My gold wing also got 34 miles to the gallon. My Venture got 48 miles to the gallon..
today, September 2021, I rode a Honda F6B for sale. It’s basically a strip down Goldwing without the trunk, without reverse, without a lot of the frills that comes standard on the 1800 Goldwing. I actually did not like it. It had way way too much power… it had about 30° of slop/slack in the throttle cable which made it difficult to finesse the throttle pulling out. I offered to fix that for the owner, but he was a fussy/didn’t know anything about motorcycles guy. He wouldn’t let me adjust the slack in the throttle cable. He said I don’t want to change anything. Those kind of people don’t do maintenance.He only had 4200 miles on his 9 yr old 2013 F6B. I could see he had never changed the clutch fluid or the brake fluid, it’s still had the original nine years old tires on it, and I’m kind of betting that he had never changed the oil because it only had 4200 miles on it. When I checked the tires before I took it for a ride the tire pressures were in the 22/28 pound range. I filled the tires, and took it for about a 15 minute ride. I did not like it. It had too much.. it’s not that I’m afraid of power. I’ve had fast bikes, I used to road race motorcycles, I actually won six road racing championships and was national champion two times. But the F6B I rode today was too much of everything. Too massive in the engine department, too much horsepower, too much torque. It was difficult to ride smoothly which is what I wanna do these days. So I didn’t even make an offer. I am considering buying a 2008 Venture like the one I had. It has adequate power, and cruise control which the F6B did not have, A tall windshield which the F6B did not , a trunk which the F6B did not have, a very narrow motor which of the F6B does not have, and all of those extras on the venture.. I mentioned the clutch, the water pump, the slave cylinder, the stator are all visible and accessible on the Venture motor.. I actually used to carry a slave cylinder seal on both of my ventures just in case I had one fail on the road. I could change that seal using the tool kit in about 10 minutes on a venture. All I would have to do on the road would be locate a parts store to buy brake fluid to refill the clutch master cylinder after changing the seal.
I know the 2008 Venture’ i found for sale locally is not up-to-date, but they don’t cost an arm and a leg either. The only thing I wish they had is fuel Injection…Especially these days with methanol in the gasoline which is corrosive to some plastics in fuel systems of motorcycles..
I have put over 700,000 miles on my motorcycles that I have owned over the decades. The gold wing was very nice. Very smooth, too much power, time consuming to work on. Venture is close and comfort, and much easier to work on, and gets. 14 more miles per gallon. I had one BMW, K1200 LT.. I will not even go into that subject. I will never buy another BMW. They are not even up to the 70s standard of quality of the Japanese bikes. That bike burned oil if you use the side stand like a smokescreen, The final drives were failing call me if you need special tools to do little jobs, parts cost much more than any other, how about $492 each for the mirrors, 2010 price. The most complicated ABS system there is, The weirdest feeling front end of any motorcycle I ever rode. And no one has copied that design yet. Severely distorted windshield, the list goes on and on and on. I’m never gonna buy another BMW,,
But I know and understand and trust these ventures, I know that the V4 engines had no major design flaws. They would go several hundred thousand miles with basic maintenance. People were crying that they didn’t continue to use that engine in the newer ventures, but they continue to use that mighty V4 engine in the Vmax, which in the early days, made 148 hp.. they are good basic solid engines
been riding goldwings most of my life, last one was an 03 1800, love the wings and plan on buying another bike but these newer ventures have really caught my eye
The full black cherry only came in 2006. I know, I've got the same beauty. Tips: When the stator goes, get a replacement from Buckeye Performance and go from OEM 30 amps to 55 amps. On Venturers, do the Jason Mod and double the torque in the engine.
is the stator as bad to change as on the 1100 and 1200 goldwings were,it was like 1k bucks to have on changed,the later 1500 and 1800 wings changed to car like alternaters and much easier to replace
Thomas Rossetos where do I get the Jason mods
I got a 1999 royal star venture and its the same color, "Blackcherry" know it all.
Those are impressive
If I could fine one of those for 1500 bucks I would buy one lol
Love the two tone but hate the dash would rather have full gauge digital pack.
Que sueño de moto, colega.
what is the price for this one ?
Is the trunk removable?
Nice
🇭🇷 beautiful
Звездолёт starship
Commute? With a trailer? Doesn't sound right.
Commute with the bike, tour with the bike and trailer. I agree, I doubt the previous owner commuted while pulling a trailer. Thanks for watching!
I have never toured with a trailer, have to try that some day with the right bike. This could be the one. The Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager looks like a good option also.
Alexander Schmidt I have never toured with a trailer either. I too, love the Voyager 1700. We currently have a brand new 2013 Voyager in the Black / Blue (non ABS) in stock and on sale for $13,499. Let me know if you are interested. Albert 409-948-4969, Thanks again.
@@alexanderschmidt75 Never pulled a trailer on a bike either and probably won't it'll just make me pack more stuff! LOL
god
Why don't they go head and put the 1700 vmax engine on it... Dig-It-Sucka
There was no need to. The engine in it makes plenty of power I own it brother, the Royal Star Tour Deluxe which has the same motor. Keep in mind that it has 4 cylinders unlike a 1700 which has two, hence the lower displacement which also saves a little on weight.
ILike it HarLey, s Japanese 👍😎
Es 1300
You wasted our time by not giving a price.
That is one big touring bike. Just curious why they didn't make it a 1700cc??
Don't need to. It has 4 cylinders instead of two so it makes plenty of power. I own its brother the Royal Star tour deluxe, same motor and plenty of power.
Блин, если я на нём в своей деревне проеду то все девочки кипятком будут писать от его звука))
Зачем тебе столько кипятка? У Вас нет горячей воды?
I have an 05.
Pearl White.
Pretty bike.
Smooth, Quiet, comfortable, good performance, bulletproof.
Everything that a Harley, isn't
Plus...you don't have to deal with the snobs.
Royal Star, for the win!!
Beautiful bike!
Крута тачка
хорош межгалактический лайнер. умеют американцы жить в кайф.
Harley, s ✋ Hand made Japanese in the world 👍good job 😎
did the accent lighting come stock with the bike?
Video stabilization is out of the chat
Love this color
rien a envier a un F.L.H !
Very Nice bike!!