gabrielb Posted May 26, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) HI Everyone, I'm new here- I'm a little bored with my Roadstar and found someone with with a Royalstar that wants to trade me. He came by my work, we rode each other bikes around the parking lot, so far so good. Tomorrow we are gonna take a longer ride at lunch and if things are as they seem, we will trade strait across. Both bike have around 50k miles. Is there some crazy maintenance I'll have to do with the Royalstar? ANything I need to look for? Both bikes have apes, and are quite customized. Mine has stretched harley bags, tricky air custom fenders, exhaust and his has custom wheels, fenders and stereo. I think I just want things a little simpler, just get on and go. I almost created too much of a custom bike. I always have scraping in the back of my mind with the bags and air, and it's loud as heck. And if my girl is on the back- oh geez- even more to worry about. Anyways, that why I'm here- doing my due diligence on this trade. Thanks for your time. Royalstar http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/b23cf8b8.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/06d6f78d.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/c804fbfb.jpg Roadstar http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/Bagger%20Project/7a30454a.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/Bagger%20Project/7b85a0d0.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/retroactivefunk/Bagger%20Project/f3ce208e.jpg Edited May 26, 2011 by gabrielb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted May 26, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2011 There's not much to them. Just change the oil once a while and ride. They're largely the same bike, just one has an air cooled V twin with a belt drive and one has a water cooled V4 with a shaft drive. Keep in mind the V4 will want to run higher revs than what you're used to with a V twin. What year is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Bob Posted May 26, 2011 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) YA, that Roadstar looks like it'd drag those bags real easy. The Royalstar has 4 carbs that need a sync procedure every 5-10k miles, but it's a ten minute job. That v4 is barely broken in at 50k miles, they're pretty bulletproof. I'm not sure what kind of final drive the Roadstar has, if it's a belt, you'll have one less worry in the Royalstar shaft drive. EDIT: Lynn beat me in the typing game. Ya, the shaft drive is less worry than the belt, but I bet you weren't running that Roadstar down too many grave roads anyways. And he's right, they definately like to run higher RPMs than you're used to on the twin. Good luck, Scooter Bob Edited May 26, 2011 by Scooter Bob slow typing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabrielb Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted May 26, 2011 I wanna say the royal is a 04 and my r* is a 99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Bob Posted May 26, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 26, 2011 I wanna say the royal is a 04 and my r* is a 99 I don't think so...Here's a quote from the "Venture History" tab found at the top title bar on this site, unless someone did a major strip down of a Venture. 1996-2001 Yamaha Royal Starhttp://www.venturerider.org/images/royalstar.jpg Combining the big V-four pulled from their venerable Venture Royale tourer with a hint of "nostalgic" styling, the Royal Star line has held its own in the struggle for cruiser supremacy. For 1997 Yamaha added the new Royal Star Tour Deluxe to their line and threatens to send contenders scattering with the Royal Star's strong 1-2-3 combination. The Royal Star Boulevard came with medium height windshield and running lights. The Tour Classic I came with 4x4 exhaust, long windshield, passenger floorboards, sissy bar and short Yamaha hard leather bags. The Tour Classic II came with 4x2 exhaust, tall windshield, passenger floorboards, sissy bar and large slant soft leather bags. Both Tour Classics had the running lights. The Tour Deluxe came with 4x2 exhaust, tall windshield, passenger floorboards, running lights, sissy bar and removable hard plastic saddle bags that had front and back latches. Later, Scooter Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabrielb Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted May 26, 2011 ok- my bad- it's a 97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galapagos Posted May 27, 2011 Share #7 Posted May 27, 2011 Nice looking bike. My favorite colors, black and chrome. MoS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlover Posted May 27, 2011 Share #8 Posted May 27, 2011 Nice looking bike. My favorite colors, black and chrome. MoS The fastest colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muaymendez1 Posted May 27, 2011 Share #9 Posted May 27, 2011 How do you urn that thing. I have trouble scraping the shell out of mine. That would not be fun to ride around in. IMO. Definetly trade and go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabrielb Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted May 27, 2011 The roadstar has tricky air ride on it. You can barely roll it around when it parked like that. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted May 27, 2011 Share #11 Posted May 27, 2011 The carbs don't need synced that often either. I've done mine maybe twice in 50,000 miles, and only that much because I played with them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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