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I need to listen. I've been riding around town with a plugged tire on the rear of my RSV. The new tire is in the garage........ And the front tire is the OE 07 with 23k miles on it....... Yeah, I know. I'm a BIG DUMMY!

Wow! Glad you are okay and the bike didn't get so much damage!

There is a read only manual on this site. That link I posted is a digital one for not much money. The file is too large to email.

Buy the bike that you like would be my advice. Carbs are not that much of a problem if the bike is ridden but if it sits more than it is ridden, they can be a pita. The Venture has a curb weight of 869 lbs but in my opinion it isn't top heavy although the wing is the least top heavy of the touring bikes for sure.

Digital manual on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-Royal-Star-RoyalStar-Tour-Deluxe-Service-Repair-Maintenance-Shop-Manual/173889127285?epid=1140131541&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item287c998375:g:COgAAOSwax5YriS1&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACgBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickkSG%2BOFgrj2Yvbvmrj2TAdM8hI0Kp3Csq5SZ1DfMzdPmkhMYSPAdbyF3BmNpKMau8ZEM8RPLRnYTpIDtD5O2EbnO%2FIQyOIkwjiSFuohlpoi4gjc%2FY%2BTtImBGb1XJOgaYJVFwnPt7il%2FjWuitWQYPhxAtuh0%2BHmeZx1zSf6EfG4r4Q62ZaOc5xO0hAl04jwPhERqYIG1ZaFDD%2B5IuvT8AqyjIc9TJBC%2FG1cGqzKX3SDSEMgERYPIVYy7rprrufdTtc7e6Nk4Bp9gkxIi3G%2FCR2zF4tHfYb6wNpXGwC2o%2BITXviKm3CzcPgT2TcUQW8h5J2xO5m9q%2B0UGBkyWMTUBlsTZtEGJkXtiX3evNU%2F0W5LkY5mQVAAbdJKFsUhkyoMQMSIDpR7W1DQE50f4U57rjCRCxdmh0A7C%2FZZ%2BYEX%2BWWJEiCravhEEVtEkT8Lt3aDTBZUCTE%2Boc%2BOV2HrnbvXYeZpTKVTyavM3FjN7jwfovm77vkXuWur9FxbNi7vIwXqV3cnF6%2FcQk7s3pZfaygcS8JtPqmwYm%2FGKNajRu7wNs%2Fo%2FOZfG6yJInnCRdTckRHeThfNJzHEVBCznnxj17VRNJr9tjQPenmoyR6tu1gs3PD99ksMLJJiJxF8ltKZ76CG9XQ4Ssc1IKAC1jKbuPFKA2f%2BdeAH86mkQVcABiHNehKfoF43yGxsNFQsc1%2FFEPK%2Bruezpw1fWuDSffwIhBbkkzyAsAj0NIbH%2FiesLGMBcvxEDAZA9nr4G4Bpz3wY1wF9gJt3WLuULO6%2FtBlEBNwPzk4bq6cxkUyMZNwBArt3PbB%2FbU0%3D|cksum%3A17388912728506b11fb9b3f542279e2c6f1ba797f3dc|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524

Like the color!

https://yamahapubs.com/home/search?category_id=3&year=2005&family_name=ROYAL+STAR+TOUR+DELUXE

Welcome to the site! I'm sure you will enjoy taking trips on the bike. They are comfy. The price seems good for a well taken care of bike. They can last much much longer.

Try yamahapubs.com

Buy what you want right now because the bill being proposed allows you to keep what you have but you can't buy certain firearms or larger magazines. I have everything I want and I don't plan to give them up.

If the price is right, I'd jump all over it. But, it depends if you want a Venture. Goldwings are nice but they usually cost twice as much as a Venture.

Reliable bikes. Most of them have a gear whine at a certain rpm known as the clutch basket whine. Mine has it. It's irritating to me but it isn't a reliability problem. I think the Venture is a better looking bike than the Goldwing. There is a thread on this site about typical issues with these bikes.

Yeah, lots of folks trying to take our 2nd Amendment away from us while they ignore what the criminals are doing. Hard to comprehend.

I've heard of taping a plastic drink bottle on the end of the barrel and it would work like a silencer but it is illegal. Anyone tried that?

This thread prompted me to look on craigslist to see what was for sale. One pro mechanic is retired and in bad health and is selling all the tools in his garage which includes one of those snapon huge double chests full of tools as well as many other things in his garage. Price $20,000 Another guy is selling one of those 56" long Matco tool boxes empty. Price $6,000 Seems to me the prices are a little high but that's just me. They probably spent that much and more when they bought it but still... The harbor freight US General box that size which gets great reviews is less than $800.

My faovorite color! Congrats!

Now I hate tankless hot water heaters even more after hearing what you paid. There was one in an apt I rented in SC. When taking a shower, the hot water demand wasn't high enough to keep the thing on so the shower water would go cold. I had to turn on the hot water at the sink while taking a shower to increase the demand enough to keep the silly thing on. I recently replaced the hot water heater in my home. The 50 gallon heater cost just over $400 at Home Depot and I installed it myself for about $25 in materials.

One thing to look for is rust pitting on the front forks. If they are pitted fork seals may not be able to seal. Now I do remember that one of the rear shocks on my ZN700 had some evidence of leakage so I replaced them both. I went to the on line Progressive catalog and selected some that had the correct length, eye size, and springs. On some bikes they list shocks for that model but my bike was too old and/or too rare so I had to figure out what fit.

I bought my 85 ZN700 with 1k miles on it in 2009. The PO died. His 50ish nephew tried to get it running and keep it but gave up. I think he attempted to clean the carbs. Then I bought it. It was running ragged on 3 cylinders. I put a bottle of Valvoline Fuel Injection Cleaner in a tank and ran it through. It then ran smooth on 3 cylinders. After checking spark to the plugs, I removed the carbs and cleaned them but they were already fairly clean. Then I finally realized one of the original plugs was dead. New plugs and it ran great. If you are the one starting it for the first time in many years, perhaps you could spin the engine on the starter a few times hopefully getting some oil up to the valve train before firing it up. Maybe even squirt a bit of oil into the spark plug holes before spinning it. My bike was a great buy in my opinion and has been reliable so far. The biggest repairs have been stuff like fork seals and the speedo cable broke. Nothing serious. 74hp in a 500 lb bike makes it a blast to ride around town.

I live in a hurricane zone actually part of Wilmington NC but not officially within the city limits. Snow is a rare event. When a hurricane strikes the east coast, it almost always comes to Wilmington. So, we have to deal with those storms. being close to the city, the power lines are underground. that combined with the fact that priority is given to the cities with their concentration of people and traffic lights the power is restored within a day or two when a storm comes our way. But, I also bought a generator to power the lights and refrigerator and I use my propane camp stove to cook food. People who live in the country where the power lines are above ground often go without power for a couple of weeks. I would definitely have a larger back up power system if I lived in the country cuz I'm getting old and I don't like to be inconvenienced. Okay, I'm a crabby old coot! LOL!

This kind of cold in Texas is so rare that they were not prepared for it and they had problems with all of their different kinds of generating plants. One nuclear unit shut down due to something freezing but it is back up. Many fossil fuel plants shut down but most are back on line. The majority of the wind generators are still off line. I think I heard on tv that due to the warmer weather in Texas, theirs does not have the capacity to deice the blades. I'll be interested to see the final report on what caused all the loss of power. Our modern civilization does not exist without electrical power. For the record, I spent my engineering career working on nuclear power plants and I think the country made a mistake not pursuing more nuke generators. No carbon dioxide coming from nukes. About 70% of France's elec power comes from nukes because they didn't want to spend their money buying coal and gas from other countries.

Search this venturerider site. One of the members whom I can't remember his name rebuilds these shocks. A new one is available here. https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/yamaha/motorcycle/2005/royal-star-tour-deluxe-xvz13ctt/rear-suspension

Geez, how much fun can you have? Right! Man, they should have given you a good dose of demerol. I had a couple of injections of demerol way back when the doc set some bones. I could still feel the pain, but I didn't care! That was some good shxt!

really basic stuff