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Welcome to VentureRider. What started as a simple site for riders of the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star, Royal Star Venture and the Star Venture has turned into so much more than that. Though the great Yamaha Venture motorcycles are still our primary focus, we have many members who have eventually moved on to other brands/models or who have stopped riding altogether but still remain members dud to the lifelong friendships they have made on this site.
Whether you have questions about your bike, looking for parts, or just wanting to talk motorcycles and riding, this is the place to be. Our members are friendly and welcoming to all. My name is Don, Freebird in the forums, and I started this site around 15 or so years ago. I have met many of our members at our various rallies and meets and some I only know from their posts here on the site but am proud to call them friends, brothers, sisters. I like to think of this as our club, not MY club. I try hard to implement features that the members request. It's not always possible but I do try.
This is a subscription based club. You can read messages in most cases but can't post, search, and etc. without becoming a supporting member. We do offer a free 2 month trial however so you are welcome to check us out before paying the small $12.00 per year dues. Upon expiration of your trial membership, you will lose the ability to post messages. At that time, you can click on "Store" and then "Subscriptions" if you wish to continue. We hope you like what you find here. We have few rules but the major ones are no religious debate, no political debate, and no "X" rated content, nudity, dirty jokes, etc. We are a family oriented club so please keep things PG or at least PG-13 rated.
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Paul Martin 14
Well I'm a bit late posting this as it occurred on this past April 19th, and on that day, I replaced the standard manual petcock with a vacuum operated petcock. Got tired of remembering to get up and go shut it off hours after parking the bike.
But also on that same day I did something that some may consider controversial if not downright heretical - I removed the fuel pump from my 2nd gen 2001 RSV.
I've only ridden 675 miles since then. With no issues. Many of those miles in the twisties of the Blairsville, GA area including hwy 129, as well as high speed interstate cruising. Gravity seems to work just fine!
So if you're on the road and your fuel pump gives out, just re-route that fuel line directly from the petcock into the carb inlet and cruise on!
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RDawson 2,117
47 minutes ago, Woody said:What day you gonna be there?
afternoon on the 13th
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luvmy40 1,233
Black Cherry got her yearly bath this morning.
A little late this season, but I've been on the road a lot this year.
Edited by luvmy40
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Woody 647
On 7/3/2025 at 1:36 PM, RDawson said:Just booked our room at Season’s Inn. What time will you have the coffee on?
What day you gonna be there?
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M61A1MECH 622
Did the motor come from a Venture or did it come from a Royal Star. Yamaha built standard Royal Star cruiser models from 1996 to 2000 or 2001. The Ventures came out in 1999 and were built until 2013. They use the same basic motor, but the Venture models and later model Tour Deluxe made from 2005 to 2010 had more horse power, bigger carbs and special fake fins on the front cylinders, those special finned covers had two attach points for the front "dog bones" that support the motor. Also the air boxes for the original Royal Stars are a lot different that the ones on the Venture or Tout Deluxe.
If you received a Royal Star cruiser motor instead of a Venture Touring motor there is likely to be small differences in some of the plumbing like for the AIS.
Good news is if you did receive a Royal Star cruiser motor, most of the parts from your original Venture motor should bolt right on, bad news is , it still lack in horsepower.
If you post photos of the motor it could help us help you.
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