What's the differences?

[autopilot]

I got to wondering.. I've seen references here, to the Tour Deluxe, the Tour Classic, The Tour Classic II and one or two others I believe. What were/are the differences between them? My '98 says Tour Deluxe on the title, but Tour Classic on the side of the leather saddlebags.

 

Not a big deal...just curious more than anything!!

 

Thanks

 

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[brewser23]

Only things that I can think of that are different on my 05 is the detachable windshield, cruise control and hard bags. Might be some other stuff but I don't know what it is.

[pegscraper]

They were different trim options on the early Royal Stars. There were three or four different bags that could be had, two mufflers or four mufflers, backrest and windshield packages. I have seen recently somewhere what all the differences are supposed to be. I'll see if I can dig it up. And the thing of it is that the labels seemed to overlap quite a bit too. And dealers are also apt to switch things around for a customer.

[autopilot]

I appreciate that, Pegscraper. The more I've thought about it, the more I want to know exactly what I have. And it's nice to be able to recognize other bikes accurately. Good luck on the hunt.

 

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[pegscraper]

Here is the full discussion about it on a Delphi board. Down around reply #43 you will find some scans of Motorcycle Cruiser magazine pages defining the differences. The model year 1998 seems to be particularly confusing. None of the models listed there match yours exactly. If anything, it seems to look like a Cheyenne model with bags and passenger backrest added.

 

http://forums.delphiforums.com/royalstar/messages?msg=6110.1

 

I would call yours a Tour Classic. One of the biggest defining factors seems to be the number of mufflers and the type of bags. Tour Classic usually refers to four mufflers and semi hard leather bags. Tour Deluxe usually refers to two mufflers and fiberglass hard bags, and this carries to the '05 and newer models as well.

 

As far as your title goes, the dealer was probably inattentive when they filled out the paperwork when it was first sold. But there's so much overlapping of accessories in the model names anyway, plus the fact that anything could have been changed or added later, that I wouldn't be too concerned about it.

[autopilot]

Just from what I've observed I tend to agree with you. Command decision.....Tour Classic it is! Thanks Pegscraper..