At least is was truly "All New".

[BigLenny]

One thing I gotta give mother Yammy kudos for is, at the very least, she truly backed up the statement of "All New".

 

In today's world of shady advertising, time and time again, manufacturers do little tweeks here and there on their products and then go all crazy with advertising naming the product as "All New". They do this because they are very aware of just how gullible we Americans are, and they know we'll bite hook line and sinker.

 

I remember when Honda did that last update of their Goldwing. They touted it as "All New", and made statements that the wholw bike had been tweeked or completely redesigned.......errr, NOT! Car companies are especially bad about using this tactic. They'll tweek the headlights and tail lights, and change the dash a bit, and its, "ALL NEW!".......Not. They have also been cutting here and cutting there for years now, and trying to convince us its the same as before. Case in point: A Chevrolet Impala is a nice sized car by today's standards, and it is classified as a "full sized car". BUt, wait, go back and check out the size of the Impala's when the vast majority of us were kids. It doesn't even compare. Those were called full sized cars back then, and you could cram 8 people in them! LOL. So much is a downright fabrication in advertising today. Food company's have used the same tactics, and nobody seems to care. There is no way a Burger King Whopper is the same size today as it was back then. Those suckers were huge!

 

Anyway, I digressed. The original point is: Yamaha had the stones to at the very least, bring to the market a truly "all new" Venture that is completely different from the ground up of the previous one. Whether thats good or not remains to be seen, but at least they weren't using smoke and mirrors and trying to convince us that its an all new bike when we knew it really wasn't too much all new. That's the sucky feeling the Goldwing owners had during the last update.

 

Big Lenny

[camos]

Anyway, I digressed. The original point is: Yamaha had the stones to at the very least, bring to the market a truly "all new" Venture that is completely different from the ground up of the previous one. Whether thats good or not remains to be seen, but at least they weren't using smoke and mirrors and trying to convince us that its an all new bike when we knew it really wasn't too much all new. That's the sucky feeling the Goldwing owners had during the last update.

 

Big Lenny

Yamaha did create an "All New" motorcycle that if it performs as well as it looks will quite likely be one of the best ones they have ever made. The thing is, no matter what they call it, without the V4 and shaft drive it is not a Venture. No way, no how!

[Sylvester]

Not quite all new...still has "old" passenger floorboards. Oh well waste not want not.

 

[BlueSky]

You mean it doesn't have anything in common with the Stratoliner, such as the engine and belt drive? Take a look at the Strato specs. I admit it is "all new" compared to a gen 2 Venture.

 

I just got back from the NC mountains, specifically Hot Springs and surrounding area. There was a bike rally this past weekend. Lots of Harleys there. Harley has the rumbling V twin market pretty well sewed up. The sound and image is everything to most of those guys. Saturday other brands showed up like Goldwings, sport bikes, a few BMW R1200 GS. I was surprised at how well I like the sound of those opposed twin BMWs.