Its been one year and 19000 miles since I bought my leftover RSTD and I just thought I'd share that all of those miles have been trouble free. Just the routine stuff. I only have one problem my wrist has a tendency to twist the thottle open way too much at times. I switched to the DARKSIDE a few months ago and now that I'm not burning thru tires so fast, that has givin me even more drive to ride farther and farther every time. I find myself washing and waxing makin her all purdy again all the time. Thanks to the folks on here and other forums for helping me add my own personal touches. I love my rumble road speakers and the XM is great. Now I ride with out the fear of batteries dieing. Just one last thing.....
What was Yamaha thinking by getting rid of this wonderful machine. I hope that they dont give up on the Venture and totally go on the V-twin bandwagon.