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I'm very new here and I was looking for a thread called introduce your self or new users or something so I hope its ok that I started this thread here I wanted to introduce my self and ask a question. if this is the wrong place to do this please don't rip on me to hard, i'm about as sharp as a bowling ball sometimes. Anyway, I'm new to the cruisers in the last 2 yrs. I always had sport bikes but at 50 and Arthritis in my neck and shoulder problems from my bodybuilding days and a heavy influence from my brothers who are Harley riders, I decided last year that I would get a cruiser to see how I liked it and I bought a 1999 Kawasaki 800 drifter, I was out on it for an hr and knew I love this change and have put quite a few km/miles on that little 800 since, also, what has become clear is that with the wife and I on the hwy its under powered and that little motor is struggling, after a couple of months of re search from V Stars, Road stars , Vulcan 1500 , VTXs, Harley's and Suzi's, I have concluded that the Royal star Tour deluxe is the bike I want. of course I want to keep as much money in my pocket as I can but also this bike is one that I plan on keeping for a good few years, as fare as I'm concerned I feel Yamaha make the best Motorcycle engines so having a Yamaha for a long time bike I have no issues with. here is the problem, I can get a mint 98 Royal star deluxe with low KMs/Miles for a lot less then say a 2005 with the same KM's so the first questions is , what is the difference between the 2 bikes. I found the Horse power differs 60ish HP compared to 98 HP that is a huge difference and frankly seems hard to believe with out huge engine changes and the only difference I can find is better air box in the later Royal stars, what are your guys experience?. The way the wife and I like to ride and we did this on the sport bikes as well, we may ride 100 to 300 miles just on winding country roads taking in the scenery and maybe stop for lunch at a nice country restaurant or cafe but when its time to go home and we are a couple of hrs for home this is when its nice to have the power, some times the flow of traffic here in Ontario, Canada can be 80 or 85 miles per hr, not often but some times, however 70 or 75 is not uncommon and this is where the little 800 Kawi would fall short with 2 of us on it would the older royal star handle that kind of Hwy cruising for a hr or 2 at a time ?. You guys are the know all about the royal stars so any info you would like to share I'd really appreciate, things to look for or avoid anything at all. cheers Karl
