I've finally had sometime to ride, results were that I wore the tires just about down to the air ...
Found a set of AVON Venoms at a decent price online and bought them. I took the bike and the tires to Sandhills Yamaha in Pinehurst, NC (they also have a Harley dealership in the same building. They got to my bike as promised and R&R'd the tires with my set timely. The mechanic there goes back to 1972 with Yamaha's and no problems. I was treated very nicely, while waiting on the bike they went out of their way to make sure I had plenty of coffee and even ran me through an employees blood pressure clinic they were having there today! BP is fine. Excellent experience. They even had a 2005 RoadPatty ... excuse me Midnight Royal Star Venture, with 9000 miles on it on the floor. Good looking bike if someone is looking for one!
All this ... cost $85.00.