1998 Yamaha XVZ Royal Star Review

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10 жыл бұрын

Paul Johnston checks out the big and heavy Yamaha XVZ Royal Star, before taking it for a test drive and reviewing it's performance.

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@simonthomas5367 9 ай бұрын

Riding a bike like this you wouldn’t want to arrive first. You want to arrive last so everyone sees and hears it’s majesty!

@AndyLonewolf 10 жыл бұрын

I love my Royal Star, I have over 95,000 miles on it and it still runs like a new bike, also my wife and I are big people and are very comfortable on the Royal Star with its large wheel base, we looked at the Harley Davidson's Road King, Heritage Softail and even the Ultra Classic and on those bikes with my wife on the back I am sitting on the gas tank, so Harley's are too small for us, we need a big bike like the Royal Star or the Triumph Rocket III.

@jamesshubert6498 7 жыл бұрын

Andy Lonewolf thanks for the information. very helpful

@cityscot 6 жыл бұрын

great bike.......................

@TheFrog767 4 жыл бұрын

Me like

@Hunterslife315 4 жыл бұрын

1300s are quicker then ppl think!

@petewest5973 2 ай бұрын

Yamaha should have made this pommy bloke fill up the Royal star with fuel and return it - this bike is I unmatched in the cruiser category with a massive world wide following.

@flexcustomdiy4662 3 жыл бұрын

Great video ! One of the best V4 bikes out there ! Check out my custom build on a RS XVZ . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n99jq7ipzLjYZJs.html

@PietScheffer 6 жыл бұрын

Is'nt it just possible just to like this type of motorcycle instead of the screaming tupeware sportbikes...????? This review is just as degenerating as with Richard Hammond who in his comments regarding the yamaha 650 dragstar refers to that bike as being a second-rate engine for people who just want to get noticed, Just focus on the other bikes if you, "Men and Motors", don't like these kind of bikes....but stop reffering to these bikes as inferieur machines that only is being bought by motorriders who want to get noticed......

@philzail2532 3 жыл бұрын

Your comment about buyers wanting to be noticed? Tells me of the differences between the US and the other side of the pond. This bike is built for long distance comfort. But I guess when you live on an island, you won't know much about distance riding? Imagine you're going to ride from your island to Rome? Or maybe Moscow? Are you going to use a 650? LOL Bottom line, this is a competitor to the Honda Goldwing.

@lordracula2461 3 жыл бұрын

It's all about image in the UK.

@gregpettit1439 2 жыл бұрын

Amen! You tell em Phil. Here you can ride ALL day, run out three tanks of gas, and still be in the same State.

@kman-mi7su Жыл бұрын

I own a 2007 Yamaha Royal Star tour deluxe and I concur. The UK and the US are different in that respect. I live in the US and I hop on mine and try to do 2 to 3 road trips a year on it. These machines were built with looks in mind, but they excel at comfort and all-day rideability and comfort. I have numerous 400 to 600-mile days on mine over the years I've had it. Recently I rode it from Washington DC to NJ and then down to Savannah, Georgia, and back home. It was a blast and so comfortable to ride. I absolutely love the fact that the bike is engineered to be smoother than an HD (I've ridden many HDs, learned on one in police motor school as an officer, and logged tons of hours on them because of it) They are a far better bike IMO for distance riding when you compare them with a similar HD of the same year as mine. It doesn't have that fatiguing "Harley shake" that can wear on you. Ride what you like, but for me, this has been one great touring machine.