Tech. You mean EFI and ABS?

@@micclay Yes, EFI and ABS for one, in addition to the touch screen navigation, selective ride modes, traction control, electric windshield, tire pressure sensors, mileage estimation, heated seats, grips and backrests, alarm, remote trunk & saddle bag locking, and LED lighting that comes standard on the Star Transcontinental Venture.

@@gabbyhayes1568 just bought one last week here in arizona ,,,,, 2004 at 2000$ needed carburetors cleaned so 280$ later ....loving it was heavy pushing around even had a though of this being half of the car LOL ,, cant wait for next week bike week here in PHX to ride around sits at 32111 miles from what i am hearing they should be safe couple more of 32k

@@danmano1589 Congrats on the new bike!. That’s really low miles for a 20 year old touring bike. I loved mine the time I had it and it was hard to let it go with only 50k on the clock. Good that you had the carbs cleaned, mine never needed it though. Those Mikuni heated carbs were the pinnacle of carburetor technology at the time. I never had any issues starting the bike with the choke even at higher elevation and colder temperatures. I ride the 2018 version of the Venture now, traded in the Street Glide for it with no regrets. Overall, it’s a better bike more so for the technology upgrades, but the RSV Is a close second as for bikes I’ve enjoyed. I loved that V-4 motor of the RSV. Surprisingly quick for a 800 lb. bike if you wind it out in each gear. My new Venture is just the opposite, you short shift to get that tons of torque. As for comfort, they’re about equal for the rider but the my passenger much prefers the seat of the new bike. Any who, enjoy that new bike as it’s just barely broken in! 👍

I have the 08 too. Love it.

@@ScottSmithPhotos Me too...................

cassette tapes rules xD i found my old iron maiden, acdc, zz top, metallica etc tapes

No you didn't

Wtf is a cassette tape

I recently sold my 2005 black Venture and bought a 2018 Goldwing. I had a love hate relationship with the Venture for 13 years...loved the way it looked and sounded...hated the way it handled around town. It's a 907 lb tank made to go 80mph in a straight line all day long. Also hated the clutch basket whine. Never real hard how much work it was riding the Venture until I got the Goldwing that handles like a 500 lb sport bike. Oddly enough, I miss the Venture after watching this.

@@russellcyr4867 I too had a 2005 Midnight Venture. It was a very comfortable bike and I loved that V-4 as well. The clutch basket whine (i.e. the dreaded "chirp") almost drove me crazy at first but I actually got to the point where I didn't even notice it anymore, lol. But as you stated, it was a real handful at walking speed in parking lots and slow speed maneuvering as it was way too tall and top-heavy. And panic stops were a real adventure too with no ABS. All in all, though, I liked it a lot. I have the new Transcontinental Venture now and it's quite a step up in tech but I still miss the old Gen II.

I have one of each. 04 650 and the 08 Venture. I can't stand getting on the VStar anymore.

Except for the fuel pump on these things! A rock can be your best friend!

My opinion also! That fuel pump, grrr! And WAY overpriced on both the pump and that rear shock!

I second everything here!!! For someone actively looking for a touring bike the cost of ownership, parts availability, aftermarket support and fuel range are huge issues that are missed here. Also, fuel economy and range. I’d like to hear your asking price on this bike and why you come to that price vs what else is comparable in vintage and price. You’re trying to sell hundreds of bikes, so a little insight you share will go a lot farther and come back to your dealership in spades. I would find that more valuable than the definition of millennials. Oh one more thing, don’t forget to mention cost of ownership, parts, mpg and fuel range. I can’t have a touring bike that’s anchored to the gas pump all day, for guys that put miles on it’s a huge deal.

Love the way the engine sounds

It was surprisingly quick off the line. I took some liter bikes that were caught flat footed light to light. The look on their face at the next light was always worth it.

Had Harleys and a Vulcan. Tired of the big lung vibrations. V4 or Honda 6 is the way to go. Big block twins that are air cooled run too hot.

Haha, I was thinking that exact same thing. Looks like an old clock radio.

It's a AM radio for in the fifties there were no FM.

And. Cassette deck...and carburetors...updates to this bike were WAY overdue!

This is the ugliest damn bike ever. It looks like some ken and barbie playhouse adventure machine

Herb Wag Exactly what I was thinking! It reminds me of the Zenith radio from my mothers kitchen in 1958.

True, if you entered a turn too fast and exceeded its lean geometry it would go into the death wobble, lol. Had to back off the throttle immediately to recover, lol. Thankfully, it only happened to me once and I learned to respect its limitations.

Do you like the Valkyrie or venture more? And which one Is a bigger bike? Im decently tall and Is wondering which one would be more comfortable.

Well the motor size really does not determine the power delivery of the engine. This is a very fast bike with very ample top end. It cruises very comfortable at 90-95mph and still have power to spare with crisp roll on hits for passage. This bike is much faster than most of the bigger v twins. Higher center of gravity gives incredible maneuverability as well. This is a bike for a taller and capable riders only.

In Australia where I live the national speed limit is 110km/h except in the Northern Territory. As I am an older rider, 65, I ride to my ability, comfort zone and skill level. I have Kawasaki Voyager 1700 and I never ride at over 100km. I don't know what the claimed top speed is but I know my bike has plenty of power to pull me up the steepest hill when I need it. I take the view that even though I prefer a cruiser everyone should ride the bike they like because it is the ride not the destination that is important. Thanks for you feedback.@@yazziet6009

Cool

No you don't

Kinda like women.

Had one John, warning to all that might want to buy one. DON'T. Weak frame side wiggle on grooved highways. Sold mine within the month.

Sadly they didn't sell and where discontinued soon, same the Suzuki Madura.

Not sure what Century you were born in but CD's were new technology in the mid 80's!! Tapes were pretty much dead by the 90's. So a tape deck in a bike in 2000 is ridiculously stupid especially from a Japanese manufacturer!!

Cds may have been invented in the 80s. Sure. But they weren't popularized or actually used for music until the mid to late 90s. And they were fairly expensive. And to get one marine grade that would actually work in a bike would have been prohibitively expensive. They left that to the aftermarket. They put tape decks in cars well into the early 2000s and even after 2010 you'll still find the occasional tape deck. Though rare. And only in bottom of the line vehicles. Some of those only have radios. Nothing else. You really know nothing of what you speak, son.

@@godofm3tal1 Again not sure what Century you're thinking of, I had a 5 CD changer in 1985 that I bought from an eleectronics store. This is from Wikipedia. Initial launch and adoption Philips established the Polydor Pressing Operations plant in Langenhagen near Hannover, Germany, and quickly passed a series of milestones. The first test pressing was of a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan, who had been enlisted as an ambassador for the format in 1979.The first public demonstration was on the BBC television programme Tomorrow's World in 1981, when the Bee Gees' album Living Eyes (1981) was played. The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982, a 1979 recording of Chopin waltzes by Claudio Arrau.The first popular music album released on compact disc was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA. The first 50 titles were released in Japan on 1 October 1982, the very first of which was a re-release of the Billy Joel album 52nd Street.The first CD played on BBC Radio was in October 1982 on BBC Radio Scotland (Jimmy Mack programme, Followed by Ken Bruce and Eddie Mair all BBC Scotland), with the first CD played on UK independent radio station shortly after (Radio Forth, Jay Crawford Show). The CD was Dire Straits, Love over Gold.The Japanese launch was followed in March 1983 by the introduction of CD players and discs to Europe and North America (where CBS Records released sixteen titles). This 1983 event is often seen as the "Big Bang"[by whom?] of the digital audio revolution. The new audio disc was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities, and its handling quality received particular praise. As the price of players gradually came down, and with the introduction of the portable Discman the CD began to gain popularity in the larger popular and rock music markets. One of the first CD markets was devoted to reissuing popular music whose commercial potential was already proven. The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. The first major artist to have their entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose first fourteen studio albums of (then) sixteen were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four greatest hits albums; his fifteenth and sixteenth albums had already been issued on CD by EMI Records in 1983 and 1984, respectively. On February 26, 1987, the first four UK albums by The Beatles were released in mono on compact disc. In 1988, 400 million CDs were manufactured by 50 pressing plants around the world. And this also. While the CD had been on the market since 1982, it was in 1984 that Pioneer introduced the CDX-1, the world's first car CD player. It was known for its improved sound quality, instant track skipping and the formats increased durability over cassette tapes. Due to the ability that allowed drivers and passengers to change up to 10 CD's at a time, car CD changers started to gain popularity in the late 80s and continuing throughout the 90s.[13] Stock and aftermarket compact disc players began appearing in the late 1980s, competing with the cassette. I rest my case

I grew up in the 80s and 90s. I don't care what people had or what was available. Cell phones were available in the 80s but they were generally an item for the rather wealthy and few and far between. I'm not saying they weren't available, but they weren't the standard in vehicles at that time. I had many vehicles in the late 90s that didn't have cd. Only ones that did were the high end ones like my 97 f150 lariat which had a 6 disc changer as an option, but had a cassette deck factory in the dash. No other f150 of that generation had cd in the dash to my knowledge. So once again, going back to motorcycles that require marine grade electronics which are expensive compared to standard stereos in a time when cd players were still pricey implements at the turn of the century, no.... Bikes having cd players was not commonplace at that time. Around that time people were mostly using cassette decks to plug adapters in that plugged into their mp3 players. Cds really had a short lived popularity between cassettes and mp3 dominance. Once mp3 players hit the market and n Napster and other sources allowed them to get free music, cds became unsavory for most.

I have an 07 and it is a big bike, but it is a big steady cruiser on the highway with plenty of power to boot. Comfy to ride.

This one has after market pipes. Mine is #176.

That's because they weighed 5000 pounds.

my venture will wobble if the front tyre pressure is a couple of pounds too low

I would agree as I just recently returned from a 5000 mile trip, including a first leg of just over 1000 miles in a 19 hour run. I do find the front wallows in the corners at high speed and I am limited to about 90 mph cornering. In a straight or not too tight of curve, cruise at what ever makes you happy 70, 80, 90.......

@@herbwag6456 just slightly under 5000 at about 850lb

I work as a mechanic at a dealer. These kinds if bikes have wobbly front ends the most. Especially when they start miss matching tires of the wrong size. Guys add bags and bags of shit but never set up the sag on the shocks. 90% of them stare at me like i have 2 heads when i tell them they need to crank down the pre load.

Its his initials

I think!

Ricky Martin Made

Yep, like one from a '57 Ford.

Had an '83 GL650 Interstate and LOVED it! Transverse V-twin, water cooled, sounded like a Guzzi and 100 times more reliable. I hated to trade it in, got the last of the Goldwing 1200's. And you know what? I liked my little 650 better! Hindsight. . . .

I have straight through slipons on mine and it sounds exactly like an old Ford Y block V8 running glasspacks.