A full-dress touring motorcycle with the Venture name has been absent from the Yamaha lineup for nearly five years now. Not a long time but long enough for the design team at Yamaha USA to develop the concept and design of an all-new luxury touring motorcycle that makes its public debut today at the 35th Americade Rally in Lake George, New York.
Other than its touring class designation, the new Star Venture has nothing in common with its predecessor, the Royal Star Venture. Gone is the classic touring style and V-4 powerplant in favor of a new air-cooled V-twin engine nestled in an all-new hybrid frame with a steel main section and aluminum subframe. The 2018 Star Venture is a clean-slate design that Yamaha Product Line Manager Derek Brooks says was created using the engine as a major part of the overall styling.



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