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    Yamaha Returns to the Luxury-Touring Category for 2018

    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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    Re: Yamaha Returns to the Luxury-Touring Category for 2018

    Some cool features:

    1. The ability to manage a large touring motorcycle like the Star Venture requires confidence, and helping to provide that is the new Sure-Park System, a dedicated electric motor that provides both forward and reverse to assist the rider when maneuvering into tight or tricky parking situations. The Sure-Park System is engaged with engine off by pressing down on a lever located near the left side of the seat. Once active, the rider can easily move the bike with a rocker switch located on the left hand control.

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    Star Venture is Yamaha’s ride-by-wire Chip Control Throttle that provides two ride modes (touring and sport), traction control, and cruise control. Yamaha claims to be the first manufacturer to offer such a system in the full-dress touring class.

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    Clearly readable analog speedometer and tach flank the 7-inch touchscreen LCD of the infotainment system that provides on-screen control of the integrated systems such as trip status, computer functions, tire pressure, and heated grips and seats.
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