Turned over 11,000 miles on the 2018 Yamaha Star Venture and thought I would provide an update.
The bike runs great, plenty of power, if you want a little more sporty mode then just push the mode button on the right side of the handle bar to Sport Mode and the ECM map changes to a more lively map over the Touring Mode.
Sport mode is active through the low and mid range and really livens up the response. Want to go back to a more laid back ECM map just push the mode button again and it changes back to the Touring Mode.
Oil results from Blackstone Lab are showing the engine is wearing very well with no problems.
Ride quality is outstanding with good tire wear, I am getting 3,000 miles per 1/32 of tread depth, so if you run the tread down to the wear bars that is using 7/32's of rubber and at my readings comes out to 21,000 miles tire wear for the rear tire. Tire wear is always dependent on the right wrist but so far I am getting very good tire wear out of the Bridgestone tires.
The sound system is outstanding on this bike, I am including a couple of youtube videos one of them on fuel mileage and one on the sound system quality.
Fuel mileage is outstanding, here are five fill ups all two up riding with stop lights and traffic involved with open road riding as well.
9/9/18: 174 miles 3.399 gallons 47.94 MPG
9/27/18: 189.2 miles 3.940 gallons 48.02 MPG
10/5/18: 143.7 miles 2.931 gallons 49.02 MPG
10/13/18: 145.9 miles 2.938 gallons 49.65 MPG
10/17/18: 181.2 miles 3.780 gallons 47.93 MPG
This is real world two up riding.
Sound system video:
Fuel mileage video:
The bike runs great, plenty of power, if you want a little more sporty mode then just push the mode button on the right side of the handle bar to Sport Mode and the ECM map changes to a more lively map over the Touring Mode.
Sport mode is active through the low and mid range and really livens up the response. Want to go back to a more laid back ECM map just push the mode button again and it changes back to the Touring Mode.
Oil results from Blackstone Lab are showing the engine is wearing very well with no problems.
Ride quality is outstanding with good tire wear, I am getting 3,000 miles per 1/32 of tread depth, so if you run the tread down to the wear bars that is using 7/32's of rubber and at my readings comes out to 21,000 miles tire wear for the rear tire. Tire wear is always dependent on the right wrist but so far I am getting very good tire wear out of the Bridgestone tires.
The sound system is outstanding on this bike, I am including a couple of youtube videos one of them on fuel mileage and one on the sound system quality.
Fuel mileage is outstanding, here are five fill ups all two up riding with stop lights and traffic involved with open road riding as well.
9/9/18: 174 miles 3.399 gallons 47.94 MPG
9/27/18: 189.2 miles 3.940 gallons 48.02 MPG
10/5/18: 143.7 miles 2.931 gallons 49.02 MPG
10/13/18: 145.9 miles 2.938 gallons 49.65 MPG
10/17/18: 181.2 miles 3.780 gallons 47.93 MPG
This is real world two up riding.
Sound system video:
Fuel mileage video: