YAMAHA Road Star Venture (2004-2005) Specs, Performance & Photos

In 2004, the Japanese motorcycle maker released the Yamaha Road Star Venture, a retro-styled cruiser with modern features, contemporary performance, and a classic appearance. The middleweight motorcycle featured chromed accents and touring-oriented accessories, delivering a more precious look.

The bike had standard features, such as a round headlight, an aerodynamic front cowl, a tall windscreen, a comfortable two-piece dual seat, a top case with an integrated pillion backrest, two antennas, color-matched side-mounted panniers, a dual exhaust system, and seven-spoke aluminum wheels.

Like other Royal Star motorcycles, the Road Star Venture was built around a steel frame with an air-assisted telescopic fork on the front, offering 142 mm of travel and a link-type air-assisted shock absorber on the rear with 104 mm of travel, delivering excellent handling capabilities.

As for the braking power, the bike packed two 298 mm discs coupled to four-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 320 mm disc tied to a single-piston caliper on the rear wheel, offering excellent stopping performance.

In the performance department, the 2004 Yamaha Road Star Venture had installed a 1,294cc four-stroke liquid-cooled V-4 engine with four Mikuni carburetors in charge, delivering 98 hp at 6,000 rpm and 121 Nm (89 lb-ft) torque at 4,750 rpm.

The power was transferred to a five-speed manual transmission with a wet multi-disc clutch and sent to the rear wheel through a low-maintenance shaft drive.