YAMAHA Royal Star Tour Deluxe (2007-2008) Specs, Performance & Photos

In 2007, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer launched the Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe, a touring machine with plenty of onboard storage, great comfortability, and plenty of performance perfect for long journeys.

The bike was fitted with standard features right from the factory, such as a round headlight with a chromed housing, a tall windscreen, a teardrop-shaped fuel tank, a two-piece dual seat with a passenger backrest, color-matched side-mounted panniers, a dual exhaust system with a muffler on each side, and seven-spoke lightweight wheels with fat tires.

The bike's skeleton was a single-backbone steel frame with a 43 mm air-assisted fork on the front, offering 140 mm of travel, and a link-type air-assisted shock absorber on the rear with 104 mm wheel travel.

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

Underneath its fuel tank, the 2007 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe had installed a 1,294cc four-stroke liquid-cooled V4 engine fed by four Mikuni carburetors, delivering 98 hp and 121 Nm (89 lb-ft) torque at 4,750 rpm.

The power produced by the V4 engine was transferred to a five-speed manual transmission with a wet multi-plate clutch and sent to the rear wheel through a low-maintenance final shaft drive.