Royal Star Tourdeluxe

Gan Uesli Starling’s motorcycle touring photo journal

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Me at Devil’s Tower on 2000-08-23

Royal Star Tourdeluxe — my 7th motorcycle: a 1997, four-cylinder DOHC, 1297cc, water-cooled, 5-speed cruiser by Yamaha.

2002-06-09 Custom paint by Dave DeRyke: 11-photo TGP (Thumbnail Graphics Page).
Prior bikes to date were (in order from 1970 till now): Yamaha 60 Single, Yamaha 100 Twin, Honda CB 350 DOHC, Honda CB 450 DOHC, Honda CB 750-Four (chopper), Harley Davidson 1000 Sportster.

Crash — Rider all but unhurt.

2009-08-13 RSTD Crashed — 7 photos

Seven Long-Distance Solo Rides — (see maps)

2005-07-23 To New Roads LA — 96 photos
2003-05-14 To Charleston SC — 26 photos
2002-10-04 To Ivy Lea, Ontario in early October — 8 photos
2002-08-13 To Couer d’Alene, Idaho — 74 photos
2001-10-21 To Key West in cold, late October — 24 photos
2001-08-11 To Indianapolis for the bike drags — 13 photos
2001-08-11 To Cheyenne WY for Star Days 2000 — 45 photos

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Mid-summer two-up ride — an 1100-mile round-trip to Alabama including the Natchez Trace and Blue Ridge Parkways.

2000-06-10 A balloon landing, the Natchez Trace & Blue Ridge Parkway. — 13 photos
2000-06-10 Long version: full-length write-up.

1999 thru 2004 — short trips around Michigan.

2004-06-13 Bike Show at the Gilmore Car Museum — 40 photos
1999-09-12 Various places: Hell, etc. — 5 photos

Peak horsepower charts

My graphs from the Dyno. Note that an out-of-the-box Royal Star is rather sadly detuned (considering it is basically a V-Max engine)! So I gave mine a modest upgrade: Barons BAK carburetor kit (re-jeted and with K&N filters); Bub 4-into-2 exhaust. I didn’t go for the racing-grade ignition with a higher rev-limit. So I’m still bogged down to 6K rpm (112 mph). But I figure that’s good enough for me. Anyway, here’s what I got for my money.

Roll-on in fourth (1st overdrive). 64.7 HP & 77 FT-LB torque.
Second through fifth gears vs roll-on. 66.4 HP max.