I'm sure you all may have seen this before but if you do a search on google and type
'road star' if you look to the link for ebay it says this:

Road Star
Bid on Road Star now!
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www.eBay.com

Then I thought about it. Road Star = Porn Star. What kind of engine are they using???

Anyway, does anyone know how yamaha came-up with the 'Star' name? Does it have anything to do with the Japanese Rising Sun vs. the evil night with stars?

I apologize for asking this as this is my first Yamaha. I tried wikipedia and it said it was a British hard rock band. Hmmm, maybe I should buy one of their albums.

If I were gonna start a new custom bike line I think I would have come-up with something a bit more manly than 'Star.' Maybe "DarkStar" or something Sci-Fi like "Fusion Motorcycles" or "CycleTrek" maybe even "War Horse".

I'm not trying to bash *, but it might help me argue the name a bit around my riding buddies and sound more intelligent to the chicks if I knew how the name was derived.

Maybe means the star of the road which I agree it is.

The Star name has been around a few years. When they seperated the line for the rest of the Yamaha names. I guess I never gave it a thought. It doesnt matter much to me. I liked the bike.

Road Star?????????mmmmmmmmmmmm Guess it means the way it sounds. There's no feeling like climbing aboard and riding up the middle of a long valley or pulling a tall mountain. Mine has taken me from below sea level to 12,000 feet with narry a problem Just my take on it.

I guess I don't understand what you're trying to say here. I don't see where you would ever have to argue the name. Or why someone would question it if they actually have. The word "Star" gets used all the time. "He's a star" meaning he's made it to the top. The best. The Star of the show. The one to watch. The Road Star.They could call it the Road Spoon I guess. But that would bring up unrelated stuff in a search that uses key words too.

This kind of makes me wonder where thy got their logo ...Coug

the eight pointed star looks like the chinese character for rice

Chinese character for rice

Almost sounds like one drink too many that night?

I Googled Road Star more than once and got a link to semi tractors and parts.

Greyphart

Wow. I never thought there would be a thread discussing the meaning of ROAD STAR.

ROAD - [1]an identifiable route, way or path between places. Roads are typically smoothed, paved, or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel.

STAR - [1] One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession. [2]Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something. [V.]To do an outstanding job; perform excellently.

So what have we learned.
ROAD STAR - A highly celebrated, outstanding, and famous motorcycle that performs excellently on an identifiable route, way, or path that is typically smoothed , paved , or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel.

Then the deep thinking geniuses at Yamaha just had to come up with a clever symbol to go with thier new profound name. HMMM, what kind of symbol would go with that name????????? A Star.

Class dismissed