2010 Yamaha XVS1300 A Midnight Star

Available from
Motoden Yamaha
57 Tottenham Lane
London N8 9BD
phone 020 8341 4142

Hop on an XVS1300A Midnight Star, and you’ll soon see that laid-back, cruiser style doesn’t have to mean laid-back horsepower. Its engine features forged pistons, 4-valve heads and shortstroke con-rods, so every time you hit the throttle you feel a knockout, low-down punch that turns into serious top-end power.

But its power that comes with control and comfort. Twin balancers tune out all the unwanted vibrations that can make long journeys wearing, but allow the feel-good power pulses that you ride for in the first place.

And it all comes in a package of classic 1930s-inspired styling, with a tight body and low silhouette that’s old-school with a radical new twist.

* Balancers tune out rattles but allows power pulses
* Classic ‘wild streamline’ styling
* Monocross rear suspension for smoothest of rides
* High torque, liquid-cooled V-twin engine
* Long-and-low chassis with great handling
* Large, ‘air-cooling’ type fins