# Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe Key Replacement

The Royal Star Tour Deluxe is the V4 Royal Star with quick-release windshield and backrest and hard sidecases.

Source: https://themotorcyclelocksmith.com/san-diego/makes/yamaha/royal-star-tour-deluxe/

Business: The Motorcycle Locksmith, mobile motorcycle locksmith. Phone and text: (619) 775-1858 (San Diego side).

> The Royal Star Tour Deluxe is the V4 Royal Star with quick-release windshield and backrest and hard sidecases. Yamaha's US owner's manuals for it show a plain cut key and no immobilizer, so a lost key is replaced by cutting a new one at the bike. The locks to think about are the sidecases and the helmet holder, which the manual operates with the key.

**Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe key quick facts**

- US owner's manuals for the 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 Royal Star Tour Deluxe (XVZ13CT series) start the controls chapter with the main switch and steering lock and list no immobilizer system.
- The main switch has ON, OFF, LOCK and ACC positions; the key cannot be removed in ACC.
- Each sidecase has its own keyed lock: insert the key, turn it counterclockwise and push it in to open.
- The helmet holder is keyed and is used with a helmet holding cable that is stored in the left sidecase.
- The rider seat is bolted on, so there is no seat lock to open with the key.
- The steering head has brackets for an owner-supplied padlock in addition to the built-in steering lock.

## Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe key types by year

| Years | Models | Key type | Chip | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2005-2009 | Royal Star Tour Deluxe (US market, XVZ13CTT through XVZ13CTY) | mechanical cut key | no | No immobilizer section in the 2005, 2006, 2008 or 2009 US manuals. Key works the main switch and steering lock, fuel cap, sidecases and helmet holder. |

## A carbureted V4 with a simple key

Yamaha's Tour Deluxe manuals still have chapters for a fuel cock and a starter (choke) knob alongside cruise control, which tells you what kind of motorcycle this is. The key matches. It is a plain cut key for a main switch that also locks the steering. To lock, the manual has you push the key in from OFF and turn it to LOCK while still pushing; unlocking is the same push-and-turn in reverse.

The ACC position powers the auxiliary DC terminals under the rider seat with the engine off. The key stays captive in ACC, and the manual warns that leaving it there for an extended period can discharge the battery.

**Need a key for your Royal Star Tour Deluxe?** Call or text with the year and where the bike is parked. Call or text (619) 775-1858.

## Sidecases and the helmet holder

Luggage is where a missing key hurts most on this bike. Each sidecase lid is released at its own lock. The manual's sequence is key in, counterclockwise, push the lock in, then fold the lid up. To close, fold the lid down so both latches snap, turn the key clockwise and remove it.

Yamaha adds a caution worth repeating: never lock a sidecase and pull the key before closing the lid, because that is how keys get shut inside. The helmet holder has its own small lock. You open it with the key, hook the loops of the helmet holding cable over it, and close it again. That cable is kept in the left sidecase, so a left case that will not open also leaves you without the cable.

## Fuel cap and steering head

- Fuel tank cap: slide the lock cover open, insert the key and turn it a quarter turn clockwise, then lift the cap out
- The cap goes back in with the key in the lock, and the key will not come out until the cap is properly installed and locked
- Padlock brackets: on the right side of the steering head pipe. Turn the bars until the holes line up and fit a suitable padlock
- If the padlock you added is the one missing its key, tell us, since that is a different job from the bike's own locks

## What a lost-key visit covers

We check your photo ID against the registration or title, then cut a key to the Tour Deluxe's locks. With no chip involved, the proof is in the turning: main switch through ACC, ON, OFF and LOCK, the fuel cap, both sidecases and the helmet holder. If one sidecase was replaced after a tip-over and takes a different key, we can usually bring it back to match the rest while we are there.

## Where to find the key code

The manual says the key identification number is stamped into the key tag and gives a space to record it on the identification numbers page, for ordering a new key or for reference if the bike is stolen. If the tag is gone, we make the key from the locks.

## What to have ready

**Have this ready when you call or text**

- Year, make and model of the bike
- Where the bike is parked
- Whether you have any working key, a broken key or a key code
- Photo ID and registration or title (we verify ownership before making a key)

## Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe key FAQ

### Does the Royal Star Tour Deluxe have an immobilizer?

No immobilizer appears in Yamaha's US owner's manuals for the 2005, 2006, 2008 or 2009 Tour Deluxe. It uses a plain cut key.

### I locked my key inside a Tour Deluxe sidecase. Can you help?

Yes. Yamaha's manual warns this can happen if the case is locked before the lid is closed. We can open the case and, if that was your only key, cut another.

### Is this the same as the Royal Star Venture?

No. The Venture is the full-dress version with a fairing and travel trunk and has its own page. The Tour Deluxe has a detachable windshield, a passenger backrest and sidecases.

### Why won't my key come out of the ignition?

Check that the switch is not in ACC or ON. The manual says the key cannot be removed in either position; it comes out in OFF or LOCK.

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