cole.pinnow
New Member
Hey guys! Just picked up another project! This will be my first bike build, so please play nice. Ever since seeing Greg Hageman's Virago cafe build, I fell in love with the mono-shock Virago. So surprise, surprise, I will be using his bikes as models for my build. I also really, really like nuckingfuts' build as well as T.Stanley's build.
Here are some pictures of the bike the day I got it...picked it up off of eBay for a decent price for a running bike.
It's "only" got around 20,000 miles on it, and came with aftermarket head pipes, and stock Harley Davidson slip-ons.
First thing to do was order new carb boots - these have definitely seen better days, and were very boogered up with RTV.
I've got the crazy box of rocks starter problems, so I started with the starter itself. Most people shim the starter, but instead I did the set-screw idea.
Once I get back from spring break I will be pulling the crank case cover off, so I can look at the #2 idler gear. Hopefully it's not too trashed, and I plan on putting a small hose clamp on the clip to tighten it up around the bendix gear. I haven't decided if I should order a new #2 idler gear.
So far I have ordered:
Avon grips
New air and oil filters, as well as 10W-40 Yamalube
Progressive springs
15W fork oil
Tarozzi clip-ons and rearsets
All Balls fork and dust seals
Shorai Battery
New Spark plugs
Stator cover gasket
I plan on using a Motolanna seat, and hopefully building my own subframe. I'm in college (mechanical engineering), so I have access to SolidWorks - so I'm hoping I can figure something out with a few measurements and some time.
Updates to follow!
Here are some pictures of the bike the day I got it...picked it up off of eBay for a decent price for a running bike.
It's "only" got around 20,000 miles on it, and came with aftermarket head pipes, and stock Harley Davidson slip-ons.
First thing to do was order new carb boots - these have definitely seen better days, and were very boogered up with RTV.
I've got the crazy box of rocks starter problems, so I started with the starter itself. Most people shim the starter, but instead I did the set-screw idea.
Once I get back from spring break I will be pulling the crank case cover off, so I can look at the #2 idler gear. Hopefully it's not too trashed, and I plan on putting a small hose clamp on the clip to tighten it up around the bendix gear. I haven't decided if I should order a new #2 idler gear.
So far I have ordered:
Avon grips
New air and oil filters, as well as 10W-40 Yamalube
Progressive springs
15W fork oil
Tarozzi clip-ons and rearsets
All Balls fork and dust seals
Shorai Battery
New Spark plugs
Stator cover gasket
I plan on using a Motolanna seat, and hopefully building my own subframe. I'm in college (mechanical engineering), so I have access to SolidWorks - so I'm hoping I can figure something out with a few measurements and some time.
Updates to follow!