Recent content by mecbruno

Good news! I quit using the starting fluid and put work on making sure all the parts were fine. First the wiring was a little messy and the starting was moving slow. So I cleaned the ground and the plugs with the battery. I am also using a car battery, which is new. Second, the vacuum line...

Good news. I put new gas on the tank and tried cranking it. I saw that there was something going wrong on the carbs. There was no gas flowing from it. So i took it apart again and checked the needles and floaters, rebuild it and put it on the bike. Tried to crank it again and it fired up on...

So I checked again and the spark plugs comes totally dry after trying to crank it. I can see also that there is fuel being sucked inside the carbs bc I have transparent tubes from the peatcock to the carb and they are full. I rebuilt the carbs, with new needles on both and cleaning with carb...

Thanks for the replies. This engine has a TCI to time the firing of the spark plugs. I don't know if there is a way to check if the TCI is firing at the right time though. I read somewhere that rebuild engines might need a very good battery, some people even try to use a car battery in the...

Hey guys. I have been working on this bike (1982 Virago 750) for a long time now and I haven't been able to run it. I tried everything and I am putting a video here to see if anyone can help me with this sphinx mystery. Things i have done: 1) New pistons and rings (from a 97 VIrago -...

Thanks for the replies! Unfortunately, I am not going to change the rear wheels man. I saw some builds that the owner did that and apparently is extremely difficult to find a hub that fits the rest of the swing arm structure. I decided to spend the money in other stuff like the tires, front...

I am putting a 2002 yamaha r1 front in the bike that i bought on ebay. I did the front swap that i found more feasible. The issue is that the r1 bearing steam is too short and we have to either replace it or increase it. I decided to increase it by cutting it into half, threading the inside of...

Back to Robert again. I decided to keep the virago tank but to raise it from the frame. Therefore I have to make and weld brackets under the tank and on the frame, close the tanks and allocate the new battery under the tank. A lot fabrication to do, but Robert rocked it again.

I bought a seat from Bitwell that i really liked. It is actually a seat for a harley, but i just think it will fit this project perfectly. Then i ran to the welder to fabricate the seat frame. At last we start actually building stuff!! The guy doing the welding work is just amazing. We were...

Also i decided to make the metal parts shiny. So i sandpaper the crankcovers and polished them. Nothing crazy here. Also a before and after pic from the engine. Later i cleaned the carbs and put new kits. Some of the screws were really hard to remove. Damm it was a patience test ...

I spent almost a month cleaning the engine. It looked terrible. I degreased it, cleaned, wheel brushed. Primmed and painted. Now it looks amazingly beautiful. Demanded so much patience but i think it pays off. btw I used engine enamel for all the work and it is trully amazing. Have had some...

Although the bike was not running, I decided to disassemble it and start to work on the cleaning of the bike. I will be doing all the disassembly, cleaning, polishing and then giving a good change of oil and filter on it. The carbs are probably very nasty too, so I will be working on getting...

I just started my cafe racer project. I always wanted to do a project and I saw some pictures from the yamaha virago 750 that I loved. Such a cool bike with a nice size Vtwin. So I started looking for so cheap stuff and found out this bike at craigslist. The bike is a 1982 Virago and it was...

Hey buddy. I am working on my engine now and I have some questions regarding the painting. For the engine painting, what did you do for the surface preparation? Did you blast? Did you paint on top of the original coating? And what kind of paint/technique did you use ? Thanks a lot!

Thanks buddy. I think I will decide to break it apart, also to check the pistons and valves, clean and paint as you mentioned. However, I am afraid that the painting will fall off easily. I saw several poorly done paintings falling off. Do you know what kind of paint/coat technique or brand is...