1993 Yamaha Virago XV 750 - Cafe Racer 87

[garbur]

Hello, I present a project that although this in its final phase, there are still some details ...

There is a list of changes in which I detail some ...

-brake and clutch levers yamaha r1
norton manx-deposit
-fairing Ducati 900SS
-seat craft
-modified front and rear fenders
-pegs Tarozzi
-ducati headlight
-rear wheel spoke 18
-front wheel spoke 19
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I hope you like it

more photos ...

www.facebook.com/garburgarage87

 

[tdpomodoro]

Awesome build! Great lines! I'm digging the front fairing and air cleaners!

 

[Rich Ard]

Really neat work - I like the tail and fender a lot. Wouldn't mind seeing the exhaust side, too.

 

[beachcomber]

Well I'll be copulated ........................... I've just bid on a 5 gall Manx tank as I was not 100% happy with my own G50 style mods.

Questions [ nice look BTW ] .

Is the frame essentially the same under the tank as the early TR1 / XV [ ie HUGE ]?
Did you have to mod either tank or frame ?

My "Vindicator" 60's style Cafe Racer is still rumbling along - and as you do, some ideas have evolved along the way. I was offered a Metisse / Avon top fairing last week, which got me thinking along similar lines to your own style.

The Metisse / Avon fairing was VERY sixties and would fit right in with the look I have in mind.

What YOU have done is to show me in the flesh what I was trying to envisage in my mind's eye for the Manx tank - and it looks spot on ! THANK YOU.

 

[caferay]

Maybe its the photo, but that fairing looks like its at the wrong angle.

 

[focusinprogress]

How'd you get spoked wheels to fit and get rid of those god-awful swirly alloys?

 

[Rich Ard]

By that year the swurlies were long gone

 

[caferay]

By that year the swurlies were long gone

So would later wheels fit on earlier swurly models?

 

[Cuba Libre]

Nice bike, well done!

Could we have more photos of the bike please? (From more angles/sides, and bigger/better resolution)
Please, please, please?

M.

 

[notlob]

Nicely done looks very classic.

Just found your tumblr page, some nice bikes
http://garburgarage87.tumblr.com/

 

[03rangerxlt]

Nice!

 

[focusinprogress]

So would later wheels fit on earlier swurly models?

+1 !!??!!

 

[Rich Ard]

not universally, no. i think the 2nd gen wheels are a direct swap; Yamaha vision as well.

 

[garbur]

Really neat work - I like the tail and fender a lot. Wouldn't mind seeing the exhaust side, too.

more photos in www.facebook.com/gaburgarage87

How'd you get spoked wheels to fit and get rid of those god-awful swirly alloys?

The tire change has been a success! did not like the 15-inch rear wheel.

Maybe its the photo, but that fairing looks like its at the wrong angle.

Yes, depends on the angle of the photo, the fairing looks weird.

not universally, no. i think the 2nd gen wheels are a direct swap; Yamaha vision as well.

The second generation of Virago 1100/750, as you say, is a direct exchange, because they came standard with wheels radio.

Here in Spain the cost of those tires is too expensive, can cost the game € 1,000.

We use a hub to other tire, cardan adapt and radiate the rim again.

 

[garbur]

Well I'll be copulated ........................... I've just bid on a 5 gall Manx tank as I was not 100% happy with my own G50 style mods.

Questions [ nice look BTW ] .

Is the frame essentially the same under the tank as the early TR1 / XV [ ie HUGE ]?
Did you have to mod either tank or frame ?

My "Vindicator" 60's style Cafe Racer is still rumbling along - and as you do, some ideas have evolved along the way. I was offered a Metisse / Avon top fairing last week, which got me thinking along similar lines to your own style.

The Metisse / Avon fairing was VERY sixties and would fit right in with the look I have in mind.

What YOU have done is to show me in the flesh what I was trying to envisage in my mind's eye for the Manx tank - and it looks spot on ! THANK YOU.

very nice this set!

Nicely done looks very classic.

Just found your tumblr page, some nice bikes
http://garburgarage87.tumblr.com/

thanks!!

Nice bike, well done!

Could we have more photos of the bike please? (From more angles/sides, and bigger/better resolution)
Please, please, please?

M.

Soon more photos www.facebook.com/garburgarage87

 

[beachcomber]

Garbur,

I missed out on the Manx tank I was bidding on in the end - would appreciate the info. on clearance under the tank to frame - thanx in advance.