I've been looking for a project for a while and started looking at a 50yo cylinder mower to refurbished but it morphed into a motorbike and after some research about what one, I arrived at the same spot as plenty of people before....A pre 84 Mono Shock Virago. It took a few months to find one local and at the right price point..I envy you guys in the US picking these things up for a couple of hundred dollars, I thought I got a reasonable deal here in Sydney, Aus and picked this one up for $2100.. It ran rough, it had the usual "box of rocks" starter motor problem but it did run and all the electrics were working. The bike has aftermarket additions including panniers, engine/crash bars, alarm and single carby conversion with Mikuni TM40.
Plan for the bike?? Like many before me I was inspired by Greg Hageman's creations. I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't have a creative bone in my body so where ever the bike ends up, it's because I've copied someone else's ideas. A 'side plan' is to work on this with my 12yo son, spend some time together and teach him about bikes/mechanics like my dad taught me. On that note I grew up with dirt bikes but I havent owned a bike for over 12 years let alone taken a spanner to one, so my mechanical knowledge is limited and we'll both learn throughout this process.
Plan for the bike?? Like many before me I was inspired by Greg Hageman's creations. I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't have a creative bone in my body so where ever the bike ends up, it's because I've copied someone else's ideas. A 'side plan' is to work on this with my 12yo son, spend some time together and teach him about bikes/mechanics like my dad taught me. On that note I grew up with dirt bikes but I havent owned a bike for over 12 years let alone taken a spanner to one, so my mechanical knowledge is limited and we'll both learn throughout this process.
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