Cafe Racer Bike Virago
And while this lacks originality it shows us that the overall design is pretty timeless.
Cafe racer bike virago. The bikes fuel tank is a nos benelli unit which has been finished in brilliant yellow gold flake and it s easily our first place favorite from this season of cafe racer tv. While the xv750 version is the most common the bikes were offered in a vast range of sizes over the years including the virago xv250 xv500 xv535 xv1000 xv1100 and the xv920r. The bike was a viral hit and it wasn t long before countless copycat builds started appearing. We offer custom paint upholstery mechanical services here in everett wa since 1996.
In fact this virago cafe racer top 10 only contains four bikes with that exact same gas tank. Having quite a collection of custom bikes in his stable. Rest assured though as soon as restrictions are lifted this virago cafe racer won t be spending a lot of time indoors. For ludo and the lv team the client s personality is a critical factor in the build.
Grade a from plan b tr1 by plan b 2 2 some bikes beg to go for a ride some demand you look at them and drink in every detail. From the time i actually wrote about royal enfield topic café racing i had been wondering fairly questioning if there s every bike production business in the world which will can make a present day classic. The yamaha virago introduced in 1981 was the company s first v twin cruiser. But that first virago cafe racer was all it took to set the wheels in motion.
Creative customs and virago cafe bring you custom cafe racer conversion motorcycles including fork swaps cnc fabrication sandblasting vapor honing powder coating rebuilt motors parts and service for all your cruiser motorcycle needs. Photography by jason lau. Now the lv crew is back with a virago 1100 cafe racer built for tiago silva a brazilian fitness coach who s been passionate about bikes since boyhood when his father bought him a 50cc dirt bike. The chain of circumstances started when eric bought a lightly modded but very classy honda cb450 cafe racer.
It was classified moto of richmond vir. Virago rocketgarage cafe racer magazine. Coming to us all the way from essendon a suburb in melbourne australia this custom xv750 virago cafe racer was built by michael capraro. This yamaha virago xv750 was eric meglasson s first attempt at building a custom motorcycle.
As great the hageman virago cafe racer was i now shy away from any bikes that turn up in my email using his instantly recognizable styling formula.