Cafe Racer Virago

A low and lean large capacity motorcycle that the japanese marque could produce as an anniversary edition of the virago if they ever felt so inclined.

Cafe racer virago. Yamaha virago cafe racers the yamaha virago introduced in 1981 was the company s first v twin cruiser. This virago was a project developed for season two of cafe racer tv which is currently airing in the states. Yamaha virago cafe racer conversion kit caferacerweb com lessons learned peter s yamaha xv1100 return of the cafe racers spellbound the voodoo virago cafe racer return of racers who s your daddy the moto adonis elegant yamaha xv cafe iron man virago 1100 cafe racer by lv custom bikebound. As victor suspected the frame became the most challenging aspect of the project.

This virago cafe racer serves as an example for many many xv builds. Whats people lookup in this blog. 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. Grade a from plan b tr1 by plan b 2 2.

Stanley tang of aliso viejo california shows us his beautiful custom cafe racer that he built in his garage from a 1982 yamaha virago xv750. We utilize the complete front end from super bikes like r1 gsxr cbr and ninjas so that your bike now has the suspension and braking from a bike designed to do nearly 200mph. In fact this virago cafe racer top 10 only contains four bikes with that exact same gas tank. 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.

Built by greg hageman from docs chops the 80 s virago underwent a full ground up facelift to achieve it s now jaw dropping good looks. It s a definite stand out feature of this virago cafe racer. For ludo and the lv team the client s personality is a critical factor in the build. The goal was to create a retro modern virago cafe racer coined the xvr1100.

Michael s had the engine tuned to suit the 2 into 2 system by benzia garage in melbourne who also upgraded the brake and clutch cables and mounted the stealthy low slung mirrors. Coming to us all the way from essendon a suburb in melbourne australia this custom xv750 virago cafe racer was built by michael capraro. Having quite a collection of custom bikes in his stable.