Virago Cafe Racer Project

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Virago cafe racer project. Unfortunately in 1984 2 years after the introduction yamaha switched back to dual shock rear suspension. Welcome to reddit the front page of the internet. Published on jul 7 2019 in this video i finish the disassembly of the 1981 yamaha virago xv750 cafe racer project. Not surprisingly it starts off with harley davidson.

The cruiser yamaha virago is built from the early 80 s to mid 90 s. I remove the subframe rear shock wheels forks swingarm. At the virago cafe we specialize in the cool inverted fork conversions you see on cafe racers everywhere. Virago cafe racer project part 1.

Just the right ratio of black to bling has been applied to doc s virago. From mild mannered cruiser to hard edged café racer change is a beautiful thing. See more ideas about cafe racer racer motorcycle. And join one of thousands of communities.

This was the first v twin of yamaha and the virago was one of the first production bikes with a mono shock rear suspension. 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. This virago was a project developed for season two of cafe racer tv which is currently airing in the states. As victor suspected the frame became the most challenging aspect of the project.

My 1981 yamaha xv750 virago cafe racer is finally finished so here s the full build video from start to finish hope you enjoy it and stay tuned f. 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. The yamaha virago was a significant milestone in the japanese cruiser family tree but before we get there here s a quick cruiser history lesson. The goal was to create a retro modern virago cafe racer coined the xvr1100.

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