Xv750 Cafe Racer Build

Again thanks to matt at krank engineering the bike wears custom side covers.

Xv750 cafe racer build. I am going to log the progress of my xv750 café build so every one knows how to do it. Having quite a collection of custom bikes in his stable. Pretty nice a shame to chop it up. This project is a modern review of a classic motorcycle.

It sports r1 forks with billet yokes a motolanna seat unit and. This yamaha virago xv750 was eric meglasson s first attempt at building a custom motorcycle. The first job is to stock the fridge. Virago xv750 by down and out cafe racers down and out cafe racers builds some of the sweetest custom builds to come out of the uk.

Have you seen those steel benelli mojave tanks from india on ebay. I use a bike lift to make things a bit easier on my back. The chain of circumstances started when eric bought a lightly modded but very classy honda cb450 cafe racer. This is the mc02 a yamaha xv750 cafe racer built by italian workshop ksc daygo.

Want to build an xv750 café racer but it all looks to hard. How to build an xv750 cafe racer. 750cc the gen 1 monoshock xv750 is considered to be a classic platform for a café build after greg hageman brought this to everyone s attention with his amazing xv build back in 2013 this bike has undergone a full nut bolt restoration and has taken over 12 months to complete. The original xv750 rims are a smart looking mix of black and polished details and michael s wrapped them in shinko s tour master rubber.

This virago is no exception. Shaped by hand the alloy covers have been left raw to show off their built not bought origins. Coming to us all the way from essendon a suburb in melbourne australia this custom xv750 virago cafe racer was built by michael capraro. Next set you bike up.

This is how my bike looked when i got it. 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. By the time he d finished the bike the oregon based architect was running a small custom motorcycle company his own.