Yamaha Virago 900 Cafe Racer
The closest you can get to a cafe racer with this donor bike.
Yamaha virago 900 cafe racer. From mild mannered cruiser to hard edged café racer change is a beautiful thing. It s cruiser styling also did nothing for its reputation as when it was released it was. Yes it s custom seat again with various yamaha virago xv 250 550 650 900 and 1100. Based out of australia the custom bike has been fitted with tons of bespoke parts.
This yamaha xv750 virago has been transformed into a sleek cafe racer. The yamaha virago introduced in 1981 was the company s first v twin cruiser. His beloved royal enfield a ducati sport classic 1000 and this latest addition a freshly completed yamaha xv750 virago cafe racer. But mostly for bobber it s okay to not install the subframe because the seat is just directly connected.
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. But the best feature of this custom build is the fairing and kind of the original cafe racer simplicity of the form. A guy in hamilton in western victoria was selling the xv says michael. 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.
I like the contrasting paint job. Not surprisingly it starts off with harley davidson. The conversion done with the style changes in cafe racer and bobber the stock seat just get complete trimmed and resting a piece single solo seater before the rear fender or on the hardtail subframe. Today michael s garage is home to 3 impressive motorcycles.
Check out this top 10 yamaha virago cafe racers and see if you agree. Doc chops yamaha virago cafe racer. It was built for yamaha italy for the motorbike expo 2017. Yamaha virago cafe racers.
This was primarily due to the fact that the 250cc version was the most common in my state.