New to me ( old as ) bike

bentgixxer · 10-09-2017, 01:42 PM

Haven’t been around in forever, life gets in the way sometimes.

I was given this old Yamaha by my uncle. Needs some work, but I plan on trying to teach myself to do it. ( fork seals, carb sync )

1982 Yamaha Virago 750

Ugly as sin and old, but hope to be back on two wheels soon.

bumblebee · 10-09-2017, 02:02 PM

Welcome back!
Virago 750 is a good solid bike. Make it a café or something!
Flat bars, rework the subframe, get rid of the king/queen seat. Oh yeah

bumblebee · 10-09-2017, 02:03 PM

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.N...90&o=4&pid=1.7

Like this!!

bumblebee · 10-09-2017, 02:05 PM

https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.N...AEsDh&pid=15.1

bumblebee · 10-09-2017, 02:06 PM

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.L...wEsDH&pid=15.1

bentgixxer · 10-09-2017, 02:42 PM

I plan to eventually make a cafe racer. Got to get it up to daily driver status before I start tearing it apart.

bumblebee · 10-09-2017, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentgixxer

I plan to eventually make a cafe racer. Got to get it up to daily driver status before I start tearing it apart.

I hear ya. I just got all excited and started posting up ideas!
I like the café/streetracker look

bentgixxer · 10-09-2017, 03:23 PM

The wife is 5 days past due on our baby, so we are inducing Wednesday. Hopefully with some time off I’ll get to work on it.......

I hope.......

MaxGs · 10-09-2017, 03:23 PM

Congratulations! Get all the sleep you can right now

MotoTom · 10-09-2017, 04:49 PM

F,.,.,., sleep, hit it before you can't!

cbrfxr67 · 10-11-2017, 08:29 AM

sweet,..cant wait to see what you do with it

Anonymouse · 10-11-2017, 08:31 AM

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loosenoose · 11:24 AM

the virago 750 is a cool bike. i had one for a while. my 2 cents is this DO NOT WASTE TIME/MONEY ON A SINGLE CARB SETUP. it looks cool, but chasing down vacuum leaks and cleaning the stock dual setup will be much less of a headache.

this was how mine looked after several months of around with it. never could get anything decent mpg-wise out of it. i could empty the tank from montgomery to conroe lol

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10-09-2017, 02:02 PM	#2
bumblebee Yeah I'm flippin' YOU off Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (3) Posts: 13,996 Bike(s): '74 Suzuki GT380 '82 XS650 StreetTracker '17 Triumph Thruxton R '83 Yamaha Seca 900	Welcome back! Virago 750 is a good solid bike. Make it a café or something! Flat bars, rework the subframe, get rid of the king/queen seat. Oh yeah
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10-09-2017, 02:03 PM	#3
bumblebee Yeah I'm flippin' YOU off Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (3) Posts: 13,996 Bike(s): '74 Suzuki GT380 '82 XS650 StreetTracker '17 Triumph Thruxton R '83 Yamaha Seca 900	https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.N...90&o=4&pid=1.7 Like this!!
	__________________ Asphalt is for racing... dirt is for growing potatoes. - J. Diester When seconds count... the police are only minutes away. Grow up and be a productive member of society already. Bevo- "I lack skillz"

10-09-2017, 02:05 PM	#4
bumblebee Yeah I'm flippin' YOU off Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (3) Posts: 13,996 Bike(s): '74 Suzuki GT380 '82 XS650 StreetTracker '17 Triumph Thruxton R '83 Yamaha Seca 900	https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.N...AEsDh&pid=15.1
	__________________ Asphalt is for racing... dirt is for growing potatoes. - J. Diester When seconds count... the police are only minutes away. Grow up and be a productive member of society already. Bevo- "I lack skillz"

10-09-2017, 02:06 PM	#5
bumblebee Yeah I'm flippin' YOU off Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (3) Posts: 13,996 Bike(s): '74 Suzuki GT380 '82 XS650 StreetTracker '17 Triumph Thruxton R '83 Yamaha Seca 900	https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.L...wEsDH&pid=15.1
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MaxGs Veritas Aequitas Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NW houston Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 1,463 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 10+ Bike(s): BMW GS Adventure	Congratulations! Get all the sleep you can right now
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10-11-2017, 08:29 AM	#11
cbrfxr67 needs more projects Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Houston Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 223 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): grom clone -daily Night Train project gs500(r) :P Voyager	sweet,..cant wait to see what you do with it

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10-24-2017, 11:21 AM	#13
loosenoose veteran novice Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: montgomery Feedback Rating: (2) Posts: 4,679 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): a lot of sv's and a little 'bout love	the virago 750 is a cool bike. i had one for a while. my 2 cents is this DO NOT WASTE TIME/MONEY ON A SINGLE CARB SETUP. it looks cool, but chasing down vacuum leaks and cleaning the stock dual setup will be much less of a headache. this was how mine looked after several months of around with it. never could get anything decent mpg-wise out of it. i could empty the tank from montgomery to conroe lol Attached Thumbnails
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