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[scratch]

I went to the shop to buy oil and a filter to do the 52,000 mile tune and service on the GS, when I saw this on consignment for $2300; it's a '96 Yamaha Virago 750 with 31k miles on it:

[Porkchop]

It looks like a great find!

- Porkchop

[scottpA_GS]

Very clean  Nice find 

[yamahonkawazuki]

EXcellent. i just hope carb jobs ( if ever needed) are easier on the newer ones, vs the older viagras  i had one. i was cursing that thing. BUT when i got it finished. i LOVED it

[natedawg120]

EXcellent. i just hope carb jobs ( if ever needed) are easier on the newer ones, vs the older viagras  i had one. i was cursing that thing. BUT when i got it finished. i LOVED it

I helped a neighbor do the carbs on his 96 viagras and it wasn't pleasant but not unamagable.

[pandy]

Soooo purdy!!!!!!!! 

[The Buddha]

750 is easier than 1100 to yank the carbs out. My record for out on my 1100 was 9 mins with 9 pics taken along the way.
I have done it back in in 15 mins, but I ahve some mods to make it easier. 750 can be even easier I think. However the 1100 has a 10mm dia bolt on the bottom allowing you to pull and clean the thing quite well. 750 does not.
Valve adjustments are a nightmare too. Again 750 may be better than 1100.
Cool.
Buddha.

[yamahonkawazuki]

750 is easier than 1100 to yank the carbs out. My record for out on my 1100 was 9 mins with 9 pics taken along the way.
I have done it back in in 15 mins, but I ahve some mods to make it easier. 750 can be even easier I think. However the 1100 has a 10mm dia bolt on the bottom allowing you to pull and clean the thing quite well. 750 does not.
Valve adjustments are a nightmare too. Again 750 may be better than 1100.
Cool.
Buddha.

Buddha, IIRC i had a 750 or 700. wasnt HARD perse to get the carbs OUT. my gripe was i dropped an effin screw INTo the intake of hte engine. had to use hemostats, and a magnet tool to fish the damned thing out, was either do that OR pull the head

[beRto]

Wow, looks great! Congrats!

[The Buddha]

750 is easier than 1100 to yank the carbs out. My record for out on my 1100 was 9 mins with 9 pics taken along the way.
I have done it back in in 15 mins, but I ahve some mods to make it easier. 750 can be even easier I think. However the 1100 has a 10mm dia bolt on the bottom allowing you to pull and clean the thing quite well. 750 does not.
Valve adjustments are a nightmare too. Again 750 may be better than 1100.
Cool.
Buddha.

Buddha, IIRC i had a 750 or 700. wasnt HARD perse to get the carbs OUT. my gripe was i dropped an effin screw INTo the intake of hte engine. had to use hemostats, and a magnet tool to fish the damned thing out, was either do that OR pull the head

Oh yes come close to that many many times, the manifold screws are in a very very awkward spot and very hard to grip.
Cool.
Buddha.