Funderb's 92 Virago.

[Funderb]

Thanks! I've done more tinkering, I didn't like how the tail piece/brake light enclosure came out, so its been cut off in favor of a lower profile design. I'm rethinking it entirely, so it'll be a paper mockup soon. The tail itself has actually been lowered at the seat another inch, and made about an inch longer overall. I may be able to fit a passenger.... haha the seat size will hopefully reduce the size of the lady who rides along with me.

That last picture I just see ENGINE.  Sure there are some wheels, tank, etc,...but nah ENGINE.  Fook yea 

Thats why I love the bike! Its got a look like few other bikes.

Did you play with the fork angle or is it the same and just an optical illusion it looks more upright? Kept the tank to sell later? Eager to see this finished.

The rake is untouched, I just lowered the front end 2 inches, which honestly changed the look of the bike totally. (so did cutting off the tail. ha!)

The one annoying thing I've found is that the forks turn about 2-3 degrees farther to the left than right, probably because of the lock and for more sidestand stability, unfortunately, this also means the tank had to be pushed back 1/4" farther than before. hmph. I guess its not too bad.
More updates soon! I have replenished my spool of welding wire!

[Funderb]

Progress marches on, despite all the bullshit trying to pull me back. 


I've done, hopefully, all the welding I'm going to do. Which is nice.

My next steps are:

Build seat
Re-clean fuel tank
air filter
Fuel delivery system
tune-up
front wheel bearings replacement
Tidy up electrical stuff


This is how she's looking after I slapped some paint on and put the old girl and stuck the parts on temporarily.











Hope this looks good to you guys too. I like how its turning out.

[five hundo]

^^^ Looks cool.  Nice work. 

[cbrfxr67]

can we add,...remove giant rear turn signals,...find sexy smaller ones?

[bombsquad83]

This thing is awesome.  I really love the shape that you have give it.  It's going to be a blast to ride.  The only thing I don't like is the Honda on the tank.  I think it's a bit tacky to have Honda on the tank and yamaha on the engine covers, but then again that's just my anal retentive side talking.   I can't wait to see how it looks with a seat.

[Funderb]

IM BACK!

And I'm done. The project is finished, and it was a blast.

Here's the 98% finished product.










In my true ADD nature, i've gone and bought a bandit 1200s, she's the new project.
And on this note, Sadly, I must say that Ol' Shitty is gone, I've sold the little GS500 that could. She will be dearly missed.
I'll be sure to put up some pics of the Bandit soon.

The virago is up for sale too, if anyone is in the area and wants to buy it. $1200 to my GStwins friends, and $1600 to all the other riff raff around.

PS- Sorry bombsquad, had to keep the HONDA on there.

[bombsquad83]

PS- Sorry bombsquad, had to keep the HONDA on there.

Lol, it will just add to the intrigue of, "what the heck is that bike?".   I think you did a great job and it's a great concept for a custom build.  I would love to see a video of someone riding it.  I want to see what the body position would look like.

[cbrfxr67]

what bomb said : "I would love to see a video of someone riding it.  I want to see what the body position would look like."

[steezin_and_wheezin]

whoa! I completely missed this build as well. Rad as hell mang!! Complete transformed and you did a damn fine job at it. Really liking the new look. 2 complaints; the gap under the seat, maybe fill it with a silver or black panel? aaand what happened to the wizard??

I would kill to have the wiz's old tank/covers to fit on my rx50. 2 stroke, 10k revving, 50cc, 5speed, cruiser looking w/ wizard paint. would be too good!

[Funderb]

streezin- still have the wiz fuel tank, its starting to rust a little bit, and the petcock was trashed, if no one wants it, let me know when ya visit florida again! haha

bomb and fxr, thanks, I'll see if I can get someone to poot around on it in the street and take some pics or a video. Its a pretty upright position, knees are pretty close to 90deg, and the tiniest bit of forward lean. My pop rode BMWs back in his day, and he voted for that setup rather than where the pegs used to be, which was right next to those chrome swingarm caps.
The ended up that way partially because i really wanted to have a functional rear brake. and that wasnt going to happen any other way.

[BeerIsSoAwesome]

You should give him the Wizard tank. it either belongs on a bike or it belongs on the wall. It would be a shame to let a great work of art rust away.

[yamahonkawazuki]

gotta love viagras. cept removing or installing the carbs. fishing bolts out of combustion chambers is fun lol

[cbrfxr67]

You should give him the Wizard tank. it either belongs on a bike or it belongs on the wall. It would be a shame to let a great work of art rust away.

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