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:
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(http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab296/scratchmac/Virago/DSCI0012.jpg)
(http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab296/scratchmac/Virago/DSCI0014.jpg)
It looks like a great find! :woohoo:
- Porkchop
Very clean :thumb: Nice find :cheers:
EXcellent. i just hope carb jobs ( if ever needed) are easier on the newer ones, vs the older viagras :nono: i had one. i was cursing that thing. BUT when i got it finished. i LOVED it :icon_eek:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2010, 06:30:33 PM
EXcellent. i just hope carb jobs ( if ever needed) are easier on the newer ones, vs the older viagras :nono: i had one. i was cursing that thing. BUT when i got it finished. i LOVED it :icon_eek:
I helped a neighbor do the carbs on his 96 viagras and it wasn't pleasant but not unamagable.
Soooo purdy!!!!!!!! :woohoo:
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.
Quote from: The Buddha on May 14, 2010, 12:28:31 PM
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
Wow, looks great! Congrats! :)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 14, 2010, 09:49:30 PM
Quote from: The Buddha on May 14, 2010, 12:28:31 PM
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.