93 yamaha virago

[AK47KID]

Got this for free today. Doesn't run but most of it is there. It's a 535 twin http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160915/38b74245e7ec310bab36072a6838d1e6.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160915/fe4a3d8ad7810d48aefedf0c5a3ef4ee.jpg anyone know much about them?

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[DohcBikes]

Yep I know quite a bit about them. How many miles does it have? What's it missing? Get a title before you spend ANY other time or money on it. Good bike to learn on.

[AK47KID]

Yep I know quite a bit about them. How many miles does it have? What's it missing? Get a title before you spend ANY other time or money on it. Good bike to learn on.
I got it from a guy that it moving out of his house. He lives an hour away from me and the guy he got it from lives in my town. I git bill of sale but I don't think it'll work because after I left he wrote yamaha "yamiha" lol. If I remember the miles were like 25xxx. Its missing the left side operator foot peg, shifter, a few case bolts, the keys were lost both ignition and gas cap. The clutch is either stuck or the cable is just really stretched. I'm betting there is more but it should be all that I can do.

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[AK47KID]

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[tripledog]

I am pretty sure that is not a 1993 535 Virago, but rather an '82 or '83 XV 920 Virago. There may be a key number code on the back of the ignition switch to have a key made (around here, you need to show proof of ownership to have this done), or remove the switch entirely and bring it to a competent lock smith. I have used both methods successfully. Beware that the seat lock and gas cap lock may not still be keyed alike, but the ignition key is the most important key at this point. I would suggest trying to get the bike running while spending as little as possible. If the bike runs well and you like it, follow this link to talk you through the steps to legally obtain a title. http://benboyle.com/blog/?p=16
Run the vin # by the local police prior to trying obtain a title to make sure the bike is not stolen, because if it is, after the titling process begins the blame will be on you.
BTW, shouldn't this be posted in Bikersville? Not trying to bust your stones, but you may get more (or better) advice there than I have been able to offer you.
Great score, and good luck!

[tripledog]

Wow, just saw the pic of the ignition switch, and it is gorked. Skip my first suggestion, and see if you can source a switch somewhere.

[El Camexican]

I am pretty sure that is not a 1993 535 Virago, but rather an '82 or '83 XV 920 Virago.

Yep. The CC should be cast on a cylinder as well. This is what I'd want to do to it.

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[Mr. Clean]

http://www.its-titles.com/

I was able to get a title for my 79 sportster with a bill of sale thru this company.

[tripledog]

http://www.its-titles.com/

I was able to get a title for my 79 sportster with a bill of sale thru this company.

How long ago was that? As of late International Title Service, Broadway Titles, and Get A Title.com have been less than reputable, and the Vermont title method is hundreds of dollars cheaper.

[tripledog]

Yep. The CC should be cast on a cylinder as well. This is what I'd want to do to it.

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Sorry El. There is a limit of one exotic bike per customer, and you already have SEVERAL.

[Mr. Clean]

How long ago was that? As of late International Title Service, Broadway Titles, and Get A Title.com have been less than reputable, and the Vermont title method is hundreds of dollars cheaper.

It was a couple years ago, it was really easy and it cost me ~$100. Good to know and thanks for the knowledge sharing.

[tripledog]

It was a couple years ago, it was really easy and it cost me ~$100. Good to know and thanks for the knowledge sharing.

You did well! My friend used ITS and it cost him almost $500, and took about 6 months. I guess every situation is different.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Definitely an '82 or '83 and a 920, had one myself a few years back. Square headlight and dorky (no offense, like I said I had one) square "computer" gauge setup is a dead giveaway that it's much earlier than '93. They got rid of the computer gauge cluster and went back to conventional chrome round body speedo and tach and round headlight just a year or two later... good move too IMHO.

It's funny, if you weren't clear on the other side of the continent, I would swear that's my old bike... right down to the color, aftermarket pipes, and aftermarket seat cover. Mine was in much better shape when I sold it about 8-10 years ago.

[tripledog]

Ride Red, do you still have a registration, insurance card or anything with the VIN number on it from your 920? If so, you could check to see if, by some freak chance, this IS your old bike. Stranger things have happened. BTW, I was in a lot better shape 8-10 years ago, too.

[El Camexican]

It's funny, if you weren't clear on the other side of the continent, I would swear that's my old bike... right down to the color, aftermarket pipes, and aftermarket seat cover. Mine was in much better shape when I sold it about 8-10 years ago.

You forgot to mention that the handle bar tassels are missing as well ;)

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Triple-Dee: No, I don't believe I have any paperwork for that bike any more. Title went with the new owner and I don't keep old reggies.

After looking through the pics again I did find one difference, his has the OEM chrome front fender and mine had an aftermarket rounded front fender painted to match the rest of the bike. Of course, that could have been swapped sometime in the last ten years or so since I sold mine.

[AK47KID]

You forgot to mention that the handle bar tassels are missing as well ;)
Tassles???? Lol twut?

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[AK47KID]

Ya It's a 920. The biggest thing is to get the clutch working cuz the cable isn't even connected to the clutch. Anyone know a good forum I could get some help on this when I get it in the shop?

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[tripledog]

Your bike is a Virago (French for "push to start"). It is hard to find a good forum unless you do a google search, and who knows what might pop up if you search for Viagra 920. Spellun countz.

http://www.viragotechforum.com/index.php?sid=f59a0c5d018df72ed096cdfa7cf4980a

[AK47KID]

Your bike is a Virago (French for "push to start"). It is hard to find a good form unless you do a google search, and who knows what might pop up if you search for Viagra 920. Spellun countz.

http://www.viragotechforum.com/index.php?sid=f59a0c5d018df72ed096cdfa7cf4980a
Well one doesn't join a forum with out ones help

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[AK47KID]

But one does fack up a wet dream all by ones self ........don`t down load the Manuel ......jerk peoples time off instead ......watch me mommy ....watch me !!!!
*Blocked*

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[tripledog]

Well one doesn't join a forum with out ones help

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I hear you. I wouldn't be a member here if I hadn't first gotten a $20 enrollment discount coupon.

[Scootertrash]

I joined because of the free Cap Snaffler and Popiel Pocket Fisherman.

Once again AK47, your best resource is a proper manual. The bike was free 20-40 on a manual ain't squat.

[AK47KID]

I joined because of the free Cap Snaffler and Popiel Pocket Fisherman.

Once again AK47, your best resource is a proper manual. The bike was free 20-40 on a manual ain't squat.
True dat. I'll see if I can find a website for one some where and print it out.

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[tripledog]

[QUOTE=Scootertrash;1427121]I joined because of the free Cap Snaffler and Popiel Pocket Fisherman.

Love me some vintage Ronco!

[AK47KID]

I don't known what you guys say half the time....

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[Rob Canadian]

I hear you. I wouldn't be a member here if I hadn't first gotten a $20 enrollment discount coupon.

I did not receive this coupon(?) How does one go about getting this after signing up? Guessing mine would be in Canadian funds. :)

[AK47KID]

I did not receive this coupon(?) How does one go about getting this after signing up? Guessing mine would be in Canadian funds. :)
It's "US" only

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[tripledog]

I don't known what you guys say half the time....

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This guy was a master baiter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujW3qf9fyXk

[AK47KID]

This guy was a master baiter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujW3qf9fyXk
Exactly my point

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[El Camexican]

*Blocked*

Relax, grow a little fuzz on your bean bag and man up.

[AK47KID]

Relax, grow a little fuzz on your bean bag and man up.
Done, did.

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[El Camexican]

Done, did.

:pics: You know what they say...

[AK47KID]

:pics: You know what they say...
Well I'm pretty sure you don't wanna go to jail cuz of child porno so ya ..

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[Caminofeld]

Cool bike, but I do have some advice from personal experience…Before you get started with a resto or any repairs you need to figure out a few things:

1- Is this the bike I really want?

2- How much will it cost just to get it mechanically sound?

3-What do I want to do with it after I get it running? (race it, cafe it, exhaust, suspension, etc)

Crunch some numbers and be realistic about it. I dumped about $1500 into a free 1980 kz550 years ago and realized that, to get it where I want it, it would cost at least another 2k…and for that price I could get a good running KZ1000 (the bike I would prefer).

Just food for thought bro.

[tripledog]

Done, did.

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AKA "Bean there, done that.".

[Scootertrash]

I knew you had this one in the bag, dog. :naughty:;) :beer

[tripledog]

Don't get teste with me, Scooter.

[DohcBikes]

Here's a virago 500 that I wasn't done building yet. Just a little attention getter, very fun to ride.

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[El Camexican]

You know enough about the Internet to block someone, but not enough to put your thread in the right form? Maybe you should change your name to AK47"IDK".

[AK47KID]

You know enough about the Internet to block someone, but not enough to put your thread in the right form? Maybe you should change your name to AK47"IDK".
We all can't be awesome. And no I didn't block glamy

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[knappyfeet]

1- Is this the bike I really want?

2- How much will it cost just to get it mechanically sound?

3-What do I want to do with it after I get it running? (race it, cafe it, exhaust, suspension, etc)

Crunch some numbers and be realistic about it. I dumped about $1500 into a free 1980 kz550 years ago

The most expensive bike is a free bike.

Get a manual and read it and get it running and riding safe. The virago had an nice power delivery...somewhat similar to a lowe powered TL1000

Then after some miles on it (1000) figure how to improve it or make the changes you deem fit for your application.

Oh.....and if it works keep the gauge cluster. They represent a time in motorcycle history when a lot of the manufacturer's were utilizing high tech gadgetry of the time. Absolutely cool and totally 80s. If you don't want it let me know...as long as it works.

[El Camexican]

Oh.....and if it works keep the gauge cluster. They represent a time in motorcycle history when a lot of the manufacturer's were utilizing high tech gadgetry of the time. Absolutely cool and totally 80s. If you don't want it let me know...as long as it works.

Funny how peoples perspectives differ. I despised those fangled instrument pods that cost damn near as much as a whole bike was worth after s few years of use. I always figured anybody that needed a light to tell them if they were in neutral, or what gear they were in probably shouldn't have been on the motorcycle in the first place. Bargraph RPM's? LOL!!! I may still have a pod from a 1983 GS1100ES, if I run into it it's yours.

[Scootertrash]

Don't get teste with me, Scooter.

:naughty: :lol: :beer

[Scootertrash]

Did you guys know that some people are like a Slinky?











They're not really good for much, put they put a smile on your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

[knappyfeet]

Funny how peoples perspectives differ. I despised those fangled instrument pods that cost damn near as much as a whole bike was worth after s few years of use. I always figured anybody that needed a light to tell them if they were in neutral, or what gear they were in probably shouldn't have been on the motorcycle in the first place. Bargraph RPM's? LOL!!! I may still have a pod from a 1983 GS1100ES, if I run into it it's yours.

I'll take it.....the cluster.

I couldn't agree more......it's not that you need a "systems check" or gear indicator.......it's that it was a time (somewhat brief) in motorcycling history that the 80s high tech boom/fad found its way into motorcycling. I'm old enough to remember as a kid asking a friends older brother who just bought the new Seca 750 to turn on the ignition so we could watch the computer go through a "systems check"......felt like Tron. Heck the Virago in one form or another is still being made today but the digital thing was very short lived.

Here's a pic of my GL1200 at Baker CA.......taking a quick break on my way to Vegas. Talk about bar graphs and what not.....this thing was it all....trip computer, digital everything and totally distracting and complete overkill but 80s history at work. We'll with the exception of the trip computer as only half of the functions work. If anyone has one for sale and not at an ass raping price let me know.

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[tripledog]

I feel as if post #50 was directed toward me. I am a farce to be reckoned with.

[Scootertrash]

I let farts to be reckoned with.

I may try to push you over the edge, but I'd never try to push you down the stairs. ;) :beer

[tripledog]

Don't you mean rectum with?

[El Camexican]

I'll take it.....the cluster.

I couldn't agree more......it's not that you need a "systems check" or gear indicator.......it's that it was a time (somewhat brief) in motorcycling history that the 80s high tech boom/fad found its way into motorcycling. I'm old enough to remember as a kid asking a friends older brother who just bought the new Seca 750 to turn on the ignition so we could watch the computer go through a "systems check"......felt like Tron. Heck the Virago in one form or another is still being made today but the digital thing was very short lived.

Here's a pic of my GL1200 at Baker CA.......taking a quick break on my way to Vegas. Talk about bar graphs and what not.....this thing was it all....trip computer, digital everything and totally distracting and complete overkill but 80s history at work. We'll with the exception of the trip computer as only half of the functions work. If anyone has one for sale and not at an ass raping price let me know.

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Wow! I almost mentioned the 750 Seca in my post LOL! My friend had one and I wanted nothing more than to smash that cluster with a baseball bat as I was trying to figure out why it was intermittently dropping two cylinders.

[Scootertrash]

Don't you mean rectum with?

You are correct, Sir! I just didn't want to sound like an a-hole. Someone might start giving me sh!t, and I'm kinda wiped out!

I'm still trying to decide which one of us is on a roll.......

[El Camexican]

Scooter wins!

[tripledog]

You are correct, Sir! I just didn't want to sound like an a-hole. Someone might start giving me sh!t, and I'm kinda wiped out!

I'm still trying to decide which one of us is on a roll.......

You remind me of the Starship Enterprise, as you both circle around Uranus and look for Klingons. Now back to AK47's thread already in progress... Sorry for the derailment.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Gauge cluster definitely has a "Back to the Future-ish" vibe to it... 80's wanting everything to be computerized aside, I hated mine. LOL! Fugly and problematic....

[knappyfeet]

The most awsome cluster of its time.

85 Voyager

[tripledog]

Right back atcha...

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[AK47KID]

Cool bike, but I do have some advice from personal experience…Before you get started with a resto or any repairs you need to figure out a few things:

1- Is this the bike I really want?

2- How much will it cost just to get it mechanically sound?

3-What do I want to do with it after I get it running? (race it, cafe it, exhaust, suspension, etc)

Crunch some numbers and be realistic about it. I dumped about $1500 into a free 1980 kz550 years ago and realized that, to get it where I want it, it would cost at least another 2k…and for that price I could get a good running KZ1000 (the bike I would prefer).

Just food for thought bro.
Get it ridding and sell it. If it can make a reliable trip about 500 mile round trip I'd probably keep it.

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[AK47KID]

The most expensive bike is a free bike.

Get a manual and read it and get it running and riding safe. The virago had an nice power delivery...somewhat similar to a lowe powered TL1000

Then after some miles on it (1000) figure how to improve it or make the changes you deem fit for your application.

Oh.....and if it works keep the gauge cluster. They represent a time in motorcycle history when a lot of the manufacturer's were utilizing high tech gadgetry of the time. Absolutely cool and totally 80s. If you don't want it let me know...as long as it works.

I saw it and for some reason I thought of the movie "back to the future" cluster works as far as I can tell. All though all the warning light and stuff is lit up

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[El Camexican]

The most awsome cluster of its time.

85 Voyager

I don't know man, my brother-in-law had a late 80's Buick Regal that had a dash that looked like a sideways Christmas tree.

[AK47KID]

So the right side case cover has some kind a jb weld on it and the tank has a couple dents. I'm thinking this bike has been laid

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[knappyfeet]

I don't know man, my brother-in-law had a late 80's Buick Regal that had a dash that looked like a sideways Christmas tree.

Yea.....I should of said most awesome motorcycle cluster of all time.

There were so many automotive ones............mid 80s Corvette or 300X comes to mind right off the bat

[knappyfeet]

Right back atcha...]

Totally dig the vintage commercials.

After watching some I just need my jammy jams and a bowl of cerial with my G.I. Joe and I'm home.

[El Camexican]

Yea.....I should of said most awesome motorcycle cluster of all time.

There were so many automotive ones............mid 80s Corvette or 300X comes to mind right off the bat
I thought you meant the minivan:lol:

[El Camexican]

So the right side case cover has some kind a jb weld on it and the tank has a couple dents. I'm thinking this bike has been laid

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You'll be hard pressed to find any 30 year old bike that hasn't been down let alone a free one.

[DohcBikes]

Get it ridding and sell it. If it can make a reliable trip about 500 mile round trip I'd probably keep it.

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Get a title for it.

[bkm]

I never realized these bike make a cool looking Cafe Racer. They have a really cool looking engine. It kinda reminds me of 2 cylinder radial aircraft engine.

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[DohcBikes]

Tr1

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[AK47KID]

Get a title for it.
That hopefully gunna happen. I ain't gunna get it out of my truck till I do get a title

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[briano]

What does "ridding" mean? You're ridding it of rust? Or are you riding?

[AK47KID]

What does "ridding" mean? You're ridding it of rust? Or are you riding?
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what I meant

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[Jd110]

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what I meant

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Relax kid. A little razzing is good for the skin.

[AK47KID]

Relax kid. A little razzing is good for the skin.
Thought sun was good for the skin...and oil from a big red

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[Jd110]

Thought sun was good for the skin...and oil from a big red

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Lol. You got that right. Does the same thing.

[tripledog]

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what I meant

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NASA you to clear that up.

[AK47KID]

NASA you to clear that up.
Think I just got b!tch slapped. It took me a minute to figure out what you meant

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[barnett468]

I ain't gunna get it out of my truck till I do get a title

If you can't get one where you are you can print out this.

http://dmv.vermont.gov/sites/dmv/files/pdf/DMV-VD119-Vehicle_Reg_Tax_Title_App.pdf

and this

http://dmv.vermont.gov/sites/dmv/files/pdf/DMV-VT015a-Title_Information.pdf

then watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgK4pbaA1g

and if you have any questions call this

808-828-2000 or 808-828-2085


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