1982 virago..a bobber build

[EuroNut]

well my car has been on hold for a while now, and worrying that i might not have a vehicle to enjoy this summer I started building a motorcycle to have some fun with.

I bought a 1982 yamaha virago in the fall of 2012 with a plan..
this is what it looked like on day one...





Real ugly right?
well I was very aware of this...so a few short days later I purchased a gsxr complete front end...

here is the mock up of that a week later..



Much better! to get it to fit properly I had to have the stem modified by a local machine shop. At christmas my wonderfull girlfriend decided that i needed a new seat to help complete the look I was going for so she bought me this one..



I have since fabbed up some brackets for the seat/ tank, and completed a battery tray etc...and just this past week I received my stem back from the machine shop...

you can see some of my progress here..



I'll update everyone once i have some more pictures, but this is an early photoshop i completed of my goals...

[Randomofodication]

This is looking awesome. Really want to get a bike and do something similar. We need more bikes on this site

[aLaFleur]

I like you.

A lot.

Shame you're Canadian.

[Nick475]

Nice dude! I almost bought one of these last month to bob

[Belvader]

i've always loved bobbers and the general 'rat rod' style but i've never seen a build on one before so i'm really looking forward to this

[Miroteknik]

very nice! beardlife is legit...

but don't put it on the tank.

[EuroNut]

This is looking awesome. Really want to get a bike and do something similar. We need more bikes on this site

Agreed

I like you.

A lot.

Shame you're Canadian.

Nice dude! I almost bought one of these last month to bob

i've always loved bobbers and the general 'rat rod' style but i've never seen a build on one before so i'm really looking forward to this

Thanks dudes!

Went out to the shop again tonight...worked on my headlight brackets/ exhaust/ and shortening my kickstand.. here are some more recent pictures of the bike and some of the parts I've had to fabricate for it...

painted the tank silver with a gold base coat



upper headlight bracket I made, with left & right adjustability



battery tray and brake switch/starter coil mount



seat bracket



stock air box replacement



Now I just need to wire the suzuki controls, and make a mounting bracket for my fuse box before it can run again...

[EuroNut]

very nice! beardlife is legit...

but don't put it on the tank.

My old bike had a beard life sticker on the tank to show support for a buddy that helps run it..for now the yamaha badge will be staying in it's place

[sqznby]

Dude, THAT looks awesome. Nice photoshop

End goal =






In for this one, subd

[89325iturbo]

^^^ that's already a built bike, I think he just changed the tank color. People are starting to do a lot of viragos over the last few years. Classified moto has some nice ones.
OP great start to the build looks good.

[PunkboySL2]

That's looking real sick, I would want to do something similar if I built one.

[EuroNut]

Dude, THAT looks awesome. Nice photoshop

End goal =

In for this one, subd

^^^ that's already a built bike, I think he just changed the tank color. People are starting to do a lot of viragos over the last few years. Classified moto has some nice ones.
OP great start to the build looks good.

thanks guys..here is the op that i used..a few key differences

[HooWybrow]

DU HELLO





Hurry up and get different tires.

[244Brick]

This looks sick.. ahh i want one!

[DinanDave]

nice man this makes me miss my metric bobber