Basically, my question is why is a Virago hard to start from cold on a cold wintery sort of a day? I go out and try to start her up. I use full choke. Sometimes she will just flood as I can smell the petrol and so I'll leave her be for around 20 minutes, then try again. Most often she will fire up (...

Hey Tommy (waves from Western Australia) I'm also on my first bike. It's an 88 XV400 but very like your bike. I also had a backfiring issue that would normally manifest after around 30 minutes of riding, then she would backfire and even die when I came to a stop. My issue then was her old carbs were...

Hi Eric (waves madly) Welcome to an awesome forum. More info needed though. Are your rear indicators not working at all?

I have 1988 XV400 and mine does not "ghost" shift.

A friend of mine in Australia who rides a late model 250cc V-Star is wondering if a windshield would help reduce wind-buffeting. She also has coms in her helmet and they are effected by wind-noise. Would fitting a windshield help? and what are the pros and cons of having a windshield on a cruiser?

This place....
https://www.superbrightleds.com/
..... sells the Metric Bike Diode Kit. it's a pretty easy fit and will make LED indicators function properly on a Virago. It's about $3.00 bucks plus postage.

Thanks to Joe for allowing this post

Hey you guys. I got permission to add this post. I found a great site where they seem to sell everything for a good LED conversion on a Virago.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/
These guys also sell the Bike Diode Kit thingy that makes your indicators work properly. Less than $3.00 bucks.

A new turn signal relay fixed my problem of very slow flash rate for my indicators. They now flash at an appropriate speed. Found out the old relay was more for a car than a bike. My new relay was this one from eBay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/134Y4-YAMAHA-XV250-XV535-XV700-XV750-XV920-XV1000-XV110...

Seems the XV400 and XV535 are wired up a bit differently from the XV700 (as seen in Joe's vid). The turn-signal relay is a simple thing, easy to get to (under the right pod), and only has the two connections. I experimented with some LED lights on my bike and these were the results (the standard rel...

I would not know that that bike was once a Virago