That's cool. I'd love to see more pics of your ride but despite looking high and low I came up empty. I posted a picture of both my current bikes, and the Virago alone. I got the Virago from a motorcycle mechanic who drove it from Chicago to San Francisco as he was moving back to the West Coast. Al...

I hear you on the title stuff. Already making worst case plans for a bonded title. I just want to make sure the engine is not grenaded before jumping through those hoops. Makes sense. I'm glad you've given it some thought and have some contingency plans. It's the worst when you spend all this time ...

Lemme bring up an unrelated, but possible issue: make sure you will be able to register this bike once you're done fixing it. Depending on the state it can be a real PITA to prove to the DMV that you didn't steal the thing. I never had to deal with this myself, but I heard horror stories from friend...

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Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:55 pm

The English poet, John Keats wrote, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever", he could have been writing about a Virago

Where is the "like" button?

I hear you. I have tried a scooter years ago as a teenager and I didn't like it, either. It felt like I'm sitting on a stool, trying to ride. Not my cup of tea.

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I've done exactly that: I added a short lead (maybe 8"?) from a positive terminal to a fuse that sits right next to the battery, but is accessible from the right side, and then a 300C-rated cable from there to the front of the bike. Then it goes into an SAE connector where I can plug in a trickle ch...

Temps under a car hood are pretty darn high. We won't be seeing Li-ion in there anytime soon, unless they switch to 48V, then you can put a battery in the trunk and run a longer cable. With a higher voltage that won't be a problem. We will see where that goes. They've been talking about going 48V fo...