1982 Yamaha XV920J Virago from United States of America - Comments

21st Sep 2006, 12:57

"This will always be my favorite bike"

What things have gone wrong with the motorcycle?

I have the starter sounds too, like everyone else. I had to put a new seat and needle in the carbs. when I first acquired the bike. (It was previously my brother's and then sat in a shed for 3 years.)

General comments?

I have the European style of the bike. I found this out when trying to get a tach and speedometer for it. The Canadian/Euro model has a round headlight and a tach and speedometer instead of the digital "fish-finder" type gauges. I prefer both the round headlight and the more common style of guages.

I recently replaced the huge headlight that was on it (the size of the bat signal) with a smaller one. I also purchased the only exhaust system I could find in Dennis Kirk, Jardine slip-on mufflers, and took out the baffles. This eliminated the 2 trumpet style mufflers and put more sleek pipes on one side.

I repainted all myself and have put countless hours in to making it an awesome machine. It's a comfortable ride, but I'm thinking of finding a way to put a smaller seat on it, more of a gunfighter or solo seat.

It's very quick, and I can take all my Harley buds off the start and in the quarter mile, and even after that they can't pull away from me.


21st Jun 2007, 13:31

I myself have been planning to replace the exhaust system on my bike, but was unsure as to what will fit perfectly without much modifications. Do you have an actual part number that I could use as reference when doing my research? Thanks for any info given. Aloha!

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