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A100man
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PostPosted: 09:17 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Massive fails.. Reply with quote
Turn a cruiser into a cafe racer?

https://assets.carandclassic.com/uploads/cars/yamaha/C1853800/yamaha-xv-1100-virago-67dd7f0ebcf83.jpg?fit=fillmax&h=1200&ixlib=php-4.1.0&q=85&w=1200&s=90b8ca387ce63161e804934503985f4b

I think not. Sick
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PostPosted: 11:45 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Definitely not the worst I've seen, and more importantly a massive MASSIVE improvement on the original bike.

No disrespect here. Not by a mile.
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PostPosted: 11:58 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did your build inspire Yamaha?

https://ridermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Yamaha-SCR950-beauty.jpg

TBF the SCR* does have slightly different geometry to the Bolt.

*SCR is short for "Scrambler" apparently.
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WD Forte
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
I dunno, looks reasonable to me apart from the red disc on the side
which is a bit garish and that bike looks way too tubby to be any kind of scrambler
I don't like how the seat appears to lean back a bit though
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not a cafe racer, a flat tracker. Looks too heavy to be competitive, though. Air filter looks way too inadequate if that engine is pulling any kind of load, and it's in an awkward location, in my opinion.
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 15:14 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
jeffyjeff wrote:
Not a cafe racer, a flat tracker. Looks too heavy to be competitive, though. Air filter looks way too inadequate if that engine is pulling any kind of load, and it's in an awkward location, in my opinion.
That's a breather vent I reckon.
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A100man
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PostPosted: 20:09 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
Definitely not the worst I've seen, and more importantly a massive MASSIVE improvement on the original bike.
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Well that's probably fair - all yours for 3k..

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1853800
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PostPosted: 21:36 - 26 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
[quote="That's a breather vent I reckon."

If that is indeed a Yamaha Virago, that is where the OE air filter connects to a plenum that feeds both carburetors.
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PostPosted: 09:08 - 27 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Definitely not something I'd want to own but, as others have said, it no longer looks like a giant wheeled Christmas tree, so I would argue that the job's been at least partially successful.
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PostPosted: 09:40 - 27 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
It needs the rear end jacking up by a fair bit, I’d say 7-10cm.
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PostPosted: 17:38 - 27 Mar 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
It needs the rear end jacking up by a fair bit, I’d say 7-10cm.


Not always as simple as a shock change when it comes to shaft drive. infact id say if you wanted 100mm of lift you'd be better off just making a taller subframe. Wouldnt get the nose tipped up more like a suspension lift mind.
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