Can you plug a hole in a virago tire?
Check your air often. If you are losing air slowly, check the tire for nails. Sometimes nails can plug the hole they make quite effectively, causing only a slow leak. Virago tires are tubeless tires and can be easily plugged if the hole is not too big or the tire somehow torn. The “stop and go” plug gun is my weapon of choice.
Where can I find specifications for a virago?
The following specifications were assembled as a courtesy to our fellow Virago riders. If you have others to offer, please email us or post in the forums. Thanks!
Can a Yamaha Virago wheel be bent in an accident?
See wheel sizes below. Virago wheels are not particularly “tender”, but they can be bent in accidents or by really hard hits in potholes or objects in the roadway. Yamaha will say “replace a bent wheel”. But some reputable shops can assess these wheels and sometimes straighten them.
Can a Yamaha Virago go one oversize?
Going one oversize on the rear maybe possible, but particularly on the ’81-’83 frame style, the clearance between the left side (drive shaft) swing arm and the tire is very tight to start with, and I have seen oversize tires (140’s) rub that swing arm.
The following specifications were assembled as a courtesy to our fellow Virago riders. If you have others to offer, please email us or post in the forums. Thanks!
Where does the Allen bolt go on a virago Fork?
Complete disassembly of the fork is pretty straightforward stuff, but there is one roadblock that often presents itself. The lower leg is held on by an Allen bolt which goes up through the bottom of the lower leg and screws into the bottom of the damper tube.
How big are the forks on a Yamaha Virago?
(Sometime in the late eighties or early nineties Yamaha dropped the air feature from Virago forks, and air forks are a thing of the past today.) Fork tubes on these bikes measure 36mm. These were considered a little spindly for hard riding and some riders added fork braces to cut down on the flexing under hard cornering.
Are there any problems with the Virago suspension system?
But for those of you who have a deeper interest in Virago suspension systems, or have a problem such as leaking fork seals, you may want to read on–at least until you find the point you are looking for, or fall asleep, whichever comes first.
What kind of tires does a Yamaha Virago have?
Be careful about the use of disk/wheel locks. Start off with one of these in place and you may find yourself popping for a new speedo cable drive unit. The early (’81-’83) 750 and 920 Viragos have: 130/90-16 rear tires. ’84 on up 700’s ,750’s, 1000’s and 1100’s have: 19 inch front wheels and 15 inch rear wheels, and 140/90-15 rear tires.
Check your air often. If you are losing air slowly, check the tire for nails. Sometimes nails can plug the hole they make quite effectively, causing only a slow leak. Virago tires are tubeless tires and can be easily plugged if the hole is not too big or the tire somehow torn. The “stop and go” plug gun is my weapon of choice.
Be careful about the use of disk/wheel locks. Start off with one of these in place and you may find yourself popping for a new speedo cable drive unit. The early (’81-’83) 750 and 920 Viragos have: 130/90-16 rear tires. ’84 on up 700’s ,750’s, 1000’s and 1100’s have: 19 inch front wheels and 15 inch rear wheels, and 140/90-15 rear tires.
Going one oversize on the rear maybe possible, but particularly on the ’81-’83 frame style, the clearance between the left side (drive shaft) swing arm and the tire is very tight to start with, and I have seen oversize tires (140’s) rub that swing arm.
How tall are the wheels on a virago?
19 inch front wheels and 15 inch rear wheels, and 140/90-15 rear tires. What do these numbers mean? For a 100/90-19 tire we can read: 19inch wheel, 100mm wide, and 90% of the width in height, or roughly 90mm tall (from the rim to the highest part of the tread).