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I hope this is the right section for this, if not please place in its respective place mods.
An acqaintance of mine is selling a 1985 Yamaha Virago 700 with 13K on the clock, since I am a Kawasaki man from wayyyy back I don't know much about Yamaha's.....anyone ever owned one of the these that can speak of them.
Also if you think $1,200. is a fair price. it's in very good condition too.
Thanks
Well, it goes in the classifieds, but Da Rules state "Only advertise your own items" so expect a mod to delete this thread pretty soon. ::Clown::
Bah, let it ride! ::Bust1::Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Actually, as I re-read it, I am a little confused... are you telling us it is for sale, or are you asking us if you should buy it? If you are asking if you should buy it, I guess you are legal and in the rite section.
Yeah... I'll ignore a cheap motorcycle
So just to clear it up for anyone curious - they should contact you Billy?
RJ
lol, I am thinking of buying it and was wondering if anyone had an experience with these bikes and is this a good deal?
(sorry as I re-read the post I can see how I left out the part that I am the one interested in buying it)
Thanks Mods.
It may be hard with a bike being that old. I don't know how many updates there have been with it over the years, but I can imagine laying the bike down and having to look on ebay for "'85 virago pipes... gas tank... handle bars..." and getting 0 results.
The one thing on bikes is you replace things very often if you ride them consistently.
$1,200 seems fair for it, if you don't have to do any repairs/replacing off the bat. But you can try to work him down a hundred or two since winter is coming up and your ride time this year is counting down. Bikes are always cheaper to buy in october/november.
Personally though, I think viragos are butt-ugly. Theres only one kinda sport-cruiser I'm interested. I'm waiting until I can find a cheap enough yamaha v-max! 1300ccs and they'll run you around $2000-$2500 if you look enough.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/comtek/vmax/flyerfront.jpg
And die over the concept bike!
http://www.diseno-art.com/images/con...maha_V-max.jpg
It can be hard (impossible) to find parts for old bikes, especially carb items (needles, gaskets, etc). It depends if that motor (or one like it) is still being made today.
The Virago in 1985 was a good looking bike. It had style! It did not look like the ugly POS pictured above. I would check with Yamaha dealer about parts before you buy. 20 year old bike. Simple things like air filters or elements. Maybe some plastic trim parts or hoses could be hard to come by.
The Virago didn't change much over the years -- so parts might not be THAT hard to come by. Especially if they sold enough of them. Style is a personal thing; it's definitely a cruiser, but at that point the Japanese were still trying to balance imitation with originality.
Mechanically, air-cooled equals simplicity and shaft drive equals low maintenance. That's obviously low miles for the vintage, but >10k miles usually works against the seller.
Is he the original owner? If not, how long has he had it? With anything this old it's less about the model than the specimen: records, maintenance, etc. If that all checks out, it sounds like a good deal to me. Even if you find you don't like it, you won't lose any money on it.