They where both on the road last year. They have low miles [both have under 15K],both get new batteries last year, clear titles, they both have been garaged....
Here is a pic of one of them I will be sending out other pictures this weekend ... From: Spider Man <spider42_2001@...> Subject: [Virago Owners Club...
Hey Folks, I was looking through the photo section this morning, and found pictures of Tom Pitts '96 1100, my '94 1100 is the same color (see Jeff's '94 1100...
This morning, I went out to fire up my 1996 XV535 to jet off to school for the day... and it wouldn't start. The ignition turned over and everything. I tried...
jeez, 39? Fahrenheit? If it happens again, I'd think about keeping it covered, pull it into the garage, maybe put a light bulb on a wire under it that you...
Yeah, we had a good rain storm come through, and cooled everything off like you wouldn't believe. The tops of the mountains are already dusted with Snow. I...
My '94 750,tends to be "cold-hearted",mostly due to the weight of oil I was using. That and she sat covered outside for awhile. No problems now as she has a...
does anyone know where i can get replacement parts? my wife crashed my 1995 xv-750. i need clutch lever and mount, front peg and mount and bar, rear peg mount,...
bikebandit.com carries oem parts along with many others online ... -- Joseph J. Robertson mlmx52002@... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
It happened again, but undercircumstances that make me suspect that it was something other than just "the cold" that has been causing it. I got it started up,...
And possibly more than just a battery now. NEVER jump off a car or let a bike sit running to charge a battery. I had a customer forget his bike was running...
Hi A.M.Taylor & others, Well, I've been watching this thread for the last couple of days, and now you've mentioned these symptons, I agree the battery probably...
I got the P901 for my '82 XV750 from www.ccworks.org Depending on his backlog the service was pretty fast and after fixing the vacuum leaks and finding the...
Well, I probably won't be try to jump a motorcycle in the future from a car, if I have the option not to. At the time, I was out of options - so I took the...
Hi Alan, Letting the bike run to charge itself up is not a problem, it certainly will not burn up the wiring or damage the altenator unless there is some other...
As I had said earlier, the person that let his bike idle to charge his battery, forgot about it and it idled for a few hours. The heat built up from the...
I recommend a jumpstart type portable unit they are usually less than $100 with air compressor and gauge and outlets to plug in cellphones chargers, portable...
About those hoses above the battery...you don't have to remove them to get the battery in and out. I use a couple of wide bands of leather around eash hose and...
Well, I ended up replacing the battery with the exact same model (The Wal-Mart Ever Start 12A-A) -- filled it with electrolyte, bought a trickle charger and...
Just as an aside, I have Wal-Mart EverStart batteries (one of them is four years old) in three bikes and they all start fine. These batteries seem OK to me. ...
maybe so but who wants to deal with filling with electrolyte then having to trickle charge it Just want to buy it, throw it in, and ride! How much you save by...
Are the amber turn signal/parking lights supposed to be on when the bike is on or only flash when signaling a turn? I relocated the rear turn signals on my...
well typically, the front are on all the time and flash when signalling and the rear stay off and just flash, unless you have a device like priority lights. ...