The Virago has been sold. It went to a very nice guy who is not allowed to ride anymore (medical problems). He is going to put it in his living room as art. How cool is that?!?! I spend part of the earnings from the virago on a new Canon 50 mm 1.4 lens. It Read More …
I have loads of photos that I haven’t posted yet. I updated the event photos and the photo shoot pages of my website. More from this shoot and other shoots can be found there. But here’s a few more from the shoot I did with Bo and the Virago: These shoots take quite a bit Read More …
This week summer has finally started. Last Wednesday the skies were bright blue and temperatures were high. I took the CB for a rid through the countryside to get to Vincent’s place where the Virago sits. Waiting for the ferry over the River Rhine (Lek) at Culemborg city: We spends hours and hours on the Read More …
We worked on the Virago again. After some initial spark plug problems, she fired right up and we took it for a very pleasant ride. Unfortunately….. the starer failed AGAIN. After the ride I want to start it one more time for a short test, but the inside of the starter started to rotate in Read More …
Maybe it was not the best day to work on the starter of a Virago… Whoever invented the started mechanism for the Virago deserves a kick in the balls. It’s horrible. Yamaha realized it is a horrible system, so what did they do? Right: They placed a magnet below the starter mechanism to catch all Read More …
> A while back Vincent, the guy I built the Virago and the CX500 chopper with, bought a Ducati Cagiva Pantah 650. He sold his Yamaha R1 for it and that was a wise decission. The Ducatis isn’t even finished yet, but I’m pretty sure he’s already done more miles on it, than on the Read More …
> It’s been a while. Vincent managed to make something that’s even louder than the Virago: A child. Cool kid though, Max. Anyway: That was the reason for not working on the Virago and the SR500 for such a long time. I found a manual for our carb online, so I really wanted to give Read More …




