I would actually like to quiet it down a little for riding, but for showing it off, it does make a good first impression!

Hi Tim - I have not done the conversion in a few years so probably not the guy to get yours done. Good luck though and throw me a link to your bike video. would love to see how yours is turning out.

What has this thing cost overall?

+Anthony Selby Thanks for the compliments Anthony! The hard tail conversion was done by removing the springs and cutting the support rods with a welding cutting torch. The rear fender was found at a cycle salvage yard. I welded it back together and bolted it to the frame. It was actually a simple piece of the project. The battery tray was custom made by t swerske. He was one of the first people to comment on this posting so you can look him up here. He did an awesome job and was great to work with. The wiring was by far the hardest to loop. Yes; all the wiring is behind that horn cover inside the frame where the air box was. All the wire runs through the bike frame from the head light to the horn cover. I removed all "unnecessary" wiring, basically all safety switches were removed to help reduce wires. I hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions. This bike was built by watching lots of youtube videos and LOTS of trial and error. :)

Thanks man! Eva was actually my very first motorcycle project so most of it was trial and error; which is probably why it took almost two years... I actually use a gravity pitcock. When I try to use the carb for suction it makes the bike act weird so I just leave the pitcock on at all times. I'm sure Virago's are a lot like women, there is no one formula that will make them all happy! I took off all my gauges to make it a little more bobberish! Cheers bro!

pat macinnis ebay is where I get most of my bike parts for these old viragos.

Thanks buddy! I live over in Boise and would be happy to bouce ideas off you. my bike is always under construction. Where about in Idaho are you?

I'm out here north of nampa in the county could you email me at mcreifel18@gmail.com

Michael cook Cool just shot you an email. I am thinking on upgrading the number 5 gear on the starter clutch with the aftermarket grooves. Hoping it will help with the starter clutch missing the fly wheel every few tires.

you bought a conversion manifold or a virago? what year virago do you have?

+Clint Roehr a Virago it's a 82 920

+vinny mcclosky so does it bog out or does the clutch not engage? do you still have a duel carb?

+Clint Roehr dual carb I let it sit in cleaner for a week blew it out with cleaner put it on started idle on full choke then shut off turned back on revs up fine off choke but won't idle went to put in gear and let off clutch nothing pulled cable tighter still nothing the bike has been sitting since 2005

+vinny mcclosky sounds like it might be the pilot jet... if its starting you have spark so the cdi, and ignition coils are working. idel is a carb issue. you need that reloved first. i would take them back off and reclean? did you buy a new kit or are you using the old carb kit? make sure you clean all nooks and crannies of the carb. carbs are a pain! make sure you use a wire,carb cleaner and the air compressor for cleaning.

It does effect the bike a lot and I mean a lot. You are basically redesigning the intake. It takes a lot of work to get the jetting correct. It looks super cool though!

Are you using one of the original carbs here or one off another bike? I would think that unless the new carb has more intake volume that is at least equal to what two was, that you would loose a lot of power. So what carb did you use and was the result better than using the stock two?

Thanks Sergent. It's been a few years running on one carb now. I'm not sure it makes a huge difference but I have not hooked it up to any machines to see if it actually increased the HP. I think it looks cool and I don't have to continuously sync the carbs. Making the pilots work is also very challenging. I bought a pack of 10 pilots and just kept drilling different size holes and riding to see how the bike reacted. If you know of or have access to a machine that can tell you the gas to air mixture I would like to hear about it. Thanks again for the comment!

You did a good job man

The carb conversation is fine. After I got the jet and needle synced up correctly it hasn't caused me any issues. my biggest issue is still that stupid starter clutch. when the bike is hot after a ride it still takes three or four times to start. That being said, I am not sure I would recommend doing the conversion if it's a commuter bike. If it's for show and tooling around id say go for it! It looks pretty cool but the pipe needs a mathematical resistance to perform well since the air and gas flow have completely changed.

+Bo Turley To be honest Bo I'm not sure my jetting is right either. What I did was buy a back of six stock rear jets and drilled out each one and made adjustments to the needle until it worked. Keep a close eye on your plugs and adjust accordingly.... I know that's not much help but that conversion is a huge deal and the Yamaha techs are no help because there are no specs for a single carb conversion ratio.

The bike just has to make a full loop of wiring. you can remove all of the non-needed electronics pretty easily if you follow the schematic in your book. However I did have one of my buddies who is an electrician confirm the project so I didn't blow anything up! :)

Clint Roehr Ok I have been looking and found lots of things. I just bought a virago. Was yours by any chance a model with the Cycom?

timothy fleenor I don't know what a cycom is, can you tell me what it is? Hopefully you did not buy an 81, 82 or 83... the 84 and beyond moved away from the starter clutch. It's by far the worst thing about this motorcycle.

There should be a notch on the needle with a metal washer to move up and down. The size of hole you put in the jet will determine how low or high the needle should sit. The higher the needle the more gas will enter the carb, it's a balancing act that took a dozen trys for me to get right (I still don't think it's as good as it should be). There is not way to measure the gas, air ratio besides how you bike reacts. You need to keep a very close eye on your spark plugs when playing with the needles. If the plugs are bright white there is not enough gas, if they are black there is too much gas... Each time you make a change ride it for a few miles then pull your spark plugs. Check out the video I have on the carb adjustments. It shows the needle washer.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nt2HdaWg3L-tmo0.html

just some thin washers.

Lyle Menzanote The full flowing drag pipe that gives it that sound. Not that great for performance due to not having any resistance, but it sure does sound bad ass! :)

Hi David - Sorry for the delay in response. I actually didn't measure the size of the jet, I drilled it out with a drill bit that was slightly larger to give it more gas. due to it going from two carbs to one carb I don't think there is an exact size that would work better. I just knew it needed more gas and air. Hope that helps! Good luck!

Actually I am wabting to just huy a brand new carb which do you thibk woukd work best and with what jets and sizes

David Blevins I have read that using the stock carbs is better than buying new carbs. My bike is sucking down gas like crazy so I might need to re-think the needle placement and jet size here soon.

David Blevins I have been doing more research on how the carb and exhaust are set up. I'm ran into a problem now that when the bike is hot and I throttle the RPM's the bike idles really high after I let go of the throttle. I am now going to try a Dynojet stage three jet kit and we will see how that goes. I'll have that video uploaded in the next few weeks to see if it fixes the issue.