Just discovered your channel. Really love this type of content and gives me the motivation I need to continue working on my '93 YZF750R. Greetings from a snowy Eastern Europe! 👍

I’m excited to see this bike come back to its original glory!

Oh my goodness this was my first motorcycle model I made and virago was the second love both those bikes awesome to see cool as👍

What a funky machine! Love it.

Great start to the summer .Wer'e Sticking Ken ! Hope to see some ride's on the Virago ,love the sound :)

just recently got an 88 in blue / white with only 5000 miles on it with the hopes of restoring it. Its in an absolutely miserable state cosmetically and the front brakes are seized but I acid etched the tank of rust, cleaned the carbs and the thing runs like a top. finding any of the plastics in decent shape is nigh on impossible, so best of luck on finding non-aftermarket or scratched up stuff. Super excited to see the final results.

A sadly unrecognised milestone model. Appart from having one in the laste 80's, I upgraded from an FJ1100. The important thing is it introduced the Aluminium perimeter frame to the mainstream. The CB750 gets it's hall of fame for the inline 4 (plus loads of detail ideas) The CBR900 for brining the combination of power in a small light package. Between those two you should find the FZR1000 Genesis for showing that a chassis could be. The next big step was the R1 but I realy see that as refining of elements 1-3. After that we get into the electronic era which is a whole other rabit hole.

Aesthetically speaking I think the late 80's thru the mid 90's are some of the best looking crotch rockets out there. After the mid 2000's they went to a jagged naked techno look which I don't really care for.

ive just bought one in loctite colors that needs full resto i have put the later bigger exup swinging arm wheel shock ect to trick the back end up ,ive known the bike since 1993 in fact i built another one in 1996 and painted that in loctitite colors to copy the one ive just bought . nice too se another one being done up

Wow, so glad i found this channel, I am about half way through the restoration of my own 87 FZR1000, and this bike is in far better cosmetic shape that the one i started with. Parts for these are a mixed bag, some things are easy to get and others are unobtainium. Top of the list for me, is trying to source a genuine headlight fairing, (its one of the unobtainium bits) mine came with a glass fibre one and it just will not do for my restoration, if your front mudguard is in good shape, you are lucky, the way they mounted them means the break very easily. You scored with the seat hump, these are rare and expensive to buy IF you can find one, mirrors are still available new, (at a price), indicators are still available, I have a parts book and a service manual (not a full workshop manual but a proper Yamaha service manual) that i can email you if you want them. My engine had 90,000km on it, so for piece of mind i fully stripped it, new shells for mains and big ends, plus new standard size rings, a new cam chain and the big chain that runs the alternator and starter have been purchased. Judging by how the Virago turned out, you wont have any trouble with this baby. Oh yeah the white wheels do look better, just got mine back from the powder coaters and they look stunning. Mines the same colours as yours, Silky White, Fine Red, and Atlantic Blue. One more thing, i see you have the Haynes manual, try and get the Factory Yamaha manual, as the Haynes one for this bike also covers a lot of different models including 600, 750s and later 1000s and some the info in it is incorrect, I found this out the hard way.😮‍💨

Hello, that is a nice bike. Lot's of similarities with the FZ 750. The engine is of the same family. I prefer the aluminum frame on your FZR 1000. Yamaha made some beautiful frames on those sport bikes. Looking forward to see your progress.

I have a 91. Btw, canada got the RZ500 in 84.

Cool!