Yamaha XV535 Virago Bobber. First walk around & test ride.

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Nat’s Nackers Yard

3 жыл бұрын

I think that I did quite well out of the swap with my SV650.
But what to do with it?

Пікірлер: 44

@johntray1462 3 жыл бұрын

NICE, sounds like a bloody rocket ship taking of and that is a good thing, i can hear that popping backfire but it is not annoying

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

People tune their bikes to do that. Never really understood why. I think that it is there to stay as a result of the baffles being taken out of the exhaust.

@motorcyclerescuer 3 жыл бұрын

You should hear the popping on my harley, it's crazy.

@diversionbob8482 3 жыл бұрын

Nat, you sound so keen on the Virago I can only put it down to love on the rebound! It's because you know you should not have let the XS650 get away! 🤣🤣🤣

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

You might be right mate but my affection for the XS grew. The virago I like from the off!

@DB71170 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard I was tempted by a 1100 virago but hate wire wheels lol

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

They are a pain!

@projectclark123 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice bike

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@DTMotorcyclesEssex 3 жыл бұрын

Great video nat loving the new bike mate

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy. I am looking forwards to giving it a proper leg stretch.

@DTMotorcyclesEssex 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard I bet u can’t wait to polish that up and make it your bitch 😉👌🏻

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

to finish the saying ‘But you can roll it in glitter’.

@DB71170 3 жыл бұрын

So cart blanche on paint work aka Nats trademark lol. Loose the bag,change the bars and sort out that noisy fuel pump....nice👍

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I am ok with the pump as it is only on startup. Hate the bag though!

@msb1657 3 жыл бұрын

Them viragos are nice I was considering one before I bought the Thundercat I’d put some ape bars and a snake skin saddle on it but lovely bike all round will enjoy seeing it worked on

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Snake skin saddle! Which one of us was born in the 70’s?!!!

@msb1657 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard still listening to Black Sabbath paranoid and Rolling Stones sympathy for the devil hahahaha

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

@@msb1657 that’s before my time!

@janwoodworth5072 3 жыл бұрын

Hi nat mike here again mate those dragbars look much better than the bars they come with much better bro ;-), but still dont like the 535, 750 or the 1100 virago much better ;-) cheers brother,

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

I like the bar but I am not convinced yet. They could make lane splitting interesting!

@OldBiker 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck if you take the carbs off to clean, I'll be doing a Virago 535 complete carb rebuild in the next week, I've sonic cleaned the bodies and now waiting for the new kit to turn up to rebuild them. They are a shit to get off and put back on and they have so many parts to them Yamaha went way over the top.

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

I am hoping not to have to do it. I really don’t think that it needs it.

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Oh and thanks for the tip of xs filters. I think that it helped.

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t realize that you had a channel too. I have just subscribed. Your virago vids will be really useful I am sure.

@johna6968 3 жыл бұрын

You could hear the fuel pump clattering away on Ignition. I doubt those carbs be gravity fed then.

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Good point. It certainly has a fuel pump!

@motorcyclerescuer 3 жыл бұрын

Its looks a little docile Nat, does it feel underpowered or were you just taking it easy. I've never had one so no idea what it should be like. I love its style

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shaft drive (like my diversion) so it’s not an animal but I was taking it easy as it was only seven thirty!

@motorcyclerescuer 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard ohhh right. Yes makes more sense. It sounds healthy and looks amazing

@stevep9739 13 күн бұрын

Did you ever did into the carbs? If the pipes were straight through the carbs would need jetting! I'm considering one as a first bike as I like the cruisers. I only drive at 60-70 most of the time and have no wish to pretend I'm carl Fogarty like most of the power rangers do! Do you still have the xj900 that was a nice old bus?!

@NatsNackersYard 13 күн бұрын

It was a long time ago but, if I remember correctly, It had been rejetted.

@factsnchill168 6 ай бұрын

Would this be a good first bike???

@NatsNackersYard 6 ай бұрын

Yes mate, they are quite sedate. I would personally steer clear if you are over 6 foot though.

@roystonvehicles9129 Жыл бұрын

You seem to be slipping your clutch loads bud

@NatsNackersYard Жыл бұрын

Let me just jump back two years and fix that! This was also the first time that I rode it which might explain the caution.

@roystonvehicles9129 Жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard yes bud, you did well.

@roystonvehicles9129 Жыл бұрын

@@NatsNackersYard I've just got one and am bobber ing it, explains why I'm 2 years late

@steveandfamily7248 3 жыл бұрын

That's definitely not running right. I've a 535 it sounds like it's only running on 1 cylinder

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

Balances fine and both exhaust are running hot. Don’t think that its on one cylinder.

@steveandfamily7248 3 жыл бұрын

Probably carbs. Definitely not running right seems very underpowered. Check the diaphragms it's a common fault in the virago

@NatsNackersYard 3 жыл бұрын

@@steveandfamily7248 I will have a closer look later. It might have seemed like under powered as I was taking it really easy early in the morning in a strange bike.