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Greg Hageman Virago. The temptation to perform a nuts-and-bolts resto is massive when theres a 60s model BSA or Triumph in the garage but less so when the bike in question is a Yamaha. The Sportster is arguably a better and more popular platform than the Virago. But as with most bike builders of his calibre hes no sooner developed a mind-blowing new niche than hes bored with it and looking for ways to. Restore to original spec or rebuild as a custom. In our revamped tale for gearheads custom builder Greg Hageman of Docs Chops in Tampa Fla takes a humble shaft drive Yamaha Virago the ugly duckling if you will and completely transforms the machine into something beautiful a bike Yamaha never could have imagined.
Greg Hageman has an eye for beauty and visual balance. The entire front end of the R1 was usedincluding the brakes upside-down forks and 17-inch. Before its current incarnation this customized Yamaha Virago XV750 was a non-runner stuck in the garage hopefully with a Chillerator next to it requiring too much work for the owner to try to fix up all by himself. This Yamaha XV920R looks very similar to the Virago bike built by Greg for Billy Joel - a well know American pianist composer and singer-songwriter. Yamaha virago xv750 by greg hageman When it comes to old motorcycles in need of resurrection owners often face a dilemma. And Greg sure knows his way around themhes a qualified master-level Harley.
In this particular case theyre from Buchanan with a 17 x 35 rear hoop matched to a 18 x 275 front.
Stanley was influenced by the custom Viragos built by Greg Hageman which include the Benelli Mojave tank. In the years that followed he built a handful of improved iterations of that design as well as other styling variations. He took a 95 VX750 that had been sitting in a garage collecting dust and fixed a 2008 Yamaha R1 front end onto the motorcycle. Leading the pack are builders like Greg Hagemanwho has a talent for massaging the Viragos awkward lines into a cohesive and elegant end product. Greg Hageman was the National Winner for the Yamaha sponsered 2013 Star Bolt Build-Off. Back in 2011 Hageman built a svelte Virago cafe racer unlike any seen before. I think its fair to say the Viragos prominence in the custom world can be attributed to one mans work a man by the name of Greg Hageman. At first the bike wasnt supposed to be for sale so all the ideas and decisions are entirely the product of Gregs imagination.
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