Morrissey
Well-known member
I just found my old Virago for sale! Well, actually it JUST sold, but still, that's pretty cool! I bought this '96 Virago 1100 brand new in '98 at Ab's Motorcycles in Oshawa. I was just 16yrs old. I rode it until 2010, when I gave it to my Wife and bought my '01 Bandit. She rode it until 2012 when she had a small accident on it and broke her shoulder. She became pregnant that same year and decided to quit riding. There was almost no damage to the bike (the Wife took the brunt of it). That same year my Dad was looking to get back into riding after almost a decade away from it. He bought it, swapped out the original seat for the Mustang seat, installed the passing lamps too. He had the bike until 2015 when he traded it on a 2012 Yamaha Roadstar at Ben's Motorcycles. Ben's put it in their auction and I figured I'd never see it again! Then today, I'm killing time looking at bikes for sale, and there it is at Cycle World in Toronto! When I last saw it it had a HUGE National Cycles windscreen on it (my Dad's doing), Yamaha engine guards and saddle bags with a big scuff on them (from my Wife's crash).
Glad to see the old girl has found her way into some new hands and will be rolling down the street again! I have so many great memories of that bike. It was my second bike, but I only had my first bike less than a year. I did everything and went everywhere on this bike. It served me really well with almost no repairs needed.
http://www.cycleworldsuperstore.com/pre_owned_detail.asp?veh=4634936
Glad to see the old girl has found her way into some new hands and will be rolling down the street again! I have so many great memories of that bike. It was my second bike, but I only had my first bike less than a year. I did everything and went everywhere on this bike. It served me really well with almost no repairs needed.
http://www.cycleworldsuperstore.com/pre_owned_detail.asp?veh=4634936