Archive for December 29th, 2008
Monday with the baby.
For the past year, or so, my daughter has been riding this 2007 Yamaha 250 Virago
(now, “V Star”). I’ve been a Honda man for a long time to begin with, and am a proponent of liquid cooled machines, but I got to admit that the littlest Virago is an impressive small cruiser.
This baby will easily do 70+ mph while crossing the Oso Bridge against a head wind; she rides and handles well. Being the classy dame she is, though, she won’t break wind.
Daughter does a fair bit of commuting here on the windy coast and, besides being tiring, the wind is becoming cold. The windshield she requested arrived well before Christmas but today I had an opportunity to install it.
As you might guess, it ain’t easy to find aftermarket parts for small cruisers.
After determining that daughter needed a 15″ bug catcher, we further determined that there is only one fifteen inch-er that will fit her bike, the
Slipstreamer “Spitfire”.
Daughter does a fair bit of commuting here on the windy coast and, besides being tiring, the wind is becoming cold. The windshield she requested arrived well before Christmas but today I had an opportunity to install it.
As you might guess, it ain’t easy to find aftermarket parts for small cruisers.
After determining that daughter needed a 15″ bug catcher, we further determined that there is only one fifteen inch-er that will fit her bike, the
Slipstreamer “Spitfire”.
I’ve owned and installed Slipstreamers in the past so I didn’t balk at the unfamiliar design of the hardware.
There’s not much room for the fudge factor on the curvy Virago handlebars but the Spitfire went on without any more hassle than is inherent with the handle bar-mount design.
I didn’t get a chance to test ride it, but I followed the instructions provided, assembled in the prescribed order and have no doubt that the unit is sturdy.
Did you know that the word, Virago means, “a woman of strength, or spirit”?
Did you know that the word, Virago means, “a woman of strength, or spirit”?
