Hookup on tires/parts?

[El Karacho1647545492]

Long story short my fiancee has a 1993 Yamaha XV535 Virago. Cool bike, but it was her father's and he passed away almost 4 years ago and it's been rotting since. I figure it'll need an oil change, carb cleaned, new battery, and probably 2 new tires to get running again. I really want to get it up and running so she's motivated to get her endorsement and ride with me when I get a new bike (sold the Triumph). Plus I wouldn't mind putting around town on it.

 

Just wondering if there are any good shops that help out CR members. We live in Columbus but the bike is currently at her mom's in Mansfield, so anyone who can transport it would be greatly appreciated.

[airwg2189]

I'm fairly big into the sport bike scene in Columbus, and the best that we can do is using the online retailers (Motomummy, etc) over the retail stores (Iron Pony), and using take off tires from track junkies for those in need, although that won't help much on a bike like that. There's really not much of a discount to be found on bike stuff unfortunately. :/

 

If you need assistance with the maintenance, Shanton Wilson can probably help you out for pretty cheap, but you'll need to get the bike and the parts to him.

[El Karacho1647545492]

Thanks!

[Green Bastard]

You could probably do most of the work yourself (minus the tires basically), it is not terribly hard to do. Just find a good write up online and with a little mechanical ability it should be fairly straight forward. If you need any help or advise you can pm me, I have rebuilt carbs a few times.

[El Karacho1647545492]

You could probably do most of the work yourself (minus the tires basically), it is not terribly hard to do. Just find a good write up online and with a little mechanical ability it should be fairly straight forward. If you need any help or advise you can pm me, I have rebuilt carbs a few times.

 

So far in the last 12 months i've taught myself how to solder a circuit board (fucking dryer) and replace a starter cord (fucking lawnmower), i'm very hopeful that I can learn to clean up this bike. baby steps.

[airwg2189]

Bikes are pretty damn easy to work on. Get a service manual (PDFs are available for every modern bike... I imagine yours would be too) and follow along. There's not too many parts on a bike to begin with, so fucking up is hard.

[SteveNartan]

For tires check americanmototire.com or rockymountainatvmc.com

[Casper]

Check MotoSport, Riders Discount, Sportbike Track Gear, etc. Then find someone local to mount/balance. Hoblick still does it I believe. So does Yota and Calovini.

[vonrottes]

Bikes are SOOOOO easy to work on..

I partially restored a 1981 Yamaha when I was 14 and maintained two 1980's Kawasakis.

replaced the head on a Ninja at 16 and never thought twice about it leaking.

 

I live by the casino so if you have a garage, I would be more than happy to help you clean it up and get it running... I personally think It's better to learn first hand than to have someone else do it.

 

for tires... go to MPS on the east side literally next door to Groveport madison high school. Great service and will pretty much do whatever you ask them, unlike Iron pony which has "rules"

 

after I wrecked on of my Kawasaki's they unmounted the tire, straightened the wheel and remounted the tire for like $25

[El Karacho1647545492]

Bikes are SOOOOO easy to work on..

I partially restored a 1981 Yamaha when I was 14 and maintained two 1980's Kawasakis.

replaced the head on a Ninja at 16 and never thought twice about it leaking.

 

I live by the casino so if you have a garage, I would be more than happy to help you clean it up and get it running... I personally think It's better to learn first hand than to have someone else do it.

 

for tires... go to MPS on the east side literally next door to Groveport madison high school. Great service and will pretty much do whatever you ask them, unlike Iron pony which has "rules"

 

after I wrecked on of my Kawasaki's they unmounted the tire, straightened the wheel and remounted the tire for like $25

 

Thanks for the advice! I have been getting a bit handier. My pops was never much with a wrench so I didn't have that experience growing up, but as I've gotten older I've just tinkered more and more. I just gotta get insurance on this thing and get it down to Columbus, but I have a small attached garage that would be ok to work in, I appreciate the offer to help!