Reply To: Owner's Photography Thread (New Rider? Show off your ride…)

[Tom]

 

My GV125c 2011, I also have Virago 125 1998.

I love her size as I am 6’4″ and she goes well (just gets 70mph on original sprockets with no headwind).

Bought after being badly stored for 7 years with low mileage and failing chrome.  But with bad chrome being replaced, frame touched up and a lot of polishing she is coming on great.

The new screen (eBay £30) is the latest addition and I have no more bugs on my visor.

Last of the bad chrome means I am still looking for front indicator bar and chewing over the handlebar change – something like Triumph T100 bars would do nicely.

The only real problem so far was split manifolds but that is leading to an adventure and were fixed with the right glue.

This is the old girl out at Peranporth airfield today.

Thought I would put this up too, a composite of all GV models.

I would like to get my hands an the new 125s engine as that is a complete redesign with different V angle to the twin cylinders. I also like the new air pod position, just a shame about the rest of the design. You can see the lines taken from the GV250DR (so very tasty) launched in 2017 which only lasted 2 years production.  Hyosung seem to of slimmed the range to a single choice, a bike designed for all purposes.  I will miss the GTs and cruisers.