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Virago 250 speeds-in-gears charts 17/38 and 17/40

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

  See end of post for  paper tachometer overlay  you can print out and put on your Virago 250 speedometer. I was driving to work this morning and I just happened to notice that my exhaust note was an “E” pitch at an indicated … Continue reading →

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Fix the Virago 250 gearing ! Changing sprockets (gearing) on Yamaha Virago 250 to 17/38, 17/40, 17/42, etc.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

The stock sprockets on the Virago 250 are 16 teeth (Front) and 45 teeth (Rear). Yamaha sells this model worldwide; the gearing is probably fine for some areas, but for travel on “high” speed paved roads, in my opinion the … Continue reading →

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