Yamaha Virago?

[GAAN]

my partner at work has one

the stator/rectifier goes out often

and

after leaving it out in the weather for 5 years the rear diff siezed

other than that it is a rock

[mitt]

Great bikes 4 what they are..
And can be turned into pretty wicked little cafe racers (see below):

I didnt build the bike above, but will be doing one very similar soon...

that is very nice.

[DW]

My first bike was an 83 Virago 920.  It was comfy, fast, handled like a sport bike and was an all around great ride.  The one issue I had was a bad starter that seemed to be common in the older ones and could never get fixed.  No shop could do it, there was no information available for me to fix it, I just dealt with it.  That issue was fixed on later models. 

No kidding about the starter.  My riding buddy back in High School had an early Virago.  Thing sounded like it was always crushing rocks.  I was always having to push him so that he could bump start it.  He would have it repaired, and a month later it would start crushing rocks again...  Sucked