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The Yamaha Virago was Yamaha's first V-twin cruiser motorcycle, and one of the earliest mass-produced motorcycles with a mono-shock rear suspension. Originally sold with a ' engine in 1981, Yamaha soon added ' and ' versions. The bike was redesigned in 1984, switching from a rear mono-shock to a dual-shock design, and adding a tear-drop shaped gas tank. That year, Harley-Davidson, fearful of the inroads in the US market made by the Virago and other new Japanese cruiser-style motorcycles, pushed for a tariff on imported bikes over 700 cc.〔(Cycle Tariffs Predicted ). The Milwaukee Journal. April 1, 1983〕〔(Reagan Imposes Stiff Tariffs on Large Japanese Motorcycles ). Associated Press. Bangor Daily News. April 2-3, 1983.〕 Yamaha replaced the 750 cc engine with a 699 cc version to avoid the tariff, while the 920 cc engine grew to 1000 cc, and later 1100 cc. In the late 1980s a 250 cc Virago was added. A short production of 125 cc was also manufactured. Yamaha made a XV125, XV250, XV400, XV500, XV535, XV700, XV750, XV920R, XV1000/TR1, XV1100, the XV400SCLX being the rarest of the breed. The larger-displacement Viragos were eventually phased out of production, replaced by the V-Star and Road Star series of motorbikes. The last motorcycle to bear the Virago name was the 2007 Virago 250. For 2008 it was renamed the V-Star 250. According to ''Motorcyclist'' magazine, the early Virago has a design flaw in the starter system. This magazine states that the starter's defect exists in early Virago models made in year 1982 and 1983. == Virago models == *Yamaha Virago 125 (1997-2004) - EU/Asia markets only * Yamaha Virago 250 (until 2007) - V Star 250 (2008-present) *Yamaha Virago 500 Special - 1983 Virago XV500 - Steve Michaelson,Of Millard, NE * Yamaha Virago 535 *Yamaha Virago 750 *Yamaha Virago 1000 *Yamaha Virago 1100 *Yamaha DragStar *Yamaha XV920R 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yamaha Virago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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