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Planning and Playing

Of course, one of the nice things about having a computer and a basic photo/paint program is that you can design and build just about anything before you destroy what you already have.

The top left drawing was my first 'blank' Virago. I lowered it, I chopped it, I painted it, I added pipes and headlights... all for free! And then I destoyed or saved it and started all over again.

The top right was a version that would have involved a new tank and a lot of bodywork. It has nice lines but it's for another day.

I found the most realistic way to picture the path to a change was to strip the seat and rear fender and then sit and stare for hours. Ideas would pop into my head just before I went to sleep for the night. So I'd have to get up and write them down...and then go back to bed...and that went on for months until we moved to a house with a garage. Then I could strip the bike and leave it til I actually did something.

The lower picture shows a piece of cardboard wrapped over the battery where the seat would be. That bit of cardboard would become the template for a fibreglass seat pan. The fender in this shot is a $10 mystery fender I found at 'Bent Bike' , a used bike part shop in Langley, B.C. Here, it's loosely mounted in some existing holes and held up by some of my wife's measuring cups.

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