Tom Zimmer – PhotoBubba – tomzimmer.wordpress.com

Here is an early picture of my 1996 Virago Special. It was really a fun bike. I bought it new, and eventually sold it some time in 1999, after I got the Road King. I just couldn’t keep the Virago, because Yamaha’s don’t like to site, they tend to gum up their carburetor if you don’t drive them regularly. I couldn’t see my self riding it very much, I liked the Road King too much. So I sold it to a lady from Houston who was very glad to get it. She drove up by her self pulling a trailer, so she could get it home. I like to think of the Virago as good training for a future Harley owner, because Virago’s have a lot of personality, not as much as Harleys, but more than Hondas. I don’t think I would have been happy with a Harley if I hadn’t own a Virago first. There would have been just too many idiosyncracies to get used to.