My other bike is a '94 Virago 1100 that I've had many years. It ain't no beauty, I'll admit, but V'go motors are rock solid with enough power to cruise freeway speed without straining. It took me 2000 miles around the north shore of Lake Superior six years ago this coming August with nary a hiccup. (Canadians sure take care of their roads - so smooth.) They have a low seat height - I'm 6 ft tall, so swapped out the center controls for forward ones to stretch out my legs; Mustang seat a big improvement over the stock "easy chair" one - my two best comfort mod's. They benefit from installing a voltmeter, just like our 650's. I replaced the 5" headlight with an XS650 7" one to get more room in the bucket to add wiring for my Garmin - maybe it's just lipstick on a pig, but I think it "wears" the bigger headlight quite well, better than the small one. Had the front fender extended 2" in the rear to better protect the engine case from road crap coming off the tire. Swapped the mags for spoke wheels that were optional in '85 models. Road Star mirror stems dropped the mirrors down a bit. Put on an smaller master cylinder to better match m/c size to caliper piston size - another change that's beneficial on single-disc 650's with 14mm m/c's. They have a fuel pump that charges the carb bowls when the ignition switch is turned on, so they start up very easily. Went one size up on the main jets - since the front carb comes stock one size larger than the rear one, all I had to buy was one new main for the front carb, then put its original jet in the rear carb. Stock front suspension is soft - early on, I put in Progressive springs. It's very reliable - only "need to" replacement so far is the voltage regulator. I'll probably keep it a few more years - at my age, I don't really give a crap how other people may think it looks - but, yeah, someday, it'll go before my 650 does.