Virginia's Harley: a Girl's Bike
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Over the past year, I’ve documented Virginia's creation of this motorcycle. The bike started as a stock '96 XL1200c, and through many hours of late nights, dirty fingernails and torn gloves, Virginia was able to complete the bike you see her riding today. The bike above covers about 6 months of building from January to June of 2015. Because neither of us had a lot of experience building motorcycles, we pulled knowledge and advice from the people around us, and through lots of information online. We're both happy to see the bike complete, and even more happy to present to you our journey through it.
To see more about this bike, check out a writeup from our friends at Lowbrow Customs-
www.lowbrowcustoms.com/virninja
www.jaycagney.com
www.virninja.com
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As a father of twin girls showing them around my garage as they were growing up I am in awe of your determination and u putting ur heart into this bike my fullest respect to u Hon and never loose track of that or anything u put ur mind to..THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER !!!...Great video,THXX 4 Sharing
Fantastic to see you girls not only riding bikes, but working on them to! 😊👍😍
Paul from England x
My compliments to Virginia! So cool a young women building her own bike. Salut to you for finishing this project. Have a lot of fun riding your own build bike. Nothing compares to that fun when riding.
Greetz from The netherlands.
Sweet bike! I love the smile when she starts it up.
Can't believe there are 17 thumbs down to this video?!? What the hell is there to thumbs down!! What's better than seeing a chick wrench her own bike...the answer is NOTHING!! Virginia's got in going on!!
ha thanks! can never please the masses.
@Silas See my comment above
Impossible to please the masses. Never chase that rabbit hole!
Women that are offended by this LOL. You know, the one's driving the minivans with the husband in the PASSENGER seat wishing that was his wife on a bike.
Dan Black hahahahaha
Badass chick. Badass bike. Badass edit. Badass video. Love it. Thanks for this!
badath*
+J Siggie
i laughed way too hard at this comment :D
It is so awesome and refreshing to see this kind of passion. The passion to dream and create something that reflects you and you can call yours. May you guys make many happy memories. Thank you so much for sharing!
“... for sausages!”
Excellent. Virginia is a special person. Nothing better than riding or driving what you build. Thanks for the video Jay.
Virginia you are a prize !! Love your attitude! Please don't stop. The world needs more of your attitude.
Great story! And I too wish more women should not only own their bike, but get their hands dirty in making the bike their own.
I'm sure you hear this a lot but you guys are kick ass. Your lucky to have each other. Enjoy the ride.
+Rhino ha thanks dude I know that I feel lucky for sure.
Im 26. Ive been working as a motorcycle mechanic for the past 6 monthes and....I've never owned a real road bike. Ive got a moped thats been in pieces and an old scrap rat rod xl250 in pieces but never had a really road bike. You Virginia have given me the inspiration to just go out and grab something, make it my own, and RIDE IT! You are truly an inspiring human being. Awesome video. Much Love.
Love your smile while you’re on the bike. That’s what true happiness looks like!
Thanks for sharing your experience as you journeyed through this build. I'm a 63 year old dentist in Eugene Oregon. My first bike was a V-Star 650 I traded for dental implants about 5 years ago. Since then I've traded 5 Harley Davidsons and a few other bikes for dental work. About a year ago I began buying old wrecks and various other bikes to hand build them into my creations. I understand what it's like to be able to say I built it". Too awesome.
We need more women like her in the motorcycle crowd.
in the world
Very cool short! I so appreciate all the people keeping this lifestyle alive and kicking. Great video! Thank you!
This is hugely entertaining. Found myself smiling a lot.
So many things about this video get to me. A woman riding! Wrenching her own bike! Welding?!?!?! That's awesome. Even more is that she has PASSION. She wants something different and researches it. Yet she lets her muse lead her as she's building. I gotta admit... that lathe! I love retro machine's. I fix machine's from conventional mills and lathes to CNC. Nothing holds my fancy like these old school machines. I would give her 70 thumbs up if I could
nice motorcycle, and a nice job. Have fun driving. Ride Forever Free
Great job Jay. You nailed it. Good story. GREAT documentary! You two are exactly what the UA-cam biker community needs. More content PLEASE!
Watching again five years later because it is so good.
Very cool. There is something indescribable about taking a couple of pieces of metal, turning on the welder, doing some grinding and a bit more welding until you get exactly what you want. I made a few sissy bars and luggage racks that, ok,... didn't look quite like you'd buy them from Cobra all chromed out,... but I MADE THEM and they just made the otherwise stock bike MINE. Can't imagine the pride you have in doing it from the frame up. If I had the shop space, I'd start this afternoon on a project like that. Good for you! RIde on on your "Virginia".
Such a sick build. So crazy to see how many different looks you can get out of a motorcycle. Fun and frustration pretty much sums it up for me. You go down the rabbit hole and eventually just want to finish the bike so you can finally ride it.
This is fantastic. I grew up with Harley's, but haven't got my own bike yet. My heart is just longing for this. While I wait to be able to ride, I spend most of my time learning and drawing bikes. Your bike is absolutely gorgeous Virginia! I love it. I totally agree with everything you said.. I am restoring my square body suburban and doing it all myself: learning to weld, paint, etc. Totally inspired by everything you've said and done. It would be my dream to build my own bike someday! xo, LC
Nice! I built a Harley Hardtail using a wishbone frame and evo 80 cu motor. I think everyone who wants the whole experience needs to build their own bike. you learn so much and it is so satisfying. ride safe and enjoy that bike for the next 100 yrs.
Good for you, sis. Doing your own work, accomplishing your goals, all for you!!! Frickin awesome! Your story, is fantastic. I am a father of three women. I am proud of you!
WOW!!! You go girl! Wish I had your talent
Suzy Thompson You can! Anything is possible!
Well done, bike and video too. I will share this with my daughter who loves my Harley and won’t let me go ride without her. She will be inspired, as she wants to learn to ride on her own bike
Zero thumbs down, as it should be. Nobody can take away the sweat and pride she put into this bike.
Way to go girl, my sweetness put her time in building a Iron head sporty. That was back EVOs were not even thought of. Bottom line she rode to New Mexico, clear up to Canada too. Wow we are old now, I am still riding though. My Lady only just last yr sold her evo sporty. You never know she my buy a Dyna. Thanks for the great video.
Well I learned the hard way, by my own ordeal with my pre-owned 2001 Sportster 883, and watching many videos like yours, that once a Harley-Davidson motorcycle gets to a certain age, you have to find a custom building/maintaining shop to get in-depth work done because Harley-Davidson in general no longer cares.
Thank You for sharing your video.
What can I say? I'm speechless. Keep rockin' girl.🤘
You rock! Inspiring story and great feature on you. I'm a fellow rider who loves to see other women on bikes. I've been riding for 18 years now and plan to ride as long as I continue to breath. I must admit that I rely on my husband's skills to modify my Kawasaki W650 Cafe Style Racer. I have had welding lessons, but haven't taken the leap into my own mods.
Much Respect! Congratulations on building this great ride!
This person shared their experience of building and riding a customized bike. It makes no difference if it a man or woman. Good for them for finding something constructive and useful to do work their time and money. Anyone who craps on this woman hasn't experienced the pleasure and pain of building your own ride. Keep building and keep riding, to he'll with the naysayers!
I give you major, major props. Not because you are a girl and as you said, did something unconventional, but because you built your own bike from the ground up. I believe that when one builds their own ride, be it on two, three or four wheels you become one with that piece of machinery. I guess that since I grew up the youngest child and the only boy on the farm that seeing a girl turn a wrench or get dirty isn't all the out of the ordinary to me. Heck, I know a lot of guys that don't even own a tool box, let alne know what a ratchet is. So good for you for having a talent and being able to refine that talent and put it to good use.
Very, very well made video. The whole vibe, story, colors, everything :)
This is AWESOME! I WISH I could do something like this, but I would never have the skill and patience. Bravo!
Any person would be proud to call her his daughter, or his wife, or his riding buddy. Jay Cagney congrats, you are a lucky man.
Nice old school scoot Virginia..awesome..nothing like doing your own build..welding..wrenching and riding..great video also..you guys rock..keep the wind in your hair.
The headlight light bobbing around like that would drive me nuts.
Hope to see this on the road one day as I am also in North Jersey.
Fantastic Videography. From the overheads with the drone to the super slow-mo of the drive chain. Great work, on a personal note I have a Heritage so I love the old school but that bike is awesome. Great funk on the pain work!
A BIG "Well done" to Virginia for having the passion, enthusiasm and knowledge to create an unique bike like that!! Proper bad ass chopper, build by a proper (pretty) bad ass biker lady, doesn't get much better than that!! Somebody is a very, VERY lucky dude!! Safe riding from the other side of the big pond!! x
Bloody brilliant. What an inspiration you are. Thanks for sharing.
Nothing better than turning something you like into something you love with your own hands..
Why would anyone thumb down this video, some people are just negative folks I guess.
Thank you Virginia, and Jay....a beautiful achievement......it is art.....
my goal in life is to be like you Virginia. hell ya girl! thats badass...you are a true biker babe. this video inspired me. i work on automobiles with my husband but welding, i want to learn. we are planning to get bikes soon. im looking to invest in a sportster and customize it. man, keep growing and thanks for the motivation😎🤘
I am so inspired I can not wait to more miles and welding! You rock and your words are too true. Thank you for sharing this
Really great stuff guys, Jay exceptional eye as always. Virgina always killing it!
+Mikey Arnold thanks Mikey! see you guys soon!
Oohrah Sweetie.... Keep following your passion. Awesome build....
Tried to think of something clever to say ...but BADASS pretty much sums you up girl! Keep living the life, cause I`m here to tell you ...from what I just saw, you got it figured out!
You rock! I see a person with a knack for finding the joy in life!!!
you go girl! Hope to see you on the road someday. I have a 57 Xla on a 70s chopper frame. 9 foot wheel base. disassembling for rebuild. Maybe we'll catch a sunset. keep on truckin!
Always impressed by people with welding skills so when it comes to a gorgeous girl, I'm astounded. I've always dreamt of such a self hand tailored Harley iron but never have even thought that a girl could have liked that and above all done it herself. This story is awesome. True old style chopper world is a knighthood and this Virginia is a fairy among the knights.
Jay, cool bike, cool fiancé and cool video. What more is there to say. Looking forward to seeing more of the two of you this year on Chopcult and Instagram and wherever your adventures take you.
+pgod1960 thanks man!
Great cinematography! And story!
Keep riding ! Live life to the fullest. St. Louis, MO
Totally badass! belated congrats on the engagement guys. I think I know you from instagram anyway, it's really inspiring to see these sorts of videos more and more on my recommended. I was teaching myself to weld before I moved to the states and my welds could sometimes look a bit like pigeon crap haha but it's really good to see other folks getting stuck in and building their own shit! Credit to you guys
Dope! Thats a great bike!
Got to love a woman who not only rides, but builds her own bike. I'm a guy, and I build cars, mostly hot rods and drag race cars. I ride a '97 Superglide, but have not gone beyond bolt on mods, because I want to keep it functional. My 57 year old back wouldn't handle a hardtail very well. When I get the time, I like to hit the road for days at the time.
A proper hard tail set up for rider comfort vs looks is as comfortable as softails , my 36 EL knucklehead HT is actually more comfortable for me to ride than my 55 panhead FLH ST , or my 70 shovelhead FLH ST , I've got quite a few other HD's ranging from Buells to Sprints and the only bike in our collection that's as comfortable as my HT knuckle is my wife's 93 FLSTF I lowered 3" for her and built a custom saddle , rear tire choice , front end and saddle choice can make a hard tail a smoother ride than softails , I have arthritis in my hands so the rocker clutches in the knuckle & pan make for a pain free ride .
A real Free Spirit... The coolest thing here is that you make your dream come true. This is called Hapiness... You're blessing with talent and good taste. By the way: Insane bike and nice video shutting. Bravo!!! God bless you both. PS: I got a Cafe Race customizing by myself too and it's priceless... Ah ah ah
I love this video! I do all the mechanical work on my vintage Harleys, but haven't tried welding yet. Now I am inspired to learn fabricating! I don't care how fast or fancy your bike is - if you don't wrench it, I don't want to know you. Go Virginia!
Virginia. You are a bonafide badass!! Great work. Looks awesome! Glad to see more women getting into biking. The fact that you built it, makes it even better!! Enjoy the ride 🤘🏻🇺🇸
Enjoyed the video, I understand what your feeling. I am on my second bike, its my peace of mind, my joy in life, only bikers knows!
So much win. Awesome build.
“This bike brings the funk”. Hell ya it does, that purple paint job looks bad ass 😆.
You made it so it feels right.... it feels right because you made it, therefore you have more respect for that particular machine. You have all the time, the sweat and effort put into making something that you could enjoy for many many years to come. Enjoy the spoils of all your hard work as you've most certainly earned it. That is, after all, what it's all about; being able to get out there on the open road, free from all the stress, soaking in nature with the wind in your face atop a two wheeled monster! May your roads be fair, weather clear and your journeys forever lasting. As to you wanting to see more women riding, if you call they will come. Keep being seen and continue riding and bringing awareness that riding is for everyone. Motorcycles see no color, no gender, no creed. I am glad to have you as a fellow rider so in parting I will simply say that should we ever cross paths, I will give you the respect you've earned.
I am so glad that I came across your channel. xoxo
Wonderful! Keep on keeping' on.
Well done. Interesting story. Interesting camera angles. And a Quadcopter! Again, nicely done.
Thumbs down, really? People will find anything to complain about. Great work on the bike! And great filming as well.
What can you say but friggen awesome...
One of the best shortmovies i saw! Hope to see more ...Greetings from germany!
She's a keeper! Great job on your bike!
great work all round - so much talent here! content and production - just amazing
I'm an introvert, borderline misanthrope. The kind of person in this video is the exact kind of person that I would like to be friends with. I so admire people like this who get an idea, then do whatever it takes to make that idea come to life. Along the way learning new things, making mistakes, getting injuries, getting discouraged, all that shit. But, in the end, you come out with the coolest fucking thing - way cooler than you ever imagined and with the satisfaction in knowing that you. fucking. made. this.
Awesome job Virginia - there need to be more people in this fucked up world like you - and not just females - more people, no matter what they consider themselves, need to have this kind of spirit.
You rock - I'd love to buy you a beer, cream soda, shot - whatever and end up talking to you. I have a feeling that I'd come away from that convo a much better person.
Way to go gal, I went to small gas engine repair school for this and built my first bike back in 79. My teacher was more of a lawn mower guy and didn't know anything about bottom ends fabrication etc. I wasn't happy but in one year I built my one and only bike, a 76 sportster candy apple red and a bobber. I did not even know what to call them back then, but yep, it was a bobber. Or as my wife said. very minimalistic. First cop pulled me over for speeding just looked it over and said cool you were speeding. I told him I just built it and didn't put the speedo on, so he waved and said have fun. Any way that was the end of my serious building efforts, I needed a shop and some one that could teach me the rest of the ropes. I did own a couple of more Harley's after that .............But now I am an old man and I still would like to have that first bike I built. I think the total cost was around $2200. Looked at bobbrts now, Oh man not in this life time,Don't sell your first one. Your soul mate ,Mike
I have a '72 Iron in boxes in the garage and decided that I'm either going to get it on the road this year or get rid of it. I have no idea what I'm doing. The '96 looks stellar though. Great job. On the other hand.. the CB750? Oh so sexy. What a great bike. I don't have one but it's on the list for my motorcycle harem. Preferably a '75.
Terrific production on the video. Gotta love those buttery smooth slo-mo shots.
She's biker,for sure.
Love for the machine. Ain't nothing better than working on your bike. Great video!!
Just bought my first HD!!! Thanks for inspiration!!
Thanks for a great video, Jay. No question, Virginia is my new hero(ine).
Great video work there team, also got heaps of resect for you Virginia - not many people around can do what you do.
This is amazing. Great job. Hope to meet you guys at bike events soon!
+Gord Brown thanks! we're trying to be at a bunch this year!
+Jay Cagney Rad! I'm planning to hit my first few. Just got into riding last year. Have good times!
nice video! always a dream of mine to build a bike one day. your bike turned out awesome!
Awesome drone shots Jay.
Wow! What a cracking video! I found it really inspiring and a lot of V's sentiments rang so true for me too! Awesome work guys :)
thanks!
You are amazing. Love the bike.
From one who loves 2 not only ride but has her own. It's so inspiring & very cool to see such awesomeness here. My full respect sincerely Lu a cool chick who is smiling from really appreciating this here awesome share!
Bravo Virginia! Great work Jay! I enjoyed this...documentarite very much.
Worth the outro. 10/10 composition! sixteen stars.
I wish more women would make videos of their adventures on a bike. Thanks for sharing your passion.
Cool stuff! Enjoy your ride & thanks for sharing this clip
Inspiring, cool old skool chop, well done, great choice, great lifestyle
This is the kind of chick you wife up!
Fuck yeah! I married my wife because she knows how to tune a 2 stroke, (I ride a Kawi 750 triple 2 smoker), plus she has a nice ass.
I like how much we can see rom the bike itself!
OK this is plain badass!!! Thumbs up to the vid and the bike. Hands down awesome...!!!
That's a rare and wonderful young lady.
It's beautiful and awesome to see her doing her thing.
Awesome work! And amazing bike! ✨👌🏼🙌🏼
My dad had one of those Honda CB500 when I was young. We took long road trips with it a couple of times, just me and him.
He later traded it for a bigger bike (can't remember the model), which we still have in our garage.
Sadly, my dad is not with us anymore. But me and my brother is thinking of getting licenses, so we can ride it.