Virginia's Harley: a Girl's Bike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2016
- 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
Sweet bike! I love the smile when she starts it up.
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.
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!”
Very cool short! I so appreciate all the people keeping this lifestyle alive and kicking. Great video! Thank you!
Excellent. Virginia is a special person. Nothing better than riding or driving what you build. Thanks for the video Jay.
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.
Virginia you are a prize !! Love your attitude! Please don't stop. The world needs more of your attitude.
Love your smile while you’re on the bike. That’s what true happiness looks like!
Much Respect! Congratulations on building this great ride!
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.
Bloody brilliant. What an inspiration you are. Thanks for sharing.
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
This is hugely entertaining. Found myself smiling a lot.
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
Great job Jay. You nailed it. Good story. GREAT documentary! You two are exactly what the TH-cam biker community needs. More content PLEASE!
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.
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.
Absolutely GREAT video!! Words fail me, really good to see a young woman involved in our sport. Great looking bike too. Much respect!
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".
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.
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!
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
Very, very well made video. The whole vibe, story, colors, everything :)
WOW!!! You go girl! Wish I had your talent
Suzy Thompson You can! Anything is possible!
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
Thank you Virginia, and Jay....a beautiful achievement......it is art.....
This is AWESOME! I WISH I could do something like this, but I would never have the skill and patience. Bravo!
Great cinematography! And story!
You rock! I see a person with a knack for finding the joy in life!!!
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.
great work all round - so much talent here! content and production - just amazing
Cool stuff! Enjoy your ride & thanks for sharing this clip
Great video! Thanks and keep them coming.
Watching again five years later because it is so good.
Awesome work! And amazing bike! ✨👌🏼🙌🏼
One of the best shortmovies i saw! Hope to see more ...Greetings from germany!
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
Really great stuff guys, Jay exceptional eye as always. Virgina always killing it!
+Mikey Arnold thanks Mikey! see you guys soon!
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.
very powerful and inspirational. lot of respect for this woman
Oohrah Sweetie.... Keep following your passion. Awesome build....
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.
You are amazing. Love the bike.
Just bought my first HD!!! Thanks for inspiration!!
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!
She's a keeper! Great job on your bike!
We need more women like her in the motorcycle crowd.
in the world
So much win. Awesome build.
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
Keep riding ! Live life to the fullest. St. Louis, MO
You are AWESOME !! keep doing what your doing.
Bravo Virginia! Great work Jay! I enjoyed this...documentarite very much.
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.
Thanks for a great video, Jay. No question, Virginia is my new hero(ine).
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!
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!
Love this! Really well done!
Amazing job, well done.
great video and good work Virginia, you rock !
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!
Awesome drone shots Jay.
Love the bike and the attitude.
Wonderful! Keep on keeping' on.
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!
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.
great video! Very impressive shots, especially like the aerials!
Zero thumbs down, as it should be. Nobody can take away the sweat and pride she put into this bike.
Well done. Interesting story. Interesting camera angles. And a Quadcopter! Again, nicely done.
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
OK this is plain badass!!! Thumbs up to the vid and the bike. Hands down awesome...!!!
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 🤘🏻🇺🇸
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!
You did a great job enjoy your summer riding
Inspiring, cool old skool chop, well done, great choice, great lifestyle
I am so glad that I came across your channel. xoxo
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!
I like how much we can see rom the bike itself!
Thank you, and very impressive with the tig work.
Good stuff! That's the kind of memories you need to make in life!
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😎🤘
👍That's fabulous what u did👍 I dig the paint 70s like.
Loved this video!
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.
Mad props to her! Love this!
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!
nice video! always a dream of mine to build a bike one day. your bike turned out awesome!
Worth the outro. 10/10 composition! sixteen stars.
awesome build. nice job!
That's so badass . Nice job
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!
That was one quality vid. Loved it.
Great video work there team, also got heaps of resect for you Virginia - not many people around can do what you do.
Amazing video!
Great build sweetie tyvm for sharing.
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 .