![Rubens Virago LS FA 700](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/8895/8871/files/Rubens-Virago-LS-FA-700.jpg)
Garbur Garage 87 isn't a new pro custom shop open to public business, but that hasn't stopped Ruben Garcia Burcio and his dad from turning out this picture-perfect half-faired cafe racer from a 1993 Virago XV 750. We've seen a few of these turned into truly stunning machines, most infamously by Classified Moto.
![Rubens Virago LS RA 700](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/8895/8871/files/Rubens-Virago-LS-RA-700.jpg)
The Virago had seemed like an unlikley donor until we all saw what could be done once the steering angle had been reduced by shortening the forks, and the tipped-up tank, chopper bars and 2-step seat were switched for cafe racer style parts. Once the 750 V-twin was de-cluttered from all the chrome and cruiser parts it turned out to be a pretty little mill and builders out there saw what could be achieved.
![Rubens Virago Combo 700](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/8895/8871/files/Rubens-Virago-Combo-700.jpg)
What Ruben had always wanted was a Guzzi 850 LeMans like his father, but rebuilding this modest Yamaha into the bike it is now doesn't look like a major compromise to us at The Bike Shed. It looks superb.
![Rubens Virago LS FA 2 700](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/8895/8871/files/Rubens-Virago-LS-FA-2-700.jpg)
The bike has been through many incarnations during it's journey to the cafe racer it is now, wearing a Norton tank, Ducati 900ss front end, custom seat with cushions from a Laverda Jota. But this build isn't just the sum of its parts, it's the joint labour of father & son working to re-create a shared passion through the bond of building a bike together, and doing under their own custom-shop name too. What could be better?