Low Tracker: Ad Hoc’s Yamaha Virago bucks the trend

Think of a custom Yamaha Virago, and you’ll probably picture a sleek, waspish build from Greg Hageman or Moto Adonis. The seats are stubby and the stance distinctly lean-forward: The epitome of the 21st century café racer. David González of Spain’s Ad Hoc Café Racers has different ideas, though. His builds are usually chunky and muscular, eschewing the mainstream for a squared-off style of their own. And so it is with this 1991 Virago 1100, nicknamed ‘Low Tracker.’ It’s squat and slammed down, with nary a hint of streamlining anywhere. And strangely enough, it works. Before he picks up a...

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