The Yamaha XV750 or Virago 750 was a Yamaha V-twin cruiser motorcycle. The Yamaha Virago 535 is a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha Motor Corporation. He once owned a second-hand Harley-Davidson and a Yamaha Virago. Made from 1981 to 1983, it was part of Yamaha's Virago line of cruisers. "Virago", "fishwife" and "shrew" are near synonyms for "termagant" in this sense. Synopses of Renault's contemporary fiction from Virago. The last motorcycle to bear the Virago name was the 2007 Virago 250. Feminist publisher Virago Press followed in 1996. Bailey describes Margaret, who was also an Irish immigrant, as a "hard-featured and debauched virago". Samson's collection of stories, "Perfect Lives", was published in November 2010 by Virago Press. Her debut work was the Victorian picaresque "Tipping the Velvet", published by Virago in 1998. In 1853 both islands were named after sailors on HMS Virago. Admiral Price took the steamer "Virago" forward to reconnoiter. It was introduced in 1981, along with the XV750 Virago. From 1989 to 1995, she worked as a junior editor at Virago Press.