Two model years share the code XV250P, and the 2002 Virago 250 is one of them. The factory service manual for it is LIT-11616-XV-25.
Work of any depth on this bike starts with the specification pages, and they are where this volume earns its keep: service limits, running clearances and torque values, set out so a measurement either passes or it does not. The rest follows the machine, from top end down through the gearbox to the chassis and the harness.
Yamaha's coverage list for the book is long, taking in 1988 through 1990, 1995 through 1999 and 2001 through 2005, along with the Route 66. Where the years differ, the text says so and names the code. Where they do not, one procedure stands for all of them, which is the reason the book stayed in print as long as it did.
