I’ve tried a torx bit, rubber band, bigger bit, channel locks.
I’m trying to get this windshield off, and I have one bolt that is preventing me from doing so.
What are my options, folks
Thank you.
looking forward to putting a decent amount of miles on it this year
got screwed buying my wife a cheap starter bike, been through the ringer trying to fix. rebuilt carb, and new plugs. at wot the when getting to upper rpm's starts sputtering and coughing, gets worse as it gets hotter......any idea's would be great, done with the parts cannon.
Brand new rider, having to self-learn while i wait for an MSF to be available. One thing I'm really struggling with is turning feels super unstable- like as soon as I barely cross the midpoint, especially to the right, the bike REALLY wants to tip over to that side. I was in a shop today looking for gear and sat on a classic (dunno the year) and it 100% didn't have this issue. It felt like maybe the steering was just tighter. I do have one fork seal leaking pretty bad (but its the left) Any ideas? I don't have a great way to transport the bike without renting a trailer or i'd have already carted it to a shop for someone to hop on it and give me a quick guess.
Had so much trouble with the twin carbs so i wanted to try some more aluminum welding for a single carb conversion. long story short the machine was acting up and even though i did everything i could to mitigate that it still ended up looking like an oldschool racing intake😄
Didn't like the ones that are sold on ebay where the intake doesn't have proper flow..
And to finish it off with a sentence i kept repeating to myself " should've bought stainless" 5h of work that would've taken me an hour and a half max.
Eh what was the saying. "Grinder and paint makes me the welder i aint"
Hello Vulcan riders
My husband has just bought a 2006 Vulcan 1600 Nomad & asked me to post here (he is not a reddit user)
The man who sold the bike said it had done approx 20,000 km & that's what the odometer says on the bike.
After coming home he looked at the service log books - the last service was done in 2016 & it had done over 60,000km
Does this mean the odometer has been wound back?
Or does the odometer reset back to zero at 100,000km & has the bike perhaps done 120,000km ?
EDIT: Thank you for all your feedback so far, I will relay this to him
EDIT 2: Mystery solved, the reading of approx 20,000 was the trip metre, after pressing another button the odometer reading appears & it says the bike has done approx 79,000km which is more line with the log book. Husband still very happy with his new bike even if it has higher km. Thank you all.
I have a 05 vulcan 800 that suffers from sudden power loss when riding. It feels like carb is chocking out and I can hear it backfire through the carb, usually twisting the throttle while in nuteral then kicking into gear clears it up. Dont know ish abt bikes so lmk what I should be on the lookout for
Looking at a 2005 Vulcan 800 as a Tall Rider, Im 6'4", big boy around 300 lbs. Looking for my first bike. Any thoughts, is this bike big enough for a big and tall rider?
Just got my 09 Classic LT a couple weeks ago and I’m building a library of YouTube videos for maintenance and repairs. This sub should have a sticky where we can share helpful videos we find. It could be sorted by bike and category
Alternately, if anyone has a good playlist already saved for their 900, feel free to share it with me!
Has anyone tried the Delkevic exhausts on their vulcan 1600s? They have various versions, including one for the nomad 1600 as a full exhaust system which i’m thinking of buying. I'm just curious if it's really plug and play as advertised. I appreciate your feedback
I think I have a leak in the spot in the attached pic. Has anyone ever experienced this? I know I can take the radiator and get a pressure test but was just curious. It’s on a 05 1600 classic. Can I slap some jb weld radiator weld on it? It’s on the top left side.
I have a 06 Vulcan 500 and I'm having trouble sourcing a battery that will actually fit and not be undersized. Anyone have any recommendations for a replacement battery?