Wish me Luck!!!

[Fancy]

OH my bad then I thought that one was just for the cam shaft...I will look again for the plug

[chief]

I'm not sure what you are asking... did this thread not provide you with the answer? Click on the link Troll provided you.

[Fancy]

OK even though I look like a big doofus now I did call the place where I got the bike tuned up and they said that the Cam Plug on rear cylinder head is leaking SO any suggestions???

[49Reo]

Big fingers and little parts can make for a curious repair.... LOL

Good luck with it, an let us know how it goes!

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

THX!!! My FIL is a mechanic...maybe he can give it a go...he works on buses and used to b in the air force and did planes I wonder if bikes are too small for him lol 

[49Reo]

YES Cam shaft lol Troll I did search for the quick fix and I am unable to find anything

Do this:

1) go to home page, click on mods/tips;
2) on this page, click mods and tips
3) click on Engine and Performance
4) click on Repair - Cylinder Plug Leak
5) click on URL: http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/plugrepair.html

and you are in; hope this helps!

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

YES Cam shaft lol Troll I did search for the quick fix and I am unable to find anything

[Troll]

Sorry, took another look at your pictures, and no, I was wrong...nothing new there...there is a fix listed on the web site for these plugs that's a whole lot cheaper than pulling the engine...

[Troll]

You have an 800...the valve covers come off without taking out the engine. This is because it is required to adjust the valve lash periodically...Hmmm, if it is a cam bore plug, you could change it during routine maintenance!

[49Reo]

Sounds like the camshaft plug on the cylinder head; kind of a pain to change. However, look in the mods/tips section on the homepage; there is a "quick-fix" that sounds like a good way to fly. Worth a look, anyway.

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

Thx Reo!! My pup has put in about 10 hours don't know miles and he is only 13 weeks- start them young lol the end result is we will b riding alone and we are ok with it

Well I have to get a backerest soon! My boys want a ride real bad. Then a windshield and an engine guard but for fun stuff I want to fringe it all out starting with a seat cover. My budget says little by little though lol

I just got her tuned up and I have a small oil leak the cam something or other I can't remember what he said but I was told it can be a winter project... Thank goodness because it's about  900 to fix it darnit

[49Reo]

Nice!!! I like that color. As to your pup,it's funny how there is always someone out there willing to criticize what others do; one of the biggest reasons I like to ride alone. Years ago, a friend of mine had small terrier of some sort; that mutt put in a lot of miles riding shotgun; buddy took the lid off of the left saddlebag,  built a little windshield on it, and that little dog rode many a mile in there, never came to any harm.

What plans do you have to personalize you Drifter? Be sure to post pics!

Have fun and ride safe;

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

Oh and it must have been the server the day I tried to upload pics because uploading these went very smooth. THX for the help!!!

[Fancy]

Here is my pup that rides in a pouch on my chest when I go for a drive. I had major drama over doing this and was verbally attacked by one of the people I ride with because of it his weekend

[Fancy]

Here she is

[chief]

Remember we changed to a new server. There is a lot going on in the background on this particular server which will impact this situation.

My upload speed will be different from yours... but a 2gb jpg uploaded in 8 seconds, while it took 1 minute and 15 seconds for the server and software to deal with the upload. This same pic errored (500 error)out for me the first go-round. A 256kb file took less than 30 seconds to complete.

Do yourself a favor and ALWAYS resize your pics down to 800x600 or 640x480 or in that range. Make them jpg's. This will reduce the overall file size. If you are on a slower connection, this will most definitely help. You don't need high resolution (big files) for web pics. If you are sending me a file for something that needs to be high res... you'd do that by email.
If it takes too long the server will abort the operation and return a server error.  If you error out, try again... or resize and try again.

[chief]

Big files take a while. I just added one to this post - didn't take much time at all. Using Chrome, it shows the upload percentage at the bottom left. Then "waiting for VulcanDrifterRiders.com" - that last bit took longer than the first bit. But I figure it took about a minute altogether.

[49Reo]

I used to have a lot of problems uploading pics; I finally figured out, if I right-click on the pic, hit "edit" go up to "image" click "stretch/skew" and adjust to 30% on both horizontal and vertical, save it and it will drop a pic from, say 2.4 mb to about 90kb; then it uploads easy. Also, after clicking on "select" you have to click post before the pic, actually uploads to the post. I had lots of problems until I figured it all out with Chiefs help. HOpe all this helps!

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

well i have been trying to add pics to this post but it keeps erroring out. I put the pixels at the right dimensions but I will try again later today

[49Reo]

Yes congratulations on your purchase of a drifter. Dressing the bike is the way to make it your own. It's amazing to see 40 drifters at drift-ins and no two look the same.  Some thing you have to fabricate, because they didn't make a lot of after market stuff for the drifter. The back rst to my two up seat was for a 650 shadow.  Don't put a hyper charger on your ride. Anneoakley and I can tell you horror stories about ours.

Enjoy your drifter

Ride With Pride

What kind of issues did you and Annieoakley have with the hyper-charger? I personally don't care for them, but like to hear the pro's and con's on stuff.

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Fancy]

thanks for the congrats!!

Troll ~ Thx for the pic that is where Hubby adjusted it too last night before it was level with the floor boards like I said. I can still see my clumsy self hitting it with my leg again lol But mine doesn't have the rubber grip on it...now i have to add that to the list of things I need ha ha ha thx Troll lol

I took it for a spin last night to try out the shifter and it felt unnatural but I know I will get used to it. I kept lifting my foot like I was in marching band lol I wear a size 10 womens (I know big feet lol)  and I thought the shifters would be closer together but hubby says there is no adjustment for them to be that way just an up and down adjustment.

[1999 Drifter]

congratulations on your purchase
I have one of Ted's hand shifters hardley ever use the foot shifter, just once in awhile to remember how...lol

[KsDrifter]

Congrats!!

[49Reo]

That is how mine is set up, too. I am planning on cutting the toe shifter and adding about 2" to it, and the brake pedal too; (big feet) so I have more room for the above-mentioned feet.   

Regards and such,
49Reo

[Troll]

Here's a picture of what I did...one pic=1000 words...or more! Much more comfortable, and positive upshifts are now certain