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Posted by chief
- November 06, 2009, 10:48:12 AMRemoving the smog stuff and putting a plate on the reed valve port is what I did... I preferred it to sticking marbles in the vacuum hoses, but it is harder to do.
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/388/cat/57http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/389/cat/57
These are the same as on Gadget's site.
Posted by edwar355
- November 05, 2009, 20:48:15 PMits in the mods section..... here it is on gadgets http://www.gadgetjq.com/smogstuffremove.htm there you go its really easy takes all of two minutes and it does help.
Posted by Cosmos
- November 05, 2009, 20:25:43 PMWhat is "the marble trick"?? I've never heard of that?
Posted by edwar355
- November 05, 2009, 12:14:50 PMThanks ill give it a shot and see what she says
Posted by chief
- November 05, 2009, 11:05:38 AM800 or 1500?
Part of the problem with using aftermarket pipes made for the drifter 1500, is the hangers. The drifter pipe hanger (right footpeg bracket) is hard mounted. Drifter oem pipes have rubber elsewhere so the pegs don't need the rubber mount. BUT, when you change the pipes they become hard mounted in the rear... NOT GOOD... the engine wants to move on its mounts but can't because of the hard mounted rear of the pipe. Thus increased vibration and something will eventually break.
Buy a right side footpeg bracket made for the Vulcan Classic. It has the rubber mounting you need.
1) Then get pipes made for the classic. OR
2) If you have pipes made for the drifter, fabricate a bracket to convert from the classic peg bracket to the drifter pipes. This mod is described in the mods section of the VDR web site. (not this forum).
As to the mid-range vibration - this might be your problem... but I'm not convinced there isn't something else going on.
Posted by edwar355
- November 04, 2009, 17:28:06 PMOk ill start from the beginning... when i first got the bike it had the Vance and Hines long shots but when the previous owner put them on they broke loose the "doughnuts" on the headers so i got them welded back on. Then the bike started to pop BAD every time I let off the throttle it would pop 5, 6 times no matter how the rpm's. So I did the marble trick........didn't help at all. Then I cleaned the throttle body's and like magic the pop was gone. So thats taken care of finally. But now its gotta shake about it at mid range rpm i guess (no gauge), at idle no shake, high rpm no shake, doesn't matter what gear and I can pull in the clutch and the shake goes away. Any suggestions cause i'm stumped?
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