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Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 19:29:49 PMtHanks Phil, this is just an idea right now because I normally ride alone, so it is not ahuge issue, but I just think it would make the bike look so much different then the norm. Starting this weekend on my lift for the 800, and going to be in the back room with an angle grinder and chop saw to do the work. I'll have to post pic's for 49 to follow along.....
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 19:20:59 PMYou know, I don't have a lot of metal shop type tools available to me either, but I've found you can do a lot with a hand held angle grinder, a few good grinding disks and a few good cut off disks. I made new custom mounts for some generic floorboards using just those tools, and they've been on the bike for 4 years now with not a single issue. I used 1/4" Aluminum bar stock, shaped into a "T" shape with my $30 handheld grinder, then drilled a couple holes, added a couple bolts and some $50 generic highway bar mounted floorboards that I just left the back half of the bar clamp off of. A little black paint (that needs touched up after 4 years of use now), and that's it. I don't have $75 wrapped up in the project, and they're strong enough I can stand all of my weight on just one of them and they don't move a bit. And yes, they fold up.
Here's a link so you can see what I did: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Drifter/Passenger%20Floorboard%20Brackets/IMG_2467.jpg
Something lick this may open up a lot more possibilities for you........food for thought.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 19:05:25 PM 
ok found me a set....
http://www.hac-products.nl/product/30/69/passenger-floorboard-foldup
price is average comparied to any other site I have been to......
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 18:21:06 PMI'll keep searching for you as well,bud.I'm sure you'll get it figured out.Keep tract of your work and re
member the picture thing.I'm sure there's other 800 riders are running into the same dilema.I'm actualy going to see if Pauly Designs can custom design both,driver and passenger set for Ma-Deuce.....when I can find time to get over there.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 18:06:55 PM oh I am not done yet, by any stretch of the imagination........just will take time, I unfortunately do not have access to a metal shop anymore so I am forced to pay to get things done or try to do the bolt on thing....but I will get my boards one way or another.......just have to keep looking at pictures
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 18:05:36 PMHuh,you would think with as much accesories out now a days something as simple as a floor board you could pick one up at your daily coffee shop....would have never guessed it would be this difficult to locate this particular item.....
RATMAN,looks like some fabrication is in order,my man.REMEMBER,"SAFETY FIRST"...GOGGLES,GLOVES...."CLOTHING!!!!!don't want to see you burn, ahhhhh you know,while using the torch & welder.....OUCH 
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 16:48:45 PMThere were few accessories back when Drifters were still in production. Now that we're 7 years out from the last 800's rolling out of the showrooms it's getting much tougher. But you know what they say....customization is king!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 16:29:09 PMI spent about 3 hours during my rather slow day at work ......looking and sent an email to one place called dreamcycles.....here is their reply...
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I can"t find anyone that makes a rear floor board for your Drifter. Cobra does not offer one and Kuiryakyn who uses splined adapters to fit dozens of bike models to allow floor board conversions also does not list one for your bike. The Drifter in both sizes was one of those bikes that very,very few accessories were made for.
seems a lot of places make the boards but it is the mounting bracket that is the issue. So I am going to continue my hunting...time will tell.
Posted by 49Reo
- December 07, 2012, 15:23:45 PMFrom what I've read on here, any Classic floorboards will work if you put the Classic peg mounts on too. If that is the case, it opens up a way bigger shopping area. I'm sure some of the guru's on here could say one way or the other, I personally have never looked into it.
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 13:47:12 PMHey bud,hear your looking for some floor boards for your ride...try this place out
http://www.chromeworld.com/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid={56b24bce-2daa-497e-a6e1-8e1656baeac3}&gid={422054de-2e35-4156-9c04-03000dcf8ef7}&GroupName=Kawasaki+Vulcan+800+Drifter+Foot+Pegs+and+Floor+Boards&pname=Kuryakyn+Glossy+Black+ISO%c2%ae-Wing+w%2fMale+Mount&Referer=&Alias=&ptct=SGR-SR&CTitle=&
I've never ordered from them before so couldn't tell you much about them....also J&P sells a lot of accesories,them i have ordered from,never had any issues at all...good luck,let me know how you make out....
Posted by pcarrell
- December 06, 2012, 23:32:30 PMQuote from: 49Reo on June 06, 1970, 14:28:38 PMMy uncle used to call them "persuaders".......quote author=49Reo link=topic=18479.msg33326#msg33326 date=1354851880]
......just get a bigger hammer.....
Posted by 49Reo
- December 06, 2012, 22:40:03 PMThats what stainless steel is for...... but then it has to be polished.......choices, choices,choices!
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 45 Bravo
- December 06, 2012, 22:00:08 PMDon't forget the rattle can of black paint to blend in the attachment points..
(We early drifter guys are lucky, black hides a lot, the later chrome guys are stuck with it, as chrome paint looks cheesy...)
Posted by 49Reo
- December 06, 2012, 21:44:40 PMAnd NEVER use force to make it fit, Ratman, just get a bigger hammer.....
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 45 Bravo
- December 06, 2012, 21:38:55 PMAnything can be made to fit, or be attached....
with the proper application of a cutting torch and welder.