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Posted by jmbo
- March 06, 2014, 19:55:48 PMI am sure you understand that when powder coating exhausts you need a special powder due to the exhaust heat. That aside didn't Road House make a set of black black pipes for a Drifter?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 06, 2014, 18:39:09 PM 
D1 agree with who is really going sell this ride, but at the same time have to be practical, If something happens or medical issues intervene in ones life then it will be easier to move the bike in a hurry if needed, and not have it hanging around because no one wants to buy it because of the strange paint job or some other reason.
Remember that crazy old guy......
Posted by Drift1
- March 06, 2014, 18:20:54 PMAlso keep in mind any item with high heat , such as your exhaust , will need to be ceramic coated . The air cleaner indeed can be powder coat .
Now for keeping the bike stock items is truly a good idea for resale , however who plans on selling there gem 
not I . IMOP personalization of these bikes is half the fun of owning them 
Posted by DenverDuc
- March 06, 2014, 15:04:31 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 06, 2014, 14:42:27 PMLOL excellent. I agree with that sentiment. If this was a run of the mill bike, I'd do mods with impunity, but that is not the case. I'd rather do it to spares or aftermarket as well. I was hoping to see a stock exhaust blacked out, but I may have to photoshop it!now JMPO but I would not destroy/mod/alter any parts of the Drifter , not sure of the 1500 because I do not own one, but I have been hunting parts for my 800 since I bought it, seems parts of any type are getting harder and harder to find. I would buy after market parts and do my powder coating on them or what ever alterations you want on them, this way you can always go back and sell your bike as close to original as you bought it.
All the parts I have removed I still have in a box, and along with the stock exhaust, this will all go to the person on top of my inherit list once I depart.and my ashes in the front engine guard so I can ride along with that crazy old man.........lol......
just my thoughts on the matter
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 06, 2014, 14:42:27 PM now JMPO but I would not destroy/mod/alter any parts of the Drifter , not sure of the 1500 because I do not own one, but I have been hunting parts for my 800 since I bought it, seems parts of any type are getting harder and harder to find. I would buy after market parts and do my powder coating on them or what ever alterations you want on them, this way you can always go back and sell your bike as close to original as you bought it.
All the parts I have removed I still have in a box, and along with the stock exhaust, this will all go to the person on top of my inherit list once I depart.
and my ashes in the front engine guard so I can ride along with that crazy old man.........lol......
just my thoughts on the matter
Posted by DenverDuc
- March 06, 2014, 14:18:37 PMQuote from: Troll on March 06, 2014, 14:02:49 PMDefinitely noted. I used to have a 1999 Vulcan 1500 Classic so I'm pretty familiar with that motor and know it's FI and not carb'd like the 800.Keep this fact in mind, before you change the air cleaner cover...the 1500 and the 800 are DIFFERENT, and the 800s are not easy to find!
I did a quick ebay search and it appeared that any of these would work for the 800:
I would think most VN800 air cleaners would work on the Drifter, but I could be wrong!
Posted by Troll
- March 06, 2014, 14:02:49 PMKeep this fact in mind, before you change the air cleaner cover...the 1500 and the 800 are DIFFERENT, and the 800s are not easy to find!
Posted by DenverDuc
- March 06, 2014, 13:56:25 PMI love the look of the stock exhaust, but I plan to debaffle mine and was thinking of having it sand blasted and powdercoated black. I have also considered getting an aftermarket exhaust and powdercoating that black to keep the factory exhaust in tact to retain OEM parts for resale later.
Along the same lines, has anyone ever done the same to the air cleaner cover? I personally do not care for chrome, so I wouldn't mind ditching that large shiny bit of chrome right in the middle of the bike! It looks like it would be easy to pick up an OEM air cleaner cover on ebay for ~$50, so I may give it a shot with a second one to keep my factory one in tact.