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Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 11, 2016, 19:42:49 PMI am keeping the stock part and putting it away. I am getting a new one made to make it work with my new shifter knob.....and once it gets done I'll post pictures if it comes out the way I hope it does.....
Posted by Trall
- March 11, 2016, 19:33:05 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 11, 2016, 11:05:14 AMWhat do you mean the complete L shaped bracket or just the Knob for the thread on knob piece? Why?Trall, going to contact a fella to make me a new shifter lever.....lol pictures soon
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 11, 2016, 11:05:14 AMTrall, going to contact a fella to make me a new shifter lever.....lol pictures soon
Posted by tj
- March 11, 2016, 08:15:47 AMNice job!...shifter is very cool!
Posted by JagLite
- March 06, 2016, 22:10:00 PMBeautiful!
Thanks for the info and reviews.
Always helpful to know
Posted by mittico68
- March 06, 2016, 03:03:11 AMCool lookin' baby!
And that seat rail really matches the two-tone color.
Well done!
Posted by greenbarn
- March 05, 2016, 22:49:10 PMThat turned out great, Trall. I like the 2-tone a lot.
Posted by Old Drifter
- March 05, 2016, 22:31:18 PMTrall, congrats on a great looking Drifter...well done!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 05, 2016, 22:01:11 PMVery nice result and the bike looks really good but all that chrome....bright...lol.....
Your most welcome and anytime you need help just email me.....
Posted by Trall
- March 05, 2016, 21:50:52 PMFinally after the three months of waiting for parts to be painted and a week to reassemble here's my new painted Drifter 800 with some parts reviews-
Reviews-
1st- Universal Vista Motorcycle cruise control- Great throttle lock and easy to install. Priced around $30 and works as good as my former bike Breakaway unit that cost $200. To install I used water and dish soap and slid over my factory grips. 5 minute install.
2nd-I put on some Grab On replacement sleeves. Shock absorbing foam grips. Cost around $10 on Amazon. I like a little thicker grip. I leave the factory foam in place. After Vista Cruise in place. Cut foam grips as needed. I placed cut end on first with water and plenty of dish soap.
3rd- Black studded Leather floor board fringe. Good quality. Bought for $65 on Ebay from TRD Leather in Ohio. Leave metal floor boards in place and remove rubber top piece by lifting up and pulling the rubber stoppers from underneath and lift up as you go (some small stoppers and two large round ones.. Place board fringe on top of floorboard and use metal pointer scribe from underneath and mark corresponding holes . Use drill bits or hole saw to cut out holes. I then pressed and pulled and lined up stoppers. It was a pain but finally got them all down.
4th- Installed National Cycle N940 Lightbar. Also N9001 Lightbar Switch. I am no electrical master. I read instruction, search for online videos and called customer service more then once to make sure I am doing it right. When I first called National Cycle customer service to ask questions the first person I could tell did not know much like me, I asked who in Customer Service knew the installing process really well and talked me through it for both the lights and extra switch.. the switch is not needed since there is one on lights but wanted one on handbars. I used Marine heat shrinking wraps for hardwire connections. Looks perfect. Cost $300
**The call Three Lights the triangle of safety. More oncoming traffic to identify you. Run the lights day and night for safety. Just like trains started off with one light more accidents, added three lights triangle of safety less accidents
5th- RoadBurner Street pros Exhaust. Drifter sounded like a house cat when angry and now sounds like a Siberian Tiger. Great deep throaty sound. On ebay cost new for $400 with shipping. To install placed blanket on ground, left stock fully assembled and removed rear bracket from bike frame. Then removed all four exhaust nuts. Place towel over right side floor board and carefully twist and removed easy with no other disassembly like instruction mentioned. Assembled Roadburner exhaust fully assembled with rear tip bracket and middle main bracket to exhaust which is a pain because of the tight space. When all tight and finished and towel on floorboard position exhaust in place and secure with the four new nuts they supplied and two frame bolts for middle bracket and installed.
***Important buy and install two new exhaust gaskets (KAWASAKI EXHAUST GASKET PART #- 11060-1680) and as your installing pipes pay close attention they don't fall off before you have nuts tightened. Did not rejet. No back fires.
6th- Changed front fender Indian Light with LED white bulb 66-015-LED. Brighter and lasts longer. $16
7th-Chilhowee Motorcycle Leather. Custom made mud flaps. High quality and look Perfect. Cost $176. I had fenders off bike and used spring rubber tip clamps to hold flap in place once positioned. Then used 3/8 close qtr's drill because of tight space and drill holes. Used supplied nuts and bolts.
8th-Indiain head War Bonnet – Gold. From winnerscyclegraphics.com $77.50 Painter said hard to install but it ties in the white and gold accents on my bike.
9th- Two new Shinko Tires. Took rims off bike to nearby bike shop and $279 total to install.
10th- 4 inch leather fringe on ebay. Added to solo seat with staples.
11th- Highway pegs. Great quality and only $45.25 for all pieces needed with S/H. From ebay seller- cyclewarehouseonline , name on ebay- Clamp on Buffalo Foot pegs 1 ¼" Round Tube Harley Touring Crusiser Highway
12th- You can various conchos on ebay to dress up solo seat.
13th- Thanks to Ted from the VDR Drifter site. A great engineer who makes the hand shifter for Drifters. Easy to install but make sure you mark your linkage the tiny rod with two little nuts for the toe and heel shifter. I had a initial problem with shifter not quite right but THANKS for CDNRatMa –Andy got it adjusted right.
Drifter is painted White Diamond P 3c ((Main body color from 2006-2009 Saturn Corp.) Went thru autobody paint books and like this color the best. Have to see it in person and the sun to see it shine. With factory Candy Cardinal Red. Also with Gold pinstripe on fenders.