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Posted by pcarrell
- July 14, 2016, 17:18:24 PMCongrats on the purchase, and welcome to the forum!
You might want to rethink the bag mounting setup though. The Drifters fender is plastic, so it won't hold much weight at all. Also, that rear fender is attached to the suspension, so it moves quite a lot while riding. Most Drifter bag mounting setups attach to the frame under the seat area, and that solves the issue. This might help you picture the setup: http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/oemsbsetup.html
Posted by indo
- July 14, 2016, 11:38:55 AMHi guys and Gals! I just purchased a 1999 Drifter 1500 and am quite pleased. The reason that I bought it was because I have a serious sciatica problem and I was just in bad pain riding my other bike a BMW R1150rt. Sold that one and purchased the Drifter. No more pain for those long rides! Back in 2000 while I was living in Hawai'i I bought a 2000 Gilroy Chief but when I moved back to California I decided to sell it as I needed a bike that handled better and braked better. So, I went through several bikes during the interim. (Mostly high performance). Now at the ripe ol' age of 63 I am back cruising. I just recently tried the new Indian (Chief Classic) on a 60 mile loop that I do a few times a week. My thoughts on the bike...Well the motor is quite good, brakes excellent, and suspension very nice. But $20,000 out the door? Then you have to do stuff to it such as pipes, bags, etc. etc. Which brings me to the Drifter. Motor is great, sounds good, looks good, brakes OK, suspension not bad, shaft drive which I am used to and everything works as it should. I did however, put in a magnum performance IAT substitute, and a K&N filter. I just got some bags for it and will be ordering the original rack '47-'53 Indian and brackets from Starklite to mount them. When I get her dialed in I will post pictures.