GUEST? Registration opens up many more resources which are not available to guests. Registration is free, we never sell or give others access to your information.
Posted by Darth Wraith
- October 31, 2013, 06:37:37 AMProbably some sort of advanced 4D visual technology from outer space...
Posted by greenbarn
- October 29, 2013, 21:30:06 PM 
LOL
Posted by testpilot
- October 29, 2013, 19:37:36 PMI took my glasses off and they cleared up. Nice photos, Greenbarn.
Posted by mittico68
- October 16, 2013, 01:45:43 AMHey guys, does anybody know a good eye doctor? My eyes just see blurry pics!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 15, 2013, 20:14:48 PM 
Think Chief should hire you to the staff as the forum photo guy....your amazing....
Posted by greenbarn
- October 15, 2013, 19:21:32 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 15, 2013, 18:55:08 PMHey,I can take pictures. Actually I'm quite talented here are some special ones just for you ratman...very nice pictures hey Mr. 0hi0 sure makes you wish you could take photos too eh!
You will find:
1) Pic from the bike show. I think this was a Drifer, but he was going so fast, the fenders look smaller.
2) some scenery from vacation.
3) the biker chick at the beach in her red-white-blue biker bikini
4) a recent wedding where I was the guest photographer
5) finally, a bachelor's party, with some hot dancers.
Disclaimer/ copyright notice: these are not really my intellectual property, but shared from the internet...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 15, 2013, 18:55:08 PMvery nice pictures hey Mr. 0hi0 sure makes you wish you could take photos too eh!
Posted by greenbarn
- October 15, 2013, 17:34:02 PMnice pics
Posted by Darth Wraith
- October 15, 2013, 02:21:39 AMNo, all VN800 have that feature, and EN500, too.
Meanwhile, autumn in Romania:
Posted by greenbarn
- October 13, 2013, 18:08:34 PMThe hardest learned lessons are the longest remembered....
Just curious, is the Drifter the only vulcan w/ this security feature?? From what I read when researching model numbers, the Drifter was considered the "top of the line" vulcan when it came out. There was the plain-old-ordinary-old Vulcan, then the Classic was an upgrade, and the Drifter was the Premium. I would agree with that...
Posted by Troll
- October 13, 2013, 17:24:19 PMIt's not all that well known now. The tech at the dealer, who's quite knowledgeable, hadn't heard of it before, but he won't forget it..and neither will I..
Posted by greenbarn
- October 13, 2013, 16:45:20 PMSo the resistor is actually in the ig switch, and sends a reduced voltage to the ECM? So if you were to try to "hot wire" the bike, by jumping the ignition switch, it still wouldn't run b/c it wouldn't see the fuel pump enable signal, from this resistor? Of course if they were all built w/ 100ohms, I guess the thief can just wire that in. 'Course, this probably wasn't all that well known back when they were new, I suppose....
Posted by Troll
- October 13, 2013, 16:08:08 PMI had (have, but now all it does is control my amp) one of those thunder ign switches on mine, installed by the P.O. I was starting to have some intermittent no start problems back in '10 after a long ride. No fuel pump until it cooled off. Turned out it was the ign switch wiring. There is one pin on the EFI computer that shows no connection in all the wiring diagrams. That pin gets a specific voltage signal from the switch. If it doesn't see the signal, or an incorrect value, then it won't turn on the fuel pump. This is rather expensive information...I bought a fuel pump, thinking that was the problem...it wasn't. The dealer called Kawasaki inquiring about the problem. They thought it was the EFI computer...Kaw. told them about the anti theft device built into the switch and EFI computer. I now have a factory stock ign. switch, and no more issues. There have been quite a few of the '99s with this failure, so if the pump won't run, that's the first thing to investigate...
Posted by greenbarn
- October 13, 2013, 15:58:00 PMThe 1500's have theft protection? I did not know that- never heard of it... tell me about it. 100 ohm resistor? starting to sound like the 90's GM products, with a resistor chip built in the key. GM had something like 15 or 18 different resistor values built into the key, and the BCM has to see the right value to disable the anti-theft. The antennae ring built into the key cylinder always goes bad, or the really-really fine wire going up the steering column starts to break, and it causes what start out as intermittent no-starts, soon to turn into permanent no-starts....
Posted by Troll
- October 13, 2013, 08:58:11 AMDo you need the resistor in the circuit for an 800? I'm thinking no. The resistor goes to the EFI computer so the system's built in theft protection won't kick in.