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I'll reveal my age. I'm 63 1/2. Know what you mean about those aches and pains. Have arthritis in neck, back and big toes. Doctor gave me meloxicam a NSAID and it works wonders, just one a day. Not a painkiller or narcotic or anything like that but it is a wonder drug. I was having trouble walking and now it doesn't bother me.
Still work some as a tilesetter. Only time things don' ache is when I am working.

I will take one when you make more.

Thank you so much for the pictures. This will make the job much easier and faster. The illustrations were fantastic!

Are the steps to change the chain and sprokets on here anywhere? I can figure it out by myself if necessary but if the steps are written down somewhere to make it easier that would be helpful. You know, less chance of inventing the wheel again.
pietperson

I too would like a set of the 800 mounts. Will you take a money order? Most people would rather not take a personal check and I understand why, but some are also hesitant to take a money order too. As soon as you know the shipping to 63116, I will send it.
pietperson

If I order the dynojet kit for the 800 Vulcan will I get the correct needle? They don't list what needle is in the kit, just says it is for the stock engine.
pietperson

Where do you get the jets for grampsizing? The article mentions OEM and Dynojet but I can't find the size jet and needle called for listed anywhere. Is the dealer the source for parts or where? also where to get progressive front springs and sprokets?
pietperson

What jets did you use and where did you get them? Looked on dynojet website and couldn't find them. And where is the place to get sprokets and progressive springs?
You guys seem to have all the answers and sources.
I now have to use the choke to start even on a warm day, and run it for a couple miles with the choke out  before it will idle. It would be nice not to have to do that.
Has anyone ever been checked for pollution control inspection?
pietperson

It was dirt cheap to make them, about $15 in materials, but powder coating was another $50. Like in another post, it would be easier for a person to build his/her own because there is no real money in making small batches.

LED lights and bullets

top view

right side

right side from rear

rear view

rear highway bars

I didn't take step by step pictures, but can explain how I did it. They will be done at the powder coating on friday afternoon by the way. Will have my son explain how to post pictures.
Bought 5 ft. of DOM mild steel tubing, .065 wall thickness at Shapiro Metal here in St.Louis,MO. Called everyone In the phone book it seemed to get it done. Finally someone suggested Mittler Bros. out in Wentzville, MO so I called them and they said sure, just bring them the metal. Mittler makes metalworking tools for the custom auto industry and a lot of home shop stuff. Ray at Mittler took about 15 minutes to bend both tubes to shape and didn't charge me anything for it. I Made plugs to fit in the footpeg bracket by turning about .010 off some 7/8" mild steel rod and crossdrilling them for 5/16" bolts to fit in the footpeg bracket holes. Made a couple tabs about 2" long with a 1/4" hole at one end to fit under seat. Cut and fit them for a couple hours till the looked about right and then welded them.
They were bent to about a 165 degree bend using a 3" radius mandrel. Since I had cut them to 30" there was a lot of material to experiment with. Could have used 20" long each instead of 30"
The reason for the plugs was that I couldn't figure out how to drill a hole through the tubing in the right place where it goes into the footpeg bracket and a plug could be bolted in place and the tubing slid over it and tacked then welded. The pictures above show a square U channel welded on the end of the tube, but a plug seemed easier and cleaner to me.

I just finished building a set for myself out of 1" tubing. Pretty easy to do really. Am calling powdercoaters now to get them coated. So far I have about $15 or so in tubing. If there is a race car fabricator near you they can bend the tubing and then you can make the tab and I used some solid rod I had left from another project and cross drilled it and slid it into the tube end and welded it all together.

alrat sent me an email telling me how to do it. I am embarrassingly non computer savvy. Have not gotten a response yet thougjh.
pietperson

How can I send a pm to another member?
pietperson

The site won't let me send a pm, says I am not registered in one place and that I am in another place. Anyway, my email is mushface1@gmail.com if you would email me with the price. I ordered one on monday from fitzsimmons, but I may be interested in another one.
pietperson

Does the Harbor Freight motorcycle lift, not the table, but the lift need any mods to work with an 800 drifter or will it work right out of the box?

Browsing the other day I found some tips from someone who taken their site down but someone on this list had saved and archived. The site was a link on another post and I cannot find it again. Any ideas?
pietperson

CDNRatman, the seller is metricmotorcyclesUK. The bar is 1 1/4" or 35 mm whatever you are familiar with. It is black as is my drifter and looks cool. Really want to know the shipping cost before I commit. Have sent question on shipping twice and gotten no response. Am now kind of leery of ordering. If they won't answer a question, will they even ship?
Dennis

Bought my Kawasaki 800 drifter last week, a 2000 model. Silver and Black. Haven't rode it much with work and all, a little better than 400 miles or so, but it rides well and sounds great. Wish it was spring instead of fall though so I could ride more.
Looking for hiway bars, found them on ebay but the seller is in Great Britain and I have no idea how much the shipping would be. Any one here have a clue?
pietperson