Unveiling The Surprise (Part 1 of 2)

I recently purchased a used 1995 Kawasaki Vulcan 750. The speedometer isn't functioning but that will be fixed soon. It's been in my garage for about two weeks with me doing maintenance on it as the bike was obviously neglected. For more information about that, visit my website and look at my motorcycle blog to follow the garage progress!

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[kcdude7]

Sorry if you said this in the video, I didn't get to watch the whole thing but I love the sound of your vulcan, it doesn't sound stock. Are the pipes after-market? If so, what kind are they?

[Skel3tor1]

@kcdude7 the pipes that were on the bike when I got it had the stock pipes but the baffles were drilled out. So it was ridiculously loud. Since I think loud pipes saves lives is a bunch of crap and more so because I was working 2nd shift and coming home after midnight I didn't want to piss off the neighborhood so I got stock pipes and put those on. So, if I do a future video with the Vulcan, it'll sound a good bit different.

[spmcco]

Your cluch lever is screwed... This ike has been dropped. Take it from me.. I have dropped bikes

[Skel3tor1]

Oh, I know that is why it's bent. It's still functioning just fine even now. One of these days I'll get around to replacing it but it's not a high priority.

[agentjwa]

hey i got a 94 vulcan 750 and i can tell you that in 5th gear at 62mph the revs are exactly 4000

[Skel3tor1]

Thanks. I actually fixed the speedometer about a week ago so I do know how fast I am going now.

[cheeseball247]

So, from my unserstanding, the exhaust in this video is the stock pipes, but with drilled baffles?

[kcdude7]

@Skel3tor1

Thanks for the response. Do you notice an increase in performance/torque now that you have stock pipes again? Sometimes they say drilled or removed baffles can decrease performance due to the loss of rear-end pressure.

[Mullinator0001]

'time to go exploring, that's what happens on motorcycles'

Damn right man!

[kimber1911]

Love the videos. How do you have your camera and microphone set up? Can you share your rig info? I'd like to do something similar where I can record and talk through a ride for my wife to see while she learns to ride. Thanks!

[punkidd912]

@26marbay yea i did, but it was shitty and ragged out and never started even with a fully charged battery so i could never go anywhere in fear of killing it and not being able to restart, sold a long time ago, now im on a 2004 honda vlx 600 and loved to learn on it but ready to move on up.

[brianwilburn]

what was the matter with the speedo? How did you fix it?

[hvacr24]

i like the vid boss, its cool how you are able to keep your wind when explaining things....i have to use the tach method also on my nissan maxima cause the digi dash stop workin....do you still have the bike today 9-26-2010?

i just bought a VN700 two weeks ago and am undergoing changes to it, tires, and pipes :)

griffin

[notwocdivad]

Backfire when closing the throttle could be an air leak in the exhaust system somewhere

it's sucking in air somewhere try re-fitting with exhaust sealer paste Nice ride all the same. Ride safe and Greetings from the UK