This is the coolest bike I've ever seen because it's so personal to you and everything has a reason and purpose. I love it and being a Vulcan, it's bulletproof. WIN WIN.
I absolutely love that Most I've had to do to my KLR so far is gorilla glue some high density polyethylene to my swingarm as a chain slider, has held up for ages and no signs of wear and one time one of my bar riser snapped on the one side so using the snapped off male piece as a spacer between the bar and the yoke, I used 5 zip ties holding my bar on until my replacement came 🤣
very interesting! specially the chain-oil, gonna use that trick, thx! Did +8 000kms across EU, and that chain (without a midstand) oiling is a bitch :-)
Always knew you were good at talking bollocks for minutes at a time, will come down and see you both when the truck is roadworthy, Cheers, Big Mick! :-)
The front is some random 80's kawasaki 19" wheel I had laying about. I had to make up a calliper bracket and spacers for it. Rear is from a 1990 EN500, they're belt drive but the sprocket carrier from an old ex500 fits if you take about 9mm or so off the sprocket-carrier-bearing-spacer. Again the wheel spacers I had to make up.
Unfortunately I don't remember exactly. They're from a 125cc MX bike but I don't recall which, only that they have same diameter as the VN's forks and that they were from a decent brand of bike like Kawasaki, Yamaha etc. They're running the VN800 springs with spacers fitted on top of the springs to give the right length and static sag.
Travellin' Man by Les Baxter:
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This is the coolest bike I've ever seen because it's so personal to you and everything has a reason and purpose. I love it and being a Vulcan, it's bulletproof. WIN WIN.
Loved this video.
What an interesting bike
I absolutely love that
Most I've had to do to my KLR so far is gorilla glue some high density polyethylene to my swingarm as a chain slider, has held up for ages and no signs of wear and one time one of my bar riser snapped on the one side so using the snapped off male piece as a spacer between the bar and the yoke, I used 5 zip ties holding my bar on until my replacement came 🤣
Better than a GS.
very interesting! specially the chain-oil, gonna use that trick, thx! Did +8 000kms across EU, and that chain (without a midstand) oiling is a bitch :-)
Always knew you were good at talking bollocks for minutes at a time, will come down and see you both when the truck is roadworthy, Cheers, Big Mick! :-)
Iv been wanting to ditch the spoked rims too. What wheels are you using there?
The front is some random 80's kawasaki 19" wheel I had laying about. I had to make up a calliper bracket and spacers for it. Rear is from a 1990 EN500, they're belt drive but the sprocket carrier from an old ex500 fits if you take about 9mm or so off the sprocket-carrier-bearing-spacer. Again the wheel spacers I had to make up.
What an ugly bike!
I love it!❤
may i ask what forks are you using
Unfortunately I don't remember exactly. They're from a 125cc MX bike but I don't recall which, only that they have same diameter as the VN's forks and that they were from a decent brand of bike like Kawasaki, Yamaha etc.
They're running the VN800 springs with spacers fitted on top of the springs to give the right length and static sag.
What a waste of a perfectly good motorc....... Well you know the rest.
Dirty Barry!
The one and only! He's seen me through some tough situations has old D.B.