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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
I spent about 5 hours earlier this week on two evenings working on stripping the items off the bike. I removed the seat and the backrest and saddle bags.
![]() Next I put the bike up on a lift I bought at Harbor Freight. With my limited range of motion getting up and down this lift was pretty much essential for me. ![]() Next I removed the tail lights and license plate assembly and the rear fender. ![]() I was hoping to leave the exhaust pipes alone, but I just couldn't get to all the swing arm bolts with it in place so off the pipes came. ![]() ![]() Now I was able to get the rear tire assembly out. ![]() ![]() Here is how it looks from the back with the wheel out of the way. ![]() I took the brake caliper off and just secured it to the frame for the time being to get it out of the way. ![]() On the drivers side I needed to move the radiator overflow bottle to gain access to the swing arm bolts. ![]() Next I got the mono shock absorber out ![]() Finally I was able to remove the bolts holding the swing arm assembly in place and pull it out. ![]() Here is a pic of the bike from the back without the swing arm in place ![]() The new swingarm needed the shock mount assembly from the one I pulled out of the bike, so I removed it from the bike swing arm and installed it on the trike kit swing arm. ![]() ![]() Once I had the swingarm out on the ground next to the trike kit, I realized the trike kit company just bought a swingarm for a Kawasaki Vulcan 900, cut two parts of the frame off it and welded it to the Trike Kit Axle Assembly with some thick plate steel. Pretty smart way of doing this actually. |
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
WOW !!!! That is an awesome amount of work you have done so far. The beauty of doing a new bike is no rust, mud, slime or screwed up fittings. I used to undress my new dirt bikes years ago to see what was under the plastic but you Sir have gone way beyond anything I ever did. BB, you did an amazing start in only a few hours and I am more than impressed.
A suggestion though. For my peace of mind. Please please please cover the tank with a couple fluffy towels to protect the finish. Tools and shiny paint will eventually get attracted to each other. It is a Universal Law. :oops: :poorbaby: Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
Very good progress there BB. I really like that jack from Harbor Freight - much better than the one I bought from them.
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
Lovely job. One question, though. How do you get a belt drive fitted to the diff. without taking the axle, & diff. covers, off the swingarm?
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
This is a gorgeous thread.
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
Hi Alantf, I actually got that all put together last night in about two hours and I have pics, but I'm tired and ready to crash tonight, so I'll try to post tomorrow.
I came home from dinner tonight to find that we had a flash flood in the area and my shop got about 8" of water in it, so I've spent the last several hours trying to clean and dry out everything. Got about 5 or 6 fans running now trying to get all the dampness out of the nooks and crannies and hopefully I will be able to work on the bike the rest of the weekend. A ditch up the road was clogged up causing the water to go up and over the road bed and down my neighbors driveway across my back yard and straight through my garage door and into my shop. Bummer. This has happened before. I think it's time to build a 12" high dam across my property line. |
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
Wow, so great to see all the pics. It's like seeing an xray to learn what's really under the flesh. Thanks BB. I'm too chicken to really take things apart, so I really appreciate the visual.
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Re: Vulcan 900 Trike Build
Yiha! Way to go BB!
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