hi, new to the thread, my wifes grandpa just gave me a 1986 Vulcan 750, he hasn't rode it in years, im just wondering whats the first thing I should do? please anything will help!!

Go look at the Vulcan Verses. Plenty of a suggestions there. I would look at the splines before too long, but with a bike that old there's probably stuff I won't think of. Make sure the tires are under ten years old. Check your hoses for cracks. Battery's probably questionable too. But I hear there are lots if 86s still on the road so you can have a lot of fun with this! Enjoy!

well, since it has ben sitting for years, first thing to do is check out THIS link. Read the Vulcan Verses. And get yourself a repair manual. You can also get an owners manual HERE.
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Greetings & welcome. You can download a copy of the repair manual from
My signature. This will be a life saver as well as asking questions on here.
You will want to change out all your fluids.
Coolant, oil, brake fluid, final drive at the rear end.

Oh yeah, the "splines" are par of your drive shaft.
Quite often they came under coated from the factory.
You don't want dry metal grinding.

Hug your wife's Grandpa if you haven't already !!!! You married well

Along with what is listed above, get the old bad gas out of there 'before' trying to crank it up.

x2 what bstew7890 & Texas stated

.... old battery ! ...new AGM Battery for sure.

How many miles ?
Got pics ?

WilliamTech

First thing I would do is to change all the fluids.

Been covered.

Thank you guys so much! What oil do you recommend? Weight etc? Can I purchase at Walmart? Sorry for odd questions really new to the motorcycle world