Alright all you Vulcan lovers out there. Im the FNG here and I got some questions.
But first let me say this site is AWESOME and all the help you guys have given over the years leads me to believe this is the best biker forum out there. Now on to the story
I got my 91 Vulcan about 2 weeks ago (bought it from a guy that said it had cooling problems after about 30 minutes which is initally how I found the site great deal on the bike) and still havent rode it yet😞. Me and a long time biker buddy of mine trailered it home because I didnt want to ride it a little over an hour back to my house. He didnt have his trailer set up for bikes so we went ahead and layed her on her side amd strapped down real good. Just mentioning this part so my bike can be diagnosed by you carb doctors. No issues on the way and the bike started but at the time it was roughly 20-30 weather and the guy had let it sit for a while so I could only get it to start with the choke on. I did the seafoam in the tank/carbs and ended up slowly backing the choke off over a week and a half and finally got it running without choke for maybe 3 seconds and it dies...NO GAS😡 at least not enough to get it to run I thought so I went and got 1 gallon and put it in with more Seafoam of course and noticed I had some leaks around my fuel lines after I started it (back on choke btw)...Upon buying new clamps/some more hose I discovered a hose at the front of my bike down by the oil filter that runs up by the right ear/air filter when sitting on the bike. Does that hose go to the nipple on top of the carbs because thats I can think of? Also I used to be able to pull and let the clutch out no problem but now it just kills the battery in neutral. Oh please great gurus of the Vulcan. Help me in my time of need so that I may enjoy my baby on the open road like I shouldve gotten to do from the jump😡...I know its my fault lol
Also I noticed the black plastic fat tube that goes on the left side carb was on at an angle so I got that set on and clamped down all the way. Its the pne that keeps you from getting to the right side carb fuel hose
But first let me say this site is AWESOME and all the help you guys have given over the years leads me to believe this is the best biker forum out there. Now on to the story
I got my 91 Vulcan about 2 weeks ago (bought it from a guy that said it had cooling problems after about 30 minutes which is initally how I found the site great deal on the bike) and still havent rode it yet😞. Me and a long time biker buddy of mine trailered it home because I didnt want to ride it a little over an hour back to my house. He didnt have his trailer set up for bikes so we went ahead and layed her on her side amd strapped down real good. Just mentioning this part so my bike can be diagnosed by you carb doctors. No issues on the way and the bike started but at the time it was roughly 20-30 weather and the guy had let it sit for a while so I could only get it to start with the choke on. I did the seafoam in the tank/carbs and ended up slowly backing the choke off over a week and a half and finally got it running without choke for maybe 3 seconds and it dies...NO GAS😡 at least not enough to get it to run I thought so I went and got 1 gallon and put it in with more Seafoam of course and noticed I had some leaks around my fuel lines after I started it (back on choke btw)...Upon buying new clamps/some more hose I discovered a hose at the front of my bike down by the oil filter that runs up by the right ear/air filter when sitting on the bike. Does that hose go to the nipple on top of the carbs because thats I can think of? Also I used to be able to pull and let the clutch out no problem but now it just kills the battery in neutral. Oh please great gurus of the Vulcan. Help me in my time of need so that I may enjoy my baby on the open road like I shouldve gotten to do from the jump😡...I know its my fault lol
Also I noticed the black plastic fat tube that goes on the left side carb was on at an angle so I got that set on and clamped down all the way. Its the pne that keeps you from getting to the right side carb fuel hose