hello I’m Mario
I really love motorcycle and have been riding for a while. Recently I decide to look for a project bike. Scrolling through facebook market and I found a non running 2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 for $500 nothing missing... thought about it and wasn’t sure if it was for me because I’m 6’6”.. Decided to buy the bike and rebuild it for a gift to my father
Before finding the website I fixed the following
-Seized front brake caliper piston(rebuilt both)
-replaced front brake pads
-new battery
-rebuilt the carb
-new fuel hose lines
-new petcock
-new front tire
-acid in gas take to clean out rust
-new thermostat
-oil change
-new spark plugs
Issues I’m having
-opened the brake system up to rebuild the caliper piston and introduced a lot of air into the system. Taking forever to bleed it out
-I’m tryna find the right setting for the carb. I feel like I’m running to rich. At times I have white smoke coming out. But from reading a few of the topics it might be that I didnt calibrate the spark plugs right.
-a knock that comes and goes. I hear it mostly when I just start it
As of right now that’s the only issues I have.
Gonna register the bike to my name this weekend so hopefully I can do a little test riding
Any tips tricks or advice is greatly appreciated
Glad to join the vn750 crew
I really love motorcycle and have been riding for a while. Recently I decide to look for a project bike. Scrolling through facebook market and I found a non running 2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 for $500 nothing missing... thought about it and wasn’t sure if it was for me because I’m 6’6”.. Decided to buy the bike and rebuild it for a gift to my father
Before finding the website I fixed the following
-Seized front brake caliper piston(rebuilt both)
-replaced front brake pads
-new battery
-rebuilt the carb
-new fuel hose lines
-new petcock
-new front tire
-acid in gas take to clean out rust
-new thermostat
-oil change
-new spark plugs
Issues I’m having
-opened the brake system up to rebuild the caliper piston and introduced a lot of air into the system. Taking forever to bleed it out
-I’m tryna find the right setting for the carb. I feel like I’m running to rich. At times I have white smoke coming out. But from reading a few of the topics it might be that I didnt calibrate the spark plugs right.
-a knock that comes and goes. I hear it mostly when I just start it
As of right now that’s the only issues I have.
Gonna register the bike to my name this weekend so hopefully I can do a little test riding
Any tips tricks or advice is greatly appreciated
Glad to join the vn750 crew