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  1. Transmission & Rear End
    Preface: I'm new to motorcycles. The VN750 is my first bike. Had one owner and is in very good condition from all appearances. I'm mechanically inclined and while I don't have a lot of garage space, I am likely to try DIY unless it's too risky. My VN750 does a few interesting things, possibly...
  2. Transmission & Rear End
    I have a project bike, 85 vn700 that I just got running and I'm dead near finished working on it, but, now the clutch isn't working properly. I haven't had the chance to throw a new back tire on it and take it for a spin yet, but I tried putting it in gear and the clutch didn't do anything when...
  3. Electrical
    Alright fellers, I've got another head scratcher for you. (At least it's a head scratcher to me, I'm hoping someone here knows what is going on right away and can tell me) After I got my cylinder flooding issue taken care of, I took my bike out for a number of rides. I've cumulatively been out...
  4. Transmission & Rear End
    Hey Guys and Gals! I've been riding my 86 to and from work for about a month (12 country miles). Now that the excitement of having it out of the operating room and on the road has faded I'm noticing the little things and getting them squared away as i go. The only thing that is driving me nuts...
  5. Transmission & Rear End
    Hi All, So the other day I rode up to a stop light and downshifted trying to get to first, however, it got stuck in neutral. Now the clutch lever (foot) does not engage anything and can swing back and forth (it is still spring operated). Does anyone have any idea how to solve this problem, or...
  6. VN750 General Discussion
    Hi guys, I've finally got my bike back on the road after 2 years of not being able to ride it. After riding it for a few weeks it has now just started to cut out when I pull in the clutch and knock it to neutral, or when I go from neutral to 1st, it does'nt do it all of the time but its quite...
  7. Engine, Exhaust & Cooling
    Sorry guys I am back again. So the other day I was riding down a back road, when I came to a stop sign I heard a slight grinding sound towards the front of the engine. I was very worried so I took it really easy and was headed back to the house when I came up on a really old truck going 35 in...
  8. Transmission & Rear End
    I can shift through gears but it doesn't engage I just hear a popping/grinding noise even with clutch pulled all the way in it doesn't make the noise in neutral the bike was running fine until one day I got on went to shift into second and it either slipped into neutral or I just missed the gear...
  9. Transmission & Rear End
    I have a 1986 Vulcan and the clutch will not engage to shift into the gears. I replaced the cable thinking it was the cable but that did not fix the problem. So I was wondering if there are any adjustments inside the transmission to fix this problem. If so your help would be greatly appreciated...
  10. Transmission & Rear End
    Okay so today i was taking the bike for a ride, and as i was slowing for a stop sign things felt funny and not right. So i pulled in the clutch in third gear and came to a stop, when i tried to pull away again, the clutch cable was way looser and hardly engaged the first gear. Anyway i just made...
  11. Transmission & Rear End
    Hi all Totally new to this forum, have read a lot of helpful things on here previously though so thanks for that. Not that long ago i started getting the famous coffee grinder noise, to begin with i was horrified. But after reading about it on here i figured I'd have the clutch basket drilled...
  12. Engine, Exhaust & Cooling
    So today i took my bike to work and it was riding great, while working it started to rain a bit so i had to go home. As i pulled away and began accelorating then suddenly the rpms dropped to zero and then right back up to where they had been before, it did this in 2nd and 3rd gear a few times...
  13. Transmission & Rear End
    Hey could really use some help here. I'm a new rider and the 1994 vn750 I got had a bent clutch lever. I already bought the lever and can't figure out how to get it on. Any help would be great.
  14. Transmission & Rear End
    Ok. So a guy at the local shop informed me a while back that my clutch cable was streatched out pretty much to the max, so i bought another one. well that was in '09 and its 2011 and i decided to put the thing on finally. Well... i get the old one off and the new one on with all the adjusters...
  15. Transmission & Rear End
    I too have been victimized by coffee grinder noise and grabbing chattering clutch when my VN 750 is cold -- and it only occurs when starting out in first, not when upshifting. I got pretty sick of it. To the point when I was cringing whenever I shifted. No fun. Some time back I posted on...
  16. Transmission & Rear End
    Well, I read all about it and knew I should have lubed the splines. The mechanic told me today the rear end was gone and it was a $1200 repair. I've read on here of people getting lucky and finding the parts for $150. What parts should I be looking for? Do I just search for "Vulcan rear...
  17. Transmission & Rear End
    I had my bike in to the shop when I first got it and was told the clutch was slipping. I chose not get it fixed at the time and have been riding on it since. I didn't have much issue around town, but did notice at the top end of 5th gear I would get slippage and the RPMs would go way up while...
  18. VN750 General Discussion
    I am planning to have 15" tall ape hanger handlebars added to my vn750a-12 but before I buy them, I'd like to know the stock length of the clutch & throttle cables so I can adjust the measurements accordingly. I already know the length needed for the brake line, but I cannot find anything on...
  19. Transmission & Rear End
    So I am in the process of replacing the stator on a 91 vulcan and now that i have it back together I am afraid I might have done something wrong. I put the bevel gear back on how i took it off with no problems but when i went to go hook the clutch cable up there was no resistance at all in the...
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