Today I went over to my dad's house and used his floor jack to get the Vulcan's front end off the ground. We swapped out the speedometer housing, packed it with grease, and took a little grinder to some metal that was rather rough and sharp. The speed… more »

I manage to bleed the brakes with Sarah's help. Afterall, it is a two person job. It went fairly smoothly. I also was able to install the centerstand that I ordered on eBay. The only trouble I had with that, was the spring. I had to shove 20 pennie… more »

If there is ever a test of patience in this world, I definitely found it. My friend Stevo was bored so he decided to come over and with his help, I'd be able to bleed my brake fluid (it takes two people). Well, needless to say, that night we never eve… more »

On Friday, May 23rd I purchased a used Kawasaki Vulcan 750. Later that night I rode it home without any incident. I put in it my garage as there are several things that will need to be looked at before I can commute or even ride it around. The… more »

On Sunday, April 6th, I took my motorcycle to my mechanic to fix my slipping clutch that I have been struggling with for a few weeks now. The wife deemed it unsafe so I can't argue against that. It is the 24th now and I am still waiting for my bike to… more »

Chain adjusted. There was just a little more slack than I would have liked in the chain. It's great not having to adjust my chain all the time. I also changed my oil. I've got two cheap parts that I need to order. My lens on the front of the rebel… more »

My front tire was replaced with a Pirelli Rt 66 tire (3.0x18"). I got the tire online at tiresunlimited.com. I also replaced the chain and sprockets all together for putting the tire on, new chain, and the front and rear sprockets it cost me $105.00… more »

At 13,000 miles I had performed more maintainence on the bike. I replaced my worn out brake pads and bled my brake fluid. I've got nice clear brake fluid now and my bike stops a lot quicker now than when I had my worn out pads. They squeek now though… more »

Chain tightened, bike cleaned, tire pressure adjusted, and oil changed. more »

The reason for the lack of posts and videos lately is because my front fork seal has been the thorn in my side so to speak. more »

Tightened up my chain, there was quite a bit of slack in it. more »

Oil Changed. Videos: Oil change part one and oil change part 2 more »

Got my new tire on my rear wheel. It's a pirelli tire. They didn't have any dunlops but after reading reviews on this tire, it's actually supposed to be pretty awesome. So that's okay. Scrubbed the tire in that evening with a trip to Wrens. Also d… more »

10,300 mi. Drive chain tightened & rear brake pedal freeplay adjusted. more »

On my way up to the university this morning, I was about 2-3 miles from campus and my shifter started to stick in the downshift position. I was like, what the crap?! For those who may not know why this is an issue, I will go ahead and give a brief syn… more »

9,956 mi. Air filter replaced with a nice clean one. Also lubed up my chain with chain wax. Tire pressure is good to go as well. Bike is still running good. I think I'm noticing slightly better performance, but then again it might just be in my hea… more »

I finally have a helmet lock on my bike again. Now I can lock my helmet to my bike instead of walking around everywhere with it. YAY!!!! more »

Chain Tightened & Lubricated. 9,250mi. Also purchased a new helmet lock since mine had fell off on the road somewhere a few months ago. heh. more »

Chain lube @ 8,700 mi. Surprisingly, I forgot to add the last time I did this. :/ more »

I'm almost approaching 9,000 miles on the bike. It's amazing how many miles I accrue a month on my two wheels. Anywho, as the title may suggest I've been hearing a rattle for a little while, mostly when my speed decelerates and it has been making me r… more »

Oil Change 7,500 mi. more »

Chain Lube @ 7,043 mi more »

Chain Lube @ 5,975mi more »

Chain lube performed @ 5,307 mi. more »

Monday I took the liberty to reread my service manual. I picked it up for roughly $20.00 USD on eBay. There were two things that were wrong with my bike that I managed to fix on monday. more »

Chain Lube @ 4,739 mi. more »

Tuesday being my days off I decided that I'd go ahead and do some maintainence on my bike. Odometer reading: 4,090. more »