I have this other buddy Earl. Now Earl is a real character. A real child of the 60s. After spending some time in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne, he made it home and has worked as a stage hand ever since.
Now Earl does not own anything with more then two wheels. This is his 86 VN 750 Vulcan. It was not charging, and he had lost the key, so he opened the gas cap with a screwdriver by prying it open. He then held it shut with duct-tape.
After installing a new stator, and reg/rect, I went to rebuild the carbs, but they were not worth rebuilding. I do not know how it was even running. I got another set of carbs, and between the two sets I was able to come up with one good set. Then Earl came up with this cheesy HD seat he wanted mounted. He also wanted some sort of fender to hold his saddle bags. So I mounted the cheesy seat, and a fender off a 78 CB 400. I then took an old Suzuki tank, and cut the filler neck out of, and welded it to the Vulcan tank. Then my OCD kicked in, and I repaired all the dents, and painted it. I sprayed it semi-gloos black, and then did the top with Hammer Finish Copper. Now he is clling the bike Copperhead.
BTW That's Earl.
Next up is breather covers, side covers, and a different taillight.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."
1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Just look at the picture.
Funny thing is, I liked it better before.