20 Most Recent 2000 kawasaki VN 800 Vulcan Classic - Page 3 Questions & Answers

TIME FOR A REPLACEMENT...GET ONE AT PEP BOYS AND MAKE SURE IS FULL OF BATTERY FLUID (ACID)

Does the clicking noise come back when the revs drop or when the car warms up!

you need to check for fuel and spark.

look for bolts inside bags. remove bolts. bags come off

you need to check for fuel and spark

Check your ground connection to make sure that it is clean and tight. If the connections are good, I would suspect the starter itself.

try cleaning the start button inside the housing as weather gets in and could be a dirty contact ! check the earth contacts around the engine also ! are the wires to the solinoid in good condition , battery wires also ?

Check you are getting a spark at the plugs

clean ur callipers . also a change of pads mite help. go to MCNs website coz there was an article about it very recently. good luck. copper grease is good on brake cylinders

if its the black round mounts you have to drop forks

sticking sidestand switch...

check sidestand switch and clutch lever lockout switch

no...they can be drifted in with a suitably sized socket

Yes. There is a converter available from most good motorcycle parts suppliers. Or you can just put a sticker over the glass for the speedo. This is clear and you can still see the kph markings and the needle.

Hi

Check if the chain is in proper adjustment. Improper adjustment to the point of being too tight will make a grinding noise. The only internal grinding possibility would be the primary drive from the crank to the torque convertor. if the chain is in proper adjustment, then if sprockets are hooked and if the chain can be pulled back off the rear sprocket at the 3:00 o'clock position to the point of being over 1/2 the tooth height or if you can see a gap underneath. Both are indications of a worn out chain and sprocket set.

Also check this link to troubleshoot the noise that you are getting:-

http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/StrangeNoises.htm

Provide hose clips

Hi what bike? Year and model, thanks paul

it sounds like your charging system is out. use your volt meter check the battery charge before you start the bike, it should read about 12 volt, start your bike now, check you meter you should be running about 13.5 volts. rev your bike watch your meter it should spike around 14.5 if your meter jumps up over 15 your reg/rec is not working right, if it drops when you rev the bike you stator is not working. Its always best to replace them as a pair as they work as a pair and bad old part can kill a nice new pricey part if you follow what im saying. the stator is the coil winding that makes a/c power after its made it goes to regulator/ rectifier it's job is take that a/c power and make it d/c (you can only make a/c power and store d/c power) it also regulates the volts around 13.5. see what you got and let me know
hope this helps
M.Woodring

Hello, it is either a 1981 model or 2011, you count the 10th digit in which is B and it is coded accordingly, if it was between 2001 and 2009 it would have the actual number, 7, meaning 2007!!!

If the bike was built after 1980 it should have a 17 digit VIN number stamped on the steering head.
Copy it down, then count off the 10th character from the left.
The year will be....

A=1980 B=1981 C=1982 D=1983 E=1984 F=1985 G=1986 H=1987 J=1988

K=1989 L=1990 M=1991 N=1992 P=1993 R=1994 S=1995 T=1996

V=1997 W=1998 X=1999 Y=2000 1=2001 2=2002 3=2003 4=2004

5=2005 6=2006 7=2007 8=2008 9=2009 A=2010 B=2011

As you can see...they went back to reusing letters in 2010 again