800/1500 Drifter

[Mercury]

they have studs... www.corbin.com i think is the website

kenny

[zuzuman03]

hmmm, so what to do next to the bike. i won a gift card for the local bike shop, so i have some money to play with. amy ideas? does anyone have those little mud flap things for the fenders?

[Coodeville]

Originally Posted by zuzuman03

hmmm, so what to do next to the bike. i won a gift card for the local bike shop, so i have some money to play with. amy ideas? does anyone have those little mud flap things for the fenders?

I never liked them at all. I went with fender tips instead. What a time I had finding them.

[ulflyer]

Factory Service Manual, like new, cost $70....sale for $55 shipped.
18 Tooth, all steel, front sprocket, brand new......sale for $20 shipped

Buy both and I'll throw in whatever oil filter/s that I have...I know theres one and maybe two.

[Muneio]

Hi all,
Heres the video of a trip I took last month to Big Sur, on my drifter 800

[zuzuman03]

man, that is awesome. do you have a version w/o the music so i can hear those pipes roar some more? i havent heard a 800 yet.

[rosslato]

Originally Posted by Muneio

Hi all,
Heres the video of a trip I took last month to Big Sur, on my drifter 800

thats an awesome video, i took that same ride but in my van. i also filmed it, put a camera mount on my dash & stuck my camcorder on it but i like yours better. ok, i'm baffled, did u use a shoulder mounted camera or a passenger film it? what was the name of that bridge, i forgot. thanx for the vid

[Coodeville]

You need a MAC to view it? All I get is sound and no video.

[rosslato]

Originally Posted by Coodeville

You need a MAC to view it? All I get is sound and no video.

Quicktime!

[Coodeville]

I have Quicktime...............I'll try again.

[Muneio]

Sorry zuzuman no version without music
rosslato I used a helmet cam in conjunction with a DV camcorder the bridge is the Bixby Creek Arch Bridge
Coodeville you should be able to view on both mac and windows try downloading latest version of Quicktime

[Mercury]

cool video - looks like a nice ride, nice weather and a good time!

Kenny

[rosslato]

Originally Posted by Muneio

Sorry zuzuman no version without music
rosslato I used a helmet cam in conjunction with a DV camcorder the bridge is the Bixby Creek Arch Bridge
Coodeville you should be able to view on both mac and windows try downloading latest version of Quicktime

do u have a pic of your helmut cam & where does one get a helmut cam? hmm just got a brainstorm, drill a hole in my helmut, screw in the proper screw or bolt & attach my camcorder on top, might cost 25cents. how kool is that. i saw on American Thunder a pack of Bikes riding across Bixby Bridge & just the sight of that compelled me to drive out west for the 1st time ever & so i did & over Bixby Bridge, awesome scenery. thanx

[Muneio]

Hi rosslato I got my helmet cam cam from here

[zuzuman03]

Originally Posted by Coodeville

I have Quicktime...............I'll try again.

i had the same problem. if you have high speed connection, click the slow speed version. i clicked the high speed one and only got the sound too. clicked the other one and it was fine.

[notmeofficer]

newbie to the site saying hi!!!

Love my drifter!!!



bone stock other than the stainless steel custom hardbag mounts I built for the hardbags....

Customizing the bike will start this winter

I am a fabricator... if anyone needs mig or tig..
Im your man

cam

[zuzuman03]

those bags look sweet with the way they sweep with the fenders. what kinda bags are those? that might actually look on my bike w/ the solo seat.

[Coodeville]

Originally Posted by zuzuman03

those bags look sweet with the way they sweep with the fenders. what kinda bags are those? that might actually look on my bike w/ the solo seat.

I was waondering that myself..............plus the mounts.

[Mercury]

thatsmeofficer - thats a sweet looking bike!

I too love my drifter - for mods check this out ok....

http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/russwolf/faqs.html

I put the OKIE system on mine - a little rich but im getting that tweaked out soon... and it really woke this machine up - i can get it to come up going into 2nd.

also - if you do fabrication, maybe in time i can work up drawings cause im going to need saddle bag mounts to work with my corbin seat.

kenny

[notmeofficer]

guys.. the hard bags came off of ebay...imports... they are a hard durable plastic..so far as good as fiberglas,, they are relatively small.. but given the fact they have to hang like sails on the bracket they carry larger bags wouldnt be good.. they match the drifter fender contour perfectly.. they have nice locks... I cant say they are waterproof but I havent ridden in the rain to test them.. they have a lip but no gaskets.. they open to the side
They have clear lense lights with amber bulbs built into them that could be wired as turn signals or running lights.. IIRC they cost about 150.00.. which is cheap when you look at hard bags
I bent some Stainless to act as road rash guards for the bottoms.. and to act as a heat shield for the exhaust side.. that idea works perfectly

in one side I carry
my gun bag, registration, manual, wallet with room left over

they fit in the other side.. (for the gym)
a pair of shoes and a change of clothes...

as we all know the drifters suspension isnt set up for bags and the mounts come off of the frame and seat mount
I ordered up a set of scootworks drifter bag mounts and they arrived.. I installed them and was very unhappy.. the saddlebags had all kinds of flex and vibrated.. so I sent them back.. they were constructed out of 3/16 mild steel (scootworks claimed "we've sold millions of thses without one complaint".. yea right... if you sold millions you wouldnt be talking to me...)
I fab.. so I built a set of mounts out of 3/8" stainless steel.. (in the pics they arent polished yet.. winter project) they are 10 times better than scootworks but there is still some flex because the mounts are two piece ..like scootworks.. and there is a lot of moment out there on the back end... my brackets are completely acceptable but Im going the next step
I am going to build a one piece bracket out of 1/2" aluminum.. that I will break at the appropriate angles so they follow the lines of my original brackets... by going to one piece and heavier material Ill take out 95 percent of the flex.. once I lighten them they will be the way to go.. then maybe Ill engine turn the finish on them and finally polish them out.. that would be the trick way to make them nice




I havent grampasized it.. Im still tricking out my other Kawasaki.. a KLR...