Official Welcome Thread

[V2K_CCTX]

Anyone can start a thread. Pick the appropriate forum section, and fire away.
As far as buddies go, we are all buddies here.........we usually all get together for a sauna and some skinnydipping once a week.

party at trike's friday night 700pm

[trikebubble]

Some of you may know me from other forums, but I'm new around here, so I'll introduce myself.

My name is Philip, but most people call me Pastor Dude. Thats what the kids at the church where I'm the associate pastor named me. I have a wife and two kids (teenagers) and I work for the local phone company in Indiana. I used to ride a little when I was a teenager in the '70's but I quit riding in the early '80's and didn't really think about it again until last fall. Then last fall I was cruising the web and came across a pic of a Drifter, and I was hooked. By November I had a 2001 Drifter 1500 in my garage and I've been customizing and working on it ever since. It's a great bike, and it beats the snot out of the Honda 550SS I had back in the day.

Anyways, thats me in a nutshell. But you all don't want to hear about all that, do you? You just want to see pics of the bike, right?

Well, I've done a few mods since these pics (with much more planned), but this will give you an idea.......

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...cycle04-09.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...eRear04-09.jpg

Welcome to the forum. I've been called "Pasta Dude" before, so that must make us kind of related...'eh?
Anyways, good to have you on board. Hope you hang out, contribute, and enjoy.

[trikebubble]

party at trike's friday night 700pm

Be there or be square.

[pcarrell]

Welcome to the forum. I've been called "Pasta Dude" before, so that must make us kind of related...'eh?
Anyways, good to have you on board. Hope you hang out, contribute, and enjoy.

Thanks for the welcome, and yeah, maybe we are related!

[V2K_CCTX]

trike rocks!!!

[Bluemonday]

Hello everyone, thanks for the welcome. I ride a 1981 Kawasaki LTD-1000, which I'm finishing the final details on a complete restore of this machine. I've done lots of custom work to it and its beautiful. again, thanks for the welcome.

[pcarrell]

.....I ride a 1981 Kawasaki LTD-1000......

Those are great bikes. A true classic.

[Bluemonday]

Thanks for the reply. Oh I forgot to mentioned that I'm an Elder(Associate Pastor) in a Pentecostal Church down here in Florida. Once I learn how to use this camera, I'll post some pics of my bike.

[pcarrell]

Can't wait to see them!

[Bluemonday]

thanks...your bike looks great too...God bless.

[pcarrell]

...God bless.

Likewise........

I'll quote the rest of that post when I get to feast my eyes on that 1000!

[cbsurfer]

Im not new to bikes but i am new to the forum and the zx7r I own a 02 ZX7R. here it is

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/44...500x500Q85.jpg

[V2K_CCTX]

welcome to the fun

[Charlieboy]

Im not new to bikes but i am new to the forum and the zx7r I own a 02 ZX7R. here it is

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/44...500x500Q85.jpg

Hi cb surfer. Welcome to the forum. I'm curious.Is the swingarm on your bike standard or extended. I'm not clued up at all on the superbikes so I find this interesting. At what point does a motor put out enough power to warrant a swingarm mod?

[cbsurfer]

Hi cbsurfer. Welcome to the forum. I'm curious.Is the swingarm on your bike standard or extended. I'm not clued up at all on the superbikes so I find this interesting. At what point does a motor put out enough power to warrant a swingarm mod?

the swingarm has a 6" stretch to it. I beileve the extended swingarms are extendended for the drag strip and to keep the front wheel on the ground

[Charlieboy]

the swingarm has a 6" stretch to it. I beileve the extended swingarms are extendended for the drag strip and to keep the front wheel on the ground

I thought it looked a little long from looking at the pic.

[khawkins]

Hello everyone, just bought my first Vulcan 1500 classic. She's a 2006 model and has 16k miles. I upgraded from a 2001 shadow vlx 600 so its a big difference in size, power and MPG!! But it rides a lot..lot better and that's what the wife likes so there you have it! I am looking forward to learning as much as possible about the Vulcans so I may have a question from time to time. In my opinion there is nothing like knowledge, learn all you can in life that matters to you 'cause that's one thing you can take with you.

[Don B]

Hello to all, thanks for letting me join your cyber-world. I purchased a '79Ltd 1000, last month. It's in mint condition with 14,000 original miles. I guess I bought the thing trying to re-gain a little of my youth, as in '79 I bought my dream bike, a Ltd 1000, and loved it for more than a few years. The only difference is the color so I will be trying to match the metal flake green, and making the modifications to get it as close to my old love as possible. I'll be dropping in and following the site for info and to keep in contact with my fellow "KAW" brothers, and sisters.

[Creech]

My turn. First post. Just bought my first cruiser at the beginning of August and it's the beautiful red and silver 1500 Vulcan Classic in my avatar. I look forward to learning from this site and th users here.

[pcarrell]

Very nice Creech! And welcome to the forum!

One thing you'll want to check out is this: Gadget's Fixit Page For Kawasaki Nomad & Classic Modification Maintenance & Repair