Vulcan 1700 Engine & Tranny job

[theMucker]

Assuming it might be of some use to the Vulcan 1700 riders here, I wanted to put in a link to the process I went through installing the 2011 transmission into my 2010 Voyager. I also cut the heads .025" to raise compression to the factory specification of 9.5:1 and, while I was at it, I ported the heads. The result worked out great. The tranny is quieter and it now has the OOMPH! that a 1700cc V-twin motorcycle should. Rather than cut and paste it all, here's the link:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/kawvulcan/messages
Thread 105848.31 and on.

[cactusjack]

Somebody should ask BD about his tranny. The one he picked up on Sunset Blvd.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

Thanks for the link.

CJ, Brad didn't realize until it was too late that he had picked one up.

[ringadingh]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

Somebody should ask BD about his tranny. The one he picked up on Sunset Blvd.

I'll bet its not as quite as the one Mucker replaced, Bd's was a screamer.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by ringadingh

I'll bet its not as quite as the one Mucker replaced, Bd's was a screamer.

Yeah, but we actually have pictures and details here. No shamwow.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by ponch

Yeah, but we actually pictures and details here. No shamwow.

Shamwow? ShamPOW!

[ponch]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

Shamwow? ShamPOW!

You know Shamwow? X invention cures acne, lumbago and makes you sport wood for 10 hours, but wait, if you order now...We've been down that road.

[landman]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

Somebody should ask BD about his tranny. The one he picked up on Sunset Blvd.

ok I will ask..hey brad, what are they talking about ?something about picking up a transmission on Sunset blvd.

[twowheeladdict]

Have no idea how to navigate that forum. Why doesn't the link go directly to the post in question?

So, you had to cut the heads in order to bring the compression up to the advertized compression?

[ponch]

Originally Posted by twowheeladdict

Have no idea how to navigate that forum. Why doesn't the link go directly to the post in question?

So, you had to cut the heads in order to bring the compression up to the advertized compression?

This is what he meant: http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/...&msg=105848.31

Yes he did. It looks like quite a job.

[Timay]

Originally Posted by ponch

This is what he meant: http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/...&msg=105848.31

Where does he explain what he meant about "cutting the heads in order to bring the compression up to the advertized compression"? I've just spent the last 45 minutes reading a thread about a transmission...?

Tim

[ponch]

Originally Posted by Timay

Where does he explain what he meant about "cutting the heads in order to bring the compression up to the advertized compression"? I've just spent the last 45 minutes reading a thread about a transmission...?

Tim

Try reading from the beginning of the thread. That link starts at post 31. Here is the link to the beginning of the thread http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/...n&msg=105848.1 IIRC, he measured the compression at 9.1:1 or something like that. He decided to mill the heads to bring it up to 9.5:1, which is what Kawasaki advertises.

[Timay]

Thanks for that...interesting read - well done by the author! The actual post where he talks about the compression is 105848.82...

Tim

[theMucker]

Originally Posted by twowheeladdict

Have no idea how to navigate that forum. Why doesn't the link go directly to the post in question?

So, you had to cut the heads in order to bring the compression up to the advertized compression?

Yes. The shop manual says the Voyager is suppowed to have 9.5:1 compression, but after cc-ing the combustion chambers, I found that mine had 9:1. Cutting .025" from the heads brought it up to spec. It is running great and stronger than ever. And still happy with regular gas as well.

[Monkeyman]

What's different between the '10 and '11 transmissions?