VN 1500 Vulcan - Curing a Popping Exhaust - Easy Modification
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- I was requested to cover the simple modification to solve the problem of popping on overrun that occurs in VN 15/1600 Vulcans when the stock exhaust is upgraded.
Another great video.. Keep em coming!
(All this has already been totally removed from my bike, but your explanation was clearer then what I worked from!)
Thanks Jon - hopefully it'll help someone new to Vulcan life , thanks for the comment 👍
Thank you, found cracked exhaust . Welded that and replaced o ring , cleared it right up except for really small pops so doing this tommorow
Glad it helped- thanks for your comment.
I’d like to pick your brain about mine backfiring. You are very technical and versed in these bikes
Im not a mechanic (far from it) and as such don't like "diagnosing" other peoples bikes - I will happily give you my opinion as long as you bear in mind I am some random dude off the internet and you are probably better getting a second opinion from a qualified person on any answer I give! With that said - what's your bike and what's it doing?
Same trick seems to work on a lot of bikes. When I had my VFR 800 remapped a few years ago, the garage did the same thing to stop pops and bangs after the bike had been Decat'd. 👍
Yes, my speed triple has had a similar thing done to tame it down a bit - thanks for your comment 👍
Simple and effective 👍🏻
It does the job - a good starter mod for a Vulcan owner. Thanks for the comment
Educational video!
Cuz I'm all about the "education" 😂
Great imfo , recently got 2000 Nomad 1500fi mfg date 10/99 and yes its a aftermarket pipe pooper( not bad). 95000km . Guessing i have steel oil gear for that yr and may have to check cam tensioners. Otherwise really like bike. Thanks for sharing your improvements.
Glad you liked the vid - yes I think the gears are metal at that year , also I would definitely check to see if it has had cam chain tentioner extender fitted and whack some if if it hasn't . Thanks for your comment
@@ThePonkster i would remove cap on tensioners before undoing the two bolts that hold it ?
@@normanbaril8024 short answer is yes , I would recommend you read this web link as this easy job can cause BIG problems if done wrong - www.vulcandrifterriders.com/camtensionext.html?fbclid=IwAR11vVYLnpILRiPauQw93SigoSGhrIOYmhvvahqrQDsUggfMkTEqXsdfnA8
Thankyou , thats the understanding i could not find so as not to go in blind .
@@ThePonkster i see the cylinders are different the way cam chain angle is , would the front cylinder spark plug housing be the first one to get worn from chain?
NICE🌻
Thanks 🤗
Nice one, good explanation. I still have the goat's bladder on my Meanie but I gutted it - I cut it open and removed the catalytic converter honeycomb and then welded it back up. It didn't make much difference to the exhaust note though.
The goats bladder is not a converter in any way - just there as a box for the bags ! - Thanks for your comment - these bikes will sing with an after market exhaust !
@@ThePonkster Hmm, interesting, when I cut mine open it contained a circular wrapped honeycomb - it certainly looked just like a cat but maybe it's just a complex baffle? There were other baffle plates inside it as well. It's certainly not just an empty box but maybe there are different variants? (I'm thinking California models that had all the extra emissions stuff along with the charcoal canister)
PS, sent you a message via FB messenger. Cheers
It seems(after some research) that some bikes mainly for the Californian market goat goat bladders with cats in them - your bike may have got one of them ! I guess with the bike running open circuit fuelling they were not very effective at altering the emissions !
Hello sir. I have a 1999 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 classic in which it is carburetored. My question is, will the marbling technique work on my bike? I have straight pipes on my bike, and when I ride my bike, the popping is so loud that it really hurts my ears. At first, I really liked it, but now it's just too loud.
Thanks for your help with this matter. Please keep making these great videos.
Thanks again and keep up the awesome work and inspiring videos.
I am sorry but I know nothing about the carbed VNs - if they have an air injection system there will be a way of disabling it. Many carbed bikes get popping on overrun due to an exhaust leak at the headers - it is worth checking your headers are bolted up tight and all gaskets are in place.
I did like the video, unfortunately for me mine is 97 and It is a carby. But I still got some good info.
popping on overrun is till a problem with carby bikes and generally is for similar reasons - thanks for your comment
it is strange. Ihad this popping problem on my carb. vulcan 1500 from 1998. it was stock exhaust without goat bladder(i bought it so). biger pilot jet 50 solve the problem completely . stock was 45.
@@marekkompis3725 thanks Marek. Sorry I only just saw your message. I watched this video again. Cheers
please make a video with possible ideas how to make my vn1500 pop, couse my doesnt do it and i really like that sound
I'm not really making videos these days - but it s easy to make an exhaust (it will piss you off after a while trust me) - short exhausts pop and exhausts leaking air will pop - drill it or chop it !
Why would the pre-muffler chamber glow red? Also, do you have a way to contact you directly?
I don't know why your headers would glow red - Im no mechanic but that doesn't sound good ! I don't have a DM facility sorry
So I opened the right side of the air cleaner on the 1500, 1999 carburetor bike to place the Marble in the tube like your video shows, But it looks totally different then your video
The bike in the video is a fuel injection model - I don't know if the caburated ones even have the air injection system- sorry I'm unable to help further as I know very little about the pre 2000 vn bikes
Greetings. I bought a mean streak 1600 with silver tail exhausts. It backfires but it's not annoying. I installed a K&N high flow filter in place of the original and now it backfires more and has become lazy. Inserting the ball as you say in the video, apart from backfiring less, will it be better? I think it pushed further down with the source filter
They tell me that it is necessary to make a new map to get more gasoline in the mix. It is necessary?
You can not add maps to the meanstreak ecu as it is an early simple ecu - fuel 'computers' are used to add more fuel, however there is no need to add fuel if all you have done is an after market exhaust and a slightly better flowing filter in the original housing. I am not sure what you mean by lazy? Blocking the air injection as described in the video will pretty much cure all the popping assuming you have no air leaks in your exhaust system.
Thank you very much for your answer!!!!!! I'm glad to know that rescheduling is not necessary. By "Lazy" I mean it feels like you lost some output with the high flow filter
What if when I plugged the pipe, the popping got 10x worse?
I suspect this would be pointing out you have a big exhaust leak - most likely due to one of the fibre gaskets falling out or misaligned when fitting the exhaust. Popping on overrun is the classic sign of air getting into an exhaust i.e an exhaust leak .
my vulcan is a 1996 ,single slide carb,, is there any info on this regarding ,popping/.
Sorry Brian, not a bike Im am familiar with - but popping on overrun in carbed bikes is usually down to an exhaust leak at the headers I have found.
@@ThePonkster Thanks Ponk,i tried the old trick of squirting a bit of washing up liquid round the flanges, no bubbles,but will persevere,and thanks again for your excellent site.
Its most likely to be where the headers join the cylinder head and its unlikely you will identify it there with soap as it will be creating a vacuum there (sucking air it). Check the header bolts are still tight and if you have had the exhaust off its maybe worth checking the fibre sealing washers are still where they should be (where the pipes join the head) and didn't fall out or miss seat during installation as they have a bad habit of doing.
My 1997 pops so much
Some people like the pop - me I think its a bit too much on a bike with a loud exhaust. If your bike has the air injection system like most fuel injected bikes that is usually the cause, and if its a carbed bike then an exhaust leak at the headers is usually the reason in my experience.
can you do this mod on vn2000,s as well ?
Sorry - No Idea - I know nothing about the 2k
I have an 09 vulcan 900. I changed the air filter n it started doing the popping something absolutely terrible. The intake looks different. Can u plz take a look n tell me what to do?
I am afraid I know nothing about the 900 vulcan - popping is usually caused by an air leak in the exhaust system and the airfilter should not really make any difference. I don't know if the 900 has an "air injection system" but if it does then a cleaner freer flowing filter would increase the air going into the exhaust and in theory would increase popping - that's all I got - sorry
@ThePonkster hey bro ur gd. I found a video for marbling the 900. Just test rode the mod n its still popping some but def not as much. Ill make sure tht hose is sealed off. And i was thinking about obstructing a part of air filter? Lol idfk im tryin not to have to spend 300 on cobra fuel processor.
@ThePonkster man i really appreciate such a quick response.
If the air injection is working you will get popping - a fuel processor wont stop that. Unless you have changed the exhaust and airfilter to freer flowing systems you wont need a fuel processor(IMO) it is usually only required when both have been modified. I would check you have blocked the correct pipe - once blocked you should not need to restrict the air filter
@ThePonkster i bought with cobra pipes n no other upgrades i was assuming too rich