Vulcan custom help

[kevbod]

hi i am new to this forum stuff, has anyone got any experience with a vulcan custom please. i am having a few problems.

[stirlinggaz]

hi,
well. give us a clue then! lol (ie-what kind of problems?)
i doubt they are problems specific to your particular brand of bike, & are likely to be common/generic problems & im sure someone will be able to help, if your specific enough.
cheers,
GAZr

[kevbod]

yeah sorry not very specific was i lol. i have a red light on my speedo next to the lights that tell me what gear i am in it also has an icon of a phone above it, it keeps flashing when i am riding and when it does the bike wants to cut out , i have had it serviced by a mechanic of sorts but it is still doing it please someone help every time i hear it trying to cut out it clunks around and i am afraid it will do it one last time and go capput, it is an 06 plate and i have only had it a month.

[Vincent]

No idea what the phone thingy is supposed to be for?
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[stirlinggaz]

Hi,
as far as i was aware, that was just an indicator, to let you know when your mobile phone is ringing, in case you cant hear it over the sound of that noisy engine, lol.
(though i didnt think it was fitted to the custom?)
so i very much doubt it has anything to do with the running problems, unless anyone knows anything else?
are you sure its an icon of a phone & not something else? (like an oil can perhaps?)
have you tried a new spark plug?
as they usually come fitted with some crap lg/torch ones that are known to cause all sorts of problems, inclding random cutting out.
have you checked all the usual suspects?
loose connectors at the battery or elsewhere in the wiring?
or side stand cut out switch?
cheers,
GAZ

[Noxious89123]

Your "dash" looks like this, right?

https://img166.imageshack.us/img166/420/dsc09276.jpg

Which light is it that's coming on?

If it's the light just under the zero on the speedo, that's a picture of a fuel pump, no a phone... It means your nearly out of fuel.

Hopefully you knew that

The lighht uner that one has a thermometer next to it, so i guess when that comes on it means your engine is overheaing. That's under the picture of the "phone". ( )
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[Noxious89123]

just incase anyone else get's the wrong end of the stick like i did, what he has is a Vulcan Custom. Vulcan being the manufacturer.

It's not a Kwak Vulcan Custom 900, like i thought it was

Pic of speedo he sent me;
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/this_one_116.jpg
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[Vincent]

Blimey, how misleading is that. Don't these Far Eastern, (I presume), manufacturers check which names have been used when they make these bikes?
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[kevbod]

thanks for your help i have just spoke to the ex sales director of vulcan motorcycles and now know that he has ALL spare parts for the vulcan custom . although even he doesnt know why my bike is doing what it is lol. i'm off to bed now ttfn.

[Ariel Badger]

320 Km on the clock and it is giving grief
I would phone China and ask them to come and collect their motorcycle.
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[stirlinggaz]

hi,
is that your speedo then?
i was thinking of a completely different speedo, bar mounted, 2 or 3 warning lights & an led gear indicator..
makes me laugh though, "phone" or "petrol pump" easy mistake to make, lol
cheers,
GAZ

[Ichy]

Its really sort of random but hey.


On the Virago there isn't a fuel tap and no reserve tank as such. What it does is when the fuel gets to a particular level it turns a little red light on and restricts the flow through the fuel pump making it feel like your running out of fuel. To get round this you have to flick a little switch marked 'res' which turns the pump back on to full flow.

Just wondered if this was similar but you have a faulty fuel level sender?
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[Jenks]

i used to have one of these, it is just a light that picks up on phone signals, But it will pick up on yours, and anything else remotly the same nearby!!!
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[STrigger]

Does anyone know where i can get parts?
Also a manual i desperately need one but there is hardly anything on the net about this bike
Kevbod how have you found the bike on hills? lol

[ssruk]

not a clue on parts but with 320 km on it take it to the delerand tell to sort it out
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