2008 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic LT review: srkcycles.com 

Thinking about getting one now

All time.

That falls ( as we say in the south) under O.........For "Opinion" Bless your heart 😁

@@williampoff3096 Engineering isn't an opinion 😁 But one's preference is, of course, personal.

@@jetstream454 👏🏽🍻

Say it

Actually the last yr was 2010.

lucas harten Agreed and same, those cobra pipes are just nuts

wow...dream come true if i have this bike at my home

"Neighbor hood" lmfao

@lucashartem I have Cobra Drags(baffles out ;) on my Vulcan 1500 Classic FI...most of my Harley friends are jealous, because my bike sounds far better than theirs!! lol

​@MRGRIMMREAPER1 I got Vance hance long shots on my 1500 fi and it's louder than any harley in the area. I've been next to thousands of them. No clue why that engine can make so much noise with just 65 hp. As for sound I love it. But some of those bikes are very deep and it sounds better. But I rather be louder.

thanks

Not really, this Kawasaki 2000 will not beat a V-rod or Valkyrie with ease unless someone's grandmother is driving them.

My stock 07 2000 dyno'd out at 154 HP. Your machine may really have a bit more than you're guessing. The only mod I have is a slightly bigger final drive pulley for lower HWY RPM's. A great addition I might say. Safe riding friend.

Harley isn't about the speed bud.. it's a lifestyle.

They stopped making them in 2010

@@Stoney-Lawson Harley lifestyle is about tassels and arseless chap's . Whatever makes you happy.

@@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 you can keep fooling yourself to think that that

I'm 5.10 and it's so easy. Not hard to ride at all. And yes very comfortable

@@parhammotorsports6125 I’m glad it’s working for you.

thank you sir

About 115 foot pounds of it would agree with you

thanks i like it also

I was on that same boat I had a VN900 and was whipping it like a scooter. Sold it and got a 2010 kawasaki zx6r. Now I'm looking to trade it for a 2000. Love the speed of the sport bike but miss the comfort of a big cruiser

kenneth vick dude I hope you got that 900. I love mine and so do a few of my buddies. Before we lost one there were 4 of us on 9s. For exhaust I would suggest a 2 into 1 set-up. A Cobra 2000 tuner(easier than my buddies V&H) and Cobra also makes a Cold Air intake. I built my own intake and wish I had known how good the 2-1 sounds and makes better power before I got my pipes. One more thing, the 9s like to Rev. More than any other V-twin, short of a Duck, I have ever been around.

Hope you bought one! There's tons of aftermarket products for them.

Eats rear tires? Might wanna check your tire pressures all the time. Is what i do.

Switch to a harder compound

yeah it does

The displacement, is in competition with Harley Davidson. Not only does Yamaha's bike beat any Harley, in the comfort department, it would also run circles around any Harley, at a quarter the cost. Your stupidity does not validate your opinion.

@@nowthisis2stupid he was pointing out the fatness of the American public.

@@nowthisis2stupid i had a Yamaha 1700 and it certainly did not run circles around any Harley. Neither does my Kawasaki 1600. I dunno which Harleys you guys are racing...the 1970s I guess 😂. My friends have modern Harleys...twin cam 103 and Milwaukee 8 107...and they can spank my metric pretty easily. I don't really care ...but they do.

@@JohnnyRebKy Metrics not only make more horsepower than their equivalent HD, they make more torque and generally weigh less. It's not a subjective opinion, it's just the facts dude.

@@nowthisis2stupid you should call and tell kawasaki that. My Vulcan 1600 makes like 65hp. So did my Yamaha road star. SOME metrics do like vtx1800 or Suzuki M109R. Many of them don't. Newer Harleys are making almost 100hp now. No current v twin metrics are doing that now accept Suzuki M109. Yamaha 1900 makes good torque

Too bad Kawasaki didn’t capitalize on the market over 100 years ago or maybe they would hold a majority of the market...

@joe Vulcan How so?

What I heard was Kawasaki couldn't make the big engine meet the upcoming emissions. Upcoming meaning since the end of production.

@@trevord3728 Federal Emissions They can stick that where the sun don't shine side ways with burs on.

They didn't sell enough #period

Think it’s pushrod

I also test drove the vulcan 2000 and it was a dog, not that quick at all... My yamaha raider would make short work of it. However i drove the vulcan 2000, not the classic.. Same motor different tune.. Still lacked umph haha nice vid man, love this shyt

im working on it, but thanks for the feed back

+Srkcycles My old school friend has a VTX1800. He loves it. Honda makes good bikes.

yeah they are fun

yes they do the Honda shadow, spirit aero line, from 97 to 2008 still hold a ton of value, because they just don't die if you maintain them, no reason to replace it. Ime about to sell my first bike shadow 2001 750 sprit, put 26k KM on it in 5 months, amazing bike.

+Karl Streich no my prices are just awesome

The VTX will be a smoother machine to ride. The Vulcan will beat it out speed wise, but the Honda is much more comfy. The Vulcan comes from the factory fully dressed out. Thats a lot of nuts and bolts. They need to be checked/tightened often. Either of these great metric cruisers would be a great machine to tour on.

The Vulcan is way more comfy than the VTX and the Vulcan gets way better gas mileage.

Power wise the vn2000 inches past the vtx1800 but the 1800 is a hair more comfortable. Both of them are comfy monsters though

I have an 07. The 2000 is corked a little from the factory. Pipes should be the first performance mod. (you'll need to have the fuel inj/fuel mapping adjusted with a new pipe) An intake charger should be next. If you re-jet the fuel inj., hang on tight. The bike will see a significant increase in power. Just remember, it won't stop any faster than it does now, despite it's awesome brakes. God bless and safe riding.

@@68bigsac ... good point about “It won’t stop any faster than it does now!”

im sorry i dont

Popping on decel is caused by it running lean, just need a little more fuel on Decel to eliminate that. What fuel tuner are you using now?

none,I do have the air injection blocked off which helped,I'm going to get the cobra fuel controler.

Why don't you like FI bikes if you don't mind me asking? They are easier to warm up, easier to tune, make more power more efficiently and require less maintenance. Just curious why you prefer carbs over FI because I recently added a carb bike to my collection and tuning it is vastly harder than my injected stuff. My GSXR 750 for instance, when I want to tune timing or air/fuel etc I simply hook up my laptop and go to town. Also, when I want to ride I simply fire it up, let it idle for a minute or two then pull off. With my VT750C, I had to pull the carb and change jets every time I changed something-taking a solid hour or two each time. New pipes, need to rejet. New airbox, need to rejet, take the bike up to the mountains where altitude is way higher than the 200ft in used to, need to rejet. It's just a hassle I don't miss. Not to mention when I ride the VT I have to start it, choke it, let it warm up atleast 5 minutes then take off choke and ride. I also have to remember to turn the gas valve off and on. Fuel injection is just much more desirable for me personally.

Everybody thinks that EFI bikes run better and are more reliable> I have owned a couple of them, and found out that exactly the opposite is true. I have a 2013 Royal Enfield Bullet that came with Kehin EFI. It ran way too lean. The only way to reprogram it was to buy a $500 Power Commander, instead of a couple of $5 jets. About 2 1/2 years after I bout it new, ethanol gas destroyed the $500 fuel pump. For less than that, I was able to get a carb conversion kit from a place in the UK. It used an Amal MK1 Concentric, supposedly one of the worst carbs ever made. It is not a CV carb. Not only does the bike run a lot better, but I also put an aftermarket pipe on it, and went up one jet size. The plug shows the jetting to be right on. I have had no problems with it and don't expect to. If something does go wrong, it is so simple I could fix it blindfolded. Also, a carb will work even if there is a problem with it. It will likely get you home where you can fix it. Carbs can also be fixed by the side of the road. When EFI goes out, it's dead and isn't going anywhere. It is difficult to troubleshoot, and the parts are crazy expensive. I also had a Yamaha Zuma 125 scooter with EFI. It spent most of it's first year in the shop, even the dealer couldn't figure out how to fix it. When I finally got it back, the warranty was almost over. I sold it quick, while it was running. I want a bike that I can work on. A completely mechanical bike. I don't like electronic ignition, but it does not seem to be failure prone like EFI. I have a couple of bikes and a car with points and condenser ignition, and they never cause me any problems. A set of points is a lot cheaper than a $200-$300 control module. Way back about 25 years ago, I had a 1966 Triumph Bonneville. I actually had very few problems with it, mostly broken cables. The ends would break off. I always carried extra cables. But people talk about Lucas electrics and Amal carburetors like the devil himself designed them. I found them mostly trouble free, and cheap and easy to fix if something did go wrong. I ride motorcycles as a way to get away from the technology we have to live with all the time. I like my motorcycles to be crude and primitive. I want them to have a very visceral fell in a world where everything seems to be smooth and quiet. I plan to buy a used Harley in the near future, one with a carburetor. I want something that vibrates and makes noise, like an internal combustion engine should. Modern vehicles have been refined to the point where they might as well be electric. The reason I am a car and motorcycle enthusiast is 99% because of the internal combustion engine. A simple purely mechanical one that sounds and feels like an engine should.

Honestly man your just not well versed in EFI tuning. There is absolutely nothing on any of my bikes that I can't fix for just as cheap as a carb bike. Electronic devices don't just "break". You may burn out a resistor or capacitor, but then the solder gun comes out with a part that costs a few pennies and the unit can be fixed. I've personally had no issues with any of my injected bikes. I love the fact that I don't have to take anything apart to change the tune. My bikes are anything but quiet and smooth, maybe stock bikes are like that but that has nothing to do with carb vs EFI that's just how new products are made because we have so many emissions and sound requirements that need to be met. There are still carbed bikes that don't feel like they're running when they're on, it's not solely an eFI thing. I guess at the end of the day it's all preference, but if carbs were indeed so much "better", every car truck bike etc would still have a carb on them. Hell even my tractor is EFI now and I love it. I guess I am a little biased though, I work at a shop that does EFI tuning so to me dialing in fuel injection is much easier than carbs. Also fuel mileage and efficiency is many times better with injection and an O2 sensor for each bank than a carb. Also with injection I can tune the AFRs and timing for each gear at every RPM and load imaginable. With a carb as soon as something changes, I.e altitude, fuel type, air flow, you need to open it up and re jet. I just pull out my laptop. A $500 fuel controller is really a drop in the bucket for the amount of work you can do with it vs a few $5 jets that are literally only good for that one situation. (I.e a 138 Main and 55 pilot might be good on a 750 for Brand X pipes and Brand Y air box, but as soon as I put Brand Z air box on I have to rejet again.)

To each their own. I grew up with carbs, and I love them. I love working on them. Another issue I have is that EFI really means EPA. Having been a car and bike enthusiast for decades, the EPA has caused me a lot of misery and grief. I do anything I can to get past them. My 1977 Corvette has a 400 hp carbureted small block under the hood. No emissions crap and no catcons. No way would it pass an emissions test, but it doesn't have to. It is insured as a collector car, and therefore exempt from emissions testing. I see EFI as just more govt meddling in my life. And as I said before, EFI bikes don't run any better than carbed bikes. Just wait until you have to spend $500 on a new fuel pump. I am a retired fleet services mechanic, (for 36 years) and I have replaced dozens of fuel pumps that failed just because the car ran out of gas. Those pumps need gas both for a lubricant, and top put a load on them to limit their speed. If run in an empty tank, they quickly destroy themselves.

Carburators are all good for 1 or 2 cylinder bikes, I Would prefer 1 carburetor only because keep more than 1 adjusted and equalized is not that easy.. And that is the advantage of EFI. And when travelling for far away, in diferrent rotations, velocitys, altittudes, carbs turn annoying and stinky, the smell in the clothes won't go away Never again after 500 miles on a carburetor bike.. Well, that been said, I will keep carburetors for race,Sport bikes and commuters, for long travels always EFI...