Summoning complete! Not much activity here. We need this kind of info. Anyway, Vulcan S owner here.

Yes, value vs personal economy somehow expensive bike can never cut into small budget. It's not what I need but more towards wanna try how it feels. Something as big as Vulcan in a busy lane is a scary thing really.

For KL lah, kapcai is the king. Senang to squeeze between the cars but not really economy either. Anything wider than a kapcai you'll might have to treat it like driving a car. Sure can cilok a bit with big like as I often see BMW GSa with all the side boxes weaving through the traffic.

Opex?

Vulcan S story. Total miles riden: 460km, still in breakin.

Just came back from a 76km journey. It has been like 12 years since I last rode a bike for a long trip and boy I really need to be fit because it's quite tiring even after that short distance.

Power
For me the bike is good enough that in 6th gear you just open the throttle to overtake it'll give you sufficient power to do so. But drop to 5th then the better it gets. I came from a kapcai straight jump to this so the power delivery is of course unheard of eventhough my Honda Hurricane can go up to 120kmh with just carburetor mod. Give it an engine mod then it might play within the legendary Siamese Honda Nova Dash (not our version of honda dash ya) territory. At 650cc it's good enough, more tha enough for me really.

Comfort
Loud exhaust, could be better seating. As I am a short person of 166m only, it gives me quite a few disadvantages like the handle reach although I can operate it I wish that the handle 2 inch closer to me. Gear level is like 1 inch too high so I had to lift my heel onto the peg to comfortably change the gear, if not I have to do it with the tip of my shoe which is not a good position.

The seat left something to be desired so maybe aftermarket parts can do the justice. My hurricane seat is far more comfortable but yea the vibration from a single piston 2 stroke will cancel that comfort. Vulcan s vibrates too at higher rpm but not as bad as my honda. Still if you dont wear gloves then you'll end up with numb hands after a long trip. As for the exhaust, it's loud because of after market AHM brand. Head turns at traffic light. The shock absorbing system is quite hard but I need that in corners. Funny but I can use my body force to sway the bike like it's a small bike. You're swinging 220kg.

FC and capacity
I give it 17km/l. Sometimes it says 27km/l, next 16km/l. When the fuel gauge at E, I had to stand straight the bike to try to squeeze rm20 worth of ron97 but cannot la. Rm 19.17 it's full already. I hardly break 120kmh and rev limited to 4k in 1st-5th gear and 6k in 6th gear. There's eco icon on the lcd screen when I wisely used the throttle.

Handling
OK. I dare not try to 'canai' my pegs but the lean angle is good enough. Of course la not superbike level, this is just a damn cruiser but it gave me a grin already. Brake is good but i have yet to try it in emergency or do the hard breaking stuff yet compared to my honda. Shock damper could be softer but I think I have to trade the hard setup for agility and braking response.

Muka rm3k, monthly rm512. Rm20 weekly for 300km plus minus. That's all for now

Yea 7 years. Paying cash is still not my level yet. It's like rm43,008 with Aeon credit mayhem. Roadtax rm250 a year with insurance it's like rm1.2k.

The shop say it can be adjusted at least the foot pegs. The seat and handlebars that will cost a bomb like rm300-400 each. I'll give the shop a visit after this. Next weekmis a busy day tho

Yea still not used to having to ride for a long journey. The first timer is taxing for 'ayam daging' like me who seldom break a sweat in a whole week or even the whole month. It's better than riding a horse really tho.

Yes it's quite a vibration under that mark.

As for the exhaust, the keyword is 'AHM vulcan s'. Pics inside fb together with YouTube video link. Mine is the single barrel.



This post has been edited by PedangGila: Sep 3 2016, 09:35 AM

Hmm. Hardly can justify any sound coming from Youtube but it should be loud enough to ring your neighbors at 2-3am. A friend of mine said, in the dead silence morning 1am, he still can hear my exhaust 600m away to tell that I dont rev the engine.

Well you put jealous, tired and misunderstanding you'll get the heat.

Tq bro. Cash can do rm30k but you know la poison like side bag, engine guard, radiator guard and accessories whatelse sure cannot do with just 30k. Atleast prepare to spend 33k. Yes with aeon credit. It's like 43k for 7 years. I rushed to buy this to mess with my bank statement so that I won't be able to straight jump from a kapcai to a Ducati Diavel last month or prolly this year. Am waiting for XDiavel really.

Peekaboos


This post has been edited by PedangGila: Sep 3 2016, 09:58 PM

It's in the package of like rm3k. Side boxes and the rack, rad cover and exhaust. The rad guard prolly 150 or so.

And the akrapovic just sounded like AHM. Different shape but almost the same note.

This post has been edited by PedangGila: Sep 4 2016, 06:51 AM

Lane Splitter: XDiavel review

"The biggest issue for most people with the XDiavel is going to be fit. My friend Andria, who writes for USA Today, was along for the ride, and is all of 5'2" tall. Even with the pegs moved to their rear position (not the mid controls, but just moved back 22.5 mm), she still looked folded in half and pretty uncomfortable on the bike. At six feet even, I could operate the controls more easily, but wouldn’t call myself comfortable."

Duh I'm like 5'4". Doomed. But I have sat on Diavel and could reach the handle like vulcan S.

Ha I took mine out for evening cruise and am wearing this 3/4 pants and selipar jepun Hahaha oohhh if your bulu kaki ever need a good sauna, it's a good way to do so especially when the rad fan turns on.

Just got back from a return trip of 200km+. Pumped ron97 BHP RM19, about 9 liter something and it took away like 90%. Rev limited to 6k rpm in top gear and occasionally 5k rpm in 4th and 5th gear. Average speed 90kmh, max speed 120kmh. So heads up for those who want to have Kawasaki Vulcan S, full tank maybe you can do 300km but I'd rather be safe juat to put max 250km for a full tank minus the last bar.

Also highly recommended to use full face or modular helmet and freaking earplug because the exhaust maybe too loud if you have custom like mine. For modular helmet, recommend Lazer Monaco full carbon, Schuberth C3 pro, SHARK Evoline 3 or anything that fits your budget. I am currently riding with half helmet on, not a good experience as the wind will push it out of place.

Nope

Kelantan bro.

Just installed a reduced reach Ergo-Fit for 1.5k a set of handle, seat and gear lever. Now I dont feel too stretched on the bike. Now really you can go to a mod show to get all this done for just rm200 or maybe less like they will cut amd welded the handle to add the inch preferred or repadded the cushion. I dont wanna be bothered with reliability but of course either way might not introduced any mishandling but for peace of mind why not pay moar.

I'm in dilemma realy because I like an adventure suit, the one you wear when riding a cross country bike like bmw GS or a Vstorm, but wearing that on a chopper or esy rider really awkward lah. You have to look like a monkey really on a chopper, hippies like wear underwear only is fine. Leather leather all the way.

We'll I'm 5,4 too. This vulcan really is like 200kg bike so it'll take a while to get used to if coming from kapcai like me. About the seating as you can read my post above about installation of reduced reach set then the bike is comfortable at least for me. As you can see those two riders in the video posted here their body lean forward a bit to get that comfort zone so I highly recommend you/her to get the reduced reach package. I think it's a good bike for newbies to cruiser but if she's power addict then haiz buy her H2 lah.

Or if you can find a custom shop ask them to mod the handlebar, seat and pegs to you need and prolly can save more. Oh, don't use motul 300v, motul 7100 or 5100 is fine.

This post has been edited by PedangGila: Jan 7 2017, 08:48 PM

300v is not formulated for a long distance/oci. Racing sure fine but some people after an event straight flush out. 7100 is fully while 5100 is semi are good enough.

https://www.motul.com/sg/en/news/300v-8100-...-the-difference

http://www.triumphrat.net/air-cooled-twins...age=1&_k=h2pzhd

This post has been edited by PedangGila: Jan 9 2017, 05:51 AM

That's one of the reason why I want a bike with liquid cooling system just to ease the bike pain unloading those heat when getting caught by heavy traffic.

It will take a lot of heat over period of time to cause a leak but the same is going through liquid cooling system.