Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom

Still LOVE Kawasaki after 40 years – My first love at 17 was a Z250, the feeling of owning a brand new Kawasaki and riding all day long on my birthday to show everyone I could think of my new pride and joy was the best ever. Having Owned many different bikes over 40 years, I now have my second VN900 custom. Fantastic,exciting,great to ride,second to none. The low down grunt is… Read more

superb, the handling and manoeuvrability through traffic is easy and there is plenty of power for safe overtaking. The handling is secure and has that perfect big bike feel but is easy to ride and manoeuvre, the back end feels planted and the power though the rear end is effortless. My bike sits in full view at work and many of our customers comment on what a great looking bike she is. Some ask is it a Harley? And I laugh and say"no it's better than a Harley.....it's a Kawasaki ! I have put cobra pipes on the bike to enhance the sound and make it louder, (Louder is safer,Right?) and the tone combined with the sweet rumble from the 903 is just music to my ears. So to say that I love all aspects of my VN900 custom would be an understatement. Thank you Kawasaki, purrfect.......

One hell of a bike – I purchased a 2017 Vulcan custom recently and I am so happy I did. I was deciding between a couple of bike's, but as far as handling, comfort and performance, this bike gets the big thumbs up. The looks are fantastic, with lot's of people commenting on the bike. Kawasaki this bike is a winner.  Show details

TOOOO much noise engine & gear – I have been ridding 48 years and this bike makes more than my 1942 Harley .Who in their right mind would make a ride bike to be this noisy, whine & clank here there and everywhere A Harley is much quieter. If I would of know this before I bought it I wouldn't of owned it. I'll say one thing it will be my last Kaw and i have many of them in the post 48 years. I just have nothing good much to say but it does handle great.  Show details

Brilliant – I bought this 2008 model 10 years old and about 46k. Looks great, very comfortable, and pleasantly surprised when I topped up the3 tank the other day - getting something lie 20km per litre (not exact). Not done a long trip yet, but the bike is perfect for me with my replaced knees and hip - low to the ground and comfy.  Show details

Kawasaki Hit A Home Run With This One – Bought a 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan custom 5 years ago used with 12000 miles on it.Had not ridden a bike in 25 years. Choose the Vulcan because it I loved the look,was relatively light weight and has a low center of gravity . I feel lucky because the bike turned out to be a total joy to ride, handles like a dream and is well designed and built.This bike… Read more

is beautiful and has plenty of power at 903 cc. The only negative is a stator issue which I did have to replace at 35000 miles.The design and engineering of the bike is still the same in 2018 as 2009 .Five stars.

Truly enjoy my VN900 custom sport – After not riding for over 35 years, I decided to purchase an '08 VN900 custom sport. It had 9500 miles and as of today I just turned 19,500 mi. So far had to replace the clutch cable and recently a battery. About to get my second oil change (every 5000 mi.). I must say that I could not have made a better choice. The bike is lipstick red and the… Read more

compliments are endless. Lots of chrome, stock pipes, and black engine. SHARP.

The bike handles great with a low center of gravity. I am 67 years old and bought the bike 3 years ago. I needed a bike that I could handle for long time and not worry about it's weight. Go on many long daily rides (250-300 mi.) and the bike runs great.

Thank you Kawasaki.

Perfect Trade – I owned a 2016 Honda Shadow 750. The motorcycle was great. I was going to take a long trip out west and wanted some extras on my motorcycle. Like a windshield-saddlebags-and floorboards. I had to get them from Honda because nothing else would fit I was told from Honda. Well when they told me the price I almost fell over. I said NO WAY. I started… Read more

looking around and found the perfect fit for me because I'm only 5 feet and 7 inches tall. The 2017 Kawasaki 900 Vulcan Classic LT with it's low seat was perfect fit and it had a windshield-floorboards-saddlebags and a sissy bar and priced right. So I ended up with a bigger motorcycle and very well pleased for not as much money as I would have I put all of those extras on that Honda. I am so happy I looked around. Again very happy with my Kawasaki and one more thing it's got a gas gauge and a 2 year factory warranty. 2/5/18. WEREWOLF

The perfect bike to cruise around melbourne – for somebody who had all his life had sport bikes, I highly recommend it. Cruising in style could not be easier. Longer distance or quick drives, no problem. did a few upgrades but nothing major. Easy on service and maintenance. 21inch front wheel is easy to control. Gears are changing smoothly. Pillion is always happy with an upgraded seat.  Show details

More fun than a rattlesnake down your trousers – Well I've gotta say I "accidentally" bought an '07 VN900 Custom on auction because it was too cheap to pass on. The pipes were rusty so on with Cobra Slash-downs (very awesome, very loud). No point doing that without throwing on a Powerflo air intake and (you can see where this is going) might as well add a fuel controller while I'm at it. Now… Read more

the clutch needs doing because the power seems rather a lot more (I'm thinking 60HP).

This bike is a ton of fun - it has that "Deuce" look about it and cruises well. More importantly, it has better ground clearance than the VN900 Classic (my previous of many bikes) and, with that 21" wheel, a more eager turn-in. Just spent a week in the South Island (NZ) with a mate who was riding a BMW 700 and the Classic was just as quick (if not quicker) through the twisty bits. We were doing 500-600m km days no trouble (that little fly screen I fitted made a big difference). It gets a clutch upgrade and a 34" front pulley in a couple of days (just want to bring those cruising revs down a bit).

In summary, tell someone it's a 1500 and they'll believe you every time. But if, like me, you enjoy peddling it through the corners from time to time, then this delivers ample jollies in that department as well.

This much bike for so little money is almost obscene.

Great mid size cruiser – Have the candy lime green 2008 custom, had 20000 klm, now has 75000klms. The 21inch wheel makes it so easy to handle at low speeds, feels like a sports bike in the twisties. Heaps of power, and very comfortable changed seat to saddleman touring. I can get around 380 klm out of the 20 lt tank, and easily do over 500 klm in a day and not feel sore.… Read more

I am 154 cm and weight 59kg so a bit of a shrimp, but I touch ground with both feet and handle bike well. Only con is the stator and rectifier problem with this model. I would recommend this bike for a new rider or an older person. Stay upright friends. Kermit

Awesome cruiser – I highly recommend this bike. I have been ruding for 20 years now and always rode Harley Davidsons. Although i still have a love for them this bike has done just fine. Easy to handle for women riders. 900cc gives you plenty of power. You can dyno tune these with a power pak and new filter which will give you extra power but you dont really need… Read more

it. Mine has a bobber kit on her and riders always think its a harley by the sound and look. Great take off feels steady around corners and hugs the corners nicely. Riding country roads it climbs to 110 no problem no shaking . Holds great in windy weather and is good on fuel. Hope this helps riders to feel like they made the right choice.

Touring at its best – Done 7000ks,lot of long distance riding.I'm six foot and I fit beautiful with the bike.Also get about 350ks to the tank so its a brilliant tourer.Live in coffin bay,rode originally from adelaide,been the round trip again via york peninsular.Also been to whyalla and back,and up to streaky bay,elliston twice.Get many compliments about the looks  Show details

Early days but enjoying the ride – Easy to handle. Feels light but holds the road. Comfortable ride. Have to be careful when slow riding as the front wheel can turn in. The right pillion peg looks too close to the exhaust.It should be replaced with a foot plate.Still running the vulcan in so yet to see what it can do. January 6th 2018 Update: Vulcan improving The Vulcan… Read more

Custom 900 2016 is slowly improving in terms of reduction in vibration. Was cruising along the highway doing 130klms/hr thinking I was doing 110klms/hr. The outside temperature was above 30, so I was surprised and delighted. Decided to push to 140klms/hr then the vibration increased. Still happy though. At 10,204 klms on the odometer, better late than never, as 5000klms was the magic figure at which vibration apparently starts to subside.

Beats an over priced Harley any day – I've owned quite a few bikes, but only fell in love with my VN 900 custom after riding it. What a giggle, easy to ride, reliable and what a motor. Whats not to love, my only issue it needs twin disc's up front, i had my brake lines braided. After 150k's a day my hips and knees can get pretty sore. Id like a 25 litre fuel tank. My bike was the… Read more

2014 lime green. Vance and Hines pipes, tried the power commander but more problems than its worth. All in all, i had considered buying a Harley wide glide, but why spend all that extra money on a designer label. To close i'd never have know the joy this bike brought me had i not owned one.

Great Bike – Owned this bike now for 2 months and cannot fault it. Good for the long rides and great around town. Miss my temp and tacho guages from when I had my sporty, after market guages can help in that department. But I am still one very happy man. Impressed by smooth motor and ride of the bike.  Show reply

2014 Kawasaki Vulcan custom Brilliant – I recently picked up my new 2014 vulcan custom and it is the best bike I have ever owned. It looks great in the bright green and turns head wherever I go. Its got plenty of go when needed but this is the type of bike you just don't need to or want to go fast. Great sound from the V twin motor which will sound even better when I get rid of the… Read more

factory pipes. Handles well for a cruiser it is suprising how far you can lean it before running out of clearance. Nice slick gearbox and the Kawasaki positive neutral finder is brilliant, finds it everytime. Very comfortable riding position which just soaks up the Km's. Overall couldn't be happier.

Brilliant !!! – I purchased my Vulcan, placed a large wind screen & an "over drive" or "6th gear cog" from "Mean Cycles" [link removed] in Miami, speak with [name removed], he is Brilliant & sooo helpfull. The original exhaust was already de-baffled which gives it an incredible "growl". Looks awesome with a wash & polish. Fuel economy is brilliant, handles… Read more

awesome, is very comfy. Performance is excellent with heaps of power & torque. VERY cheap to service & maintain. I looked around for 6 months at the other cruisers in the same range & couldn't go pass the Kwaka.

All in all, Briliant bike.

Great bike – 2013 900 custom. Done 30000 ks in 12 months. Fitted vance and Hines short shots and a sissy bar/rack. Easley get 25 ks per litre. Heaps ofstick for a heavy bike n a heavy rider. I hope to do 100000 ks in 3 years. Looked at all other new cruisers on the market and the Vulcan is the smoothest ride with the most grunt in its class.

Vulcan 900 classic hard to ride – this Vulcan 900 has serious probs,first you cant work on it at all on the road,everything is hidden up under the tank,no access to spark plugs,no access to radiator cap,it handles very poorly around any bends or corners in the road,and what is a big heavy cruiser doing with a mono shock on the back?it seems Kawasaki got this bike very wrong and… Read more

the Vulcan 900 really needs to go back to the drawing board and start looking at why and how we ride bikes rather than cutting cost,i am quiet dissapionted with this Vulcan 900 after owning it for over two years now,infact it is getting sold off really soon,parts for this bike are far too expensive for what this bike is.i really cant find anything positive to say about the Kawasaki Vulcan 900 classic,its the worst bike I have owned.its been along time since any motorcycle dealer bought out a real good motorcycle,seems a thing of the past its all about manufacturing costs now but in the end we buy these bikes and if dealers want to keep selling us bikes then they really do need to lift their game and start making motorcycles. not much really i guess the looks and the fuel economy far too heavy,doesnt handle well in any corners,parts are hard to get and very expensive,that mono shock for the back is a very dumb idea on such a heavy bike.

Needs another gear – PROS: Friends think it looks more expensive that it was. A lot of people seem to think it's a Victory. Front wheel gets many compliments Looks and feels bigger than a 900cc. Cheap on insurance CONS: Fuel economy is about 60 MPG at 50 MPH with a steady hand and drops down to 45 MPG at 75 MPH. It only has 5 gears and really needs a 6th.… Read more

The bike seems happiest cruising around 50 MPH in 5th gear. Anything over that and it starts to rev quite high even though it still has plenty of power. It's fairly expensive to change the pulley ratio.

The fuel gauge seems to be inaccurate. It drops to empty and only takes about 2.5 gallons to fill its claimed 4 gallon tank.

Needs a windshield. Without one, the blunt force of the wind tries to throw you off.

2007 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 900 – I bought my bike used about 1 year ago. It had only 6,258 mile's on it. It already had the cobra dragster dual's, Power Commander 3, and Memphis Shade's windshield installed. I absolutely love this bike. I have put 12,500 mile's on it with no problem's whatsoever. This is truly the ultimate bike.

Excellent – Beautiful bike, easily the best in its class. I also test rode a Suzuki M50 which handled nicely but lacked a bit of torque and scraped pegs too easily, and a Yamaha XVS950 which sounded like a tractor and handled like a pig. The Vulcan is a stunning looker (no photos do it justice) and handles better than any other cruiser I've ridden. My… Read more

previous bike was a CBR600F and at all sensible speeds above walking pace the Vulcan handles just as well although with a little more arm effort. The skinny front tyre means turn-in is surprisingly quick. The small contact patch at the front means you can get a little bit of 'tramlining' on bad roads, and coming to a stop the front wheel wants to 'flop' to one side, especially if you're on an uphill slope, but they're not major issues. Brakes are good though not stunning; I tend to to use around 60:40 front:rear effort, as opposed to around 80:20 on a sportsbike.

Stock exhaust won't turn heads if that's your thing but it's loud enough for the rider to hear and has a very nice, authentic single-crankpin tone. Windblast isn't too bad -- I think the sloping tank and the instrument panel keep some of it off -- but a small windshield would help. Tank range is excellent, I've managed to get over 340km before the light comes on and then you've still got 4L left. The only thing I don't like is that there's no safe way of carrying luggage without adding accessories, but otherwise I'm entirely happy with the Vulcan. I resisted 'going cruiser' for years; now I wish I'd done it sooner. Beautiful, handles surprisingly well, great tank range, nice tone Needs accessories to take luggage

Good – Reliable, rides well with cross between cruiser and mid sport. Instrument display is in wrong place for safety. Replace the pipes with Cobras and Voila! A Harley Killer! Stunning lines and great Kawa reliability. Skim off the tank badges and other junk for that real clean look and it has everyone guessing. Lots of great customizations available… Read more ·  1

now including the awesome fat rear end kit. A 6th gear is a must! This is a ridiculous oversight for those who like a highway cruise. At anything over 100kmph it's just revving too hard and has the grunt to handle a big 6th over drive gear. Tank instruments are just too dangerous a distraction for bike riders, one or two small egg shaped bar mounted instruments could easily replace the tank mounted ones whilst retaining the nice flow. Needs time delay auto shut off indicators for safety as tank mount display just can't be seen without the deliberate and dangerous look down.

Good – so far very good bike good build quality and good performance,fuel consumption seems to be very good.rear passenger footrests to close to exhauts burn shoe rubber kawasaki should know better . comfortable and easy to ride bought the black special edition for looks and value for money againt the other Japanese cruisers $12800 ride away matt black exhauts may have to change for chrome see how they go, done only 800klm

Vulcan 2012 model – Not a bad machine to ride,it is quiet comfortable and not bad at handling,has good lines and looks ok,well all da chicks love this one,bike is not too loud but its loud enough for the cars to hear you coming,i cant stand very loud machines.I hope they continue to make the vulcan in japan(i assume that's where its made),couldn't find a country of… Read more ·  2

origin plate on mine,anyways i hope kawasaki dont skimp on parts and stuff like other manufactures do and go to Thailand to make bikes,i have seen some shocking bikes come from over there.i think kawasaki could go the extra distance and make this bike a more up market machine as it is a really neat bike,less plastic and better quality for some things,radiator cap you cant remove as it is under the petrol tank,why put a cap under there?all vehicle owners need access to all fluids while out on the road,bad design putting radiator cap under the petrol tank,to fill up the radiator is gunna take you several hours lol. Price was ok,rides quiet smooth,sounds good looks good. Mine did not come with a sparkplug spanner,also bike was not set up totally correct from dealership,clutch popped out and a couple of other parts were missing.not good when buying a brand new bike mmmmm?

Good – Owned mine for 2 months and love it. (Originally wanted to buy a large capacity bike) Tested the 1600 & 2000 Vulcans. All Suzuki, Yamaha and Honda cruisers oh and a Harley dyna Bob as well. Nothing came close for looks (except for the Harley)and price was amazing, negotiated $11,800 ride away!!! The flowing lines and fat tank, a magic blue paint… Read more

job, what a head turner, it just grabs you. The handling, comes with a belt drive front and rear disc's. Handling is smooth and forgiving Could use 1 more gear. Gearbox a little clunky when shifting but this may only need adjusting at it's first service

Excellent – Fantastic bike easy to ride and looks the part. My first bike in 15 years and I will be keeping for years to come. Wife loves it as well. Real head turner. Easy to customise and parts a plenty. Very smooth ride and a smile you cant wipe. Rear pegs to close to exhaust spent 1 hour cleaning rubber off the chrome.

Good – i have removed all badges & customiesed the tank & put a formula 1 exhaust,custom pegs,& a big air filter goes faster & sounds great very good handling,great looks,low cost,easy to customise a chrome front spoke wheel would be better & a 6th gear,& speedometer up front & not on the tank.

Excellent – i fitted a set of vance and hines pipes big air kit and a dynojet injection system and now the bike really goes ive had it since nov 06 and done nearly 40thou ks on it and it dosent miss a beat congratulations kawasaki for a awesome bike (just got to hide the keys from my brother he got a softail and prefers to ride mine) absolutly brilliant the bike is aweseome could use a bigger tank cos the bike is so comfotorble you dont want to get off

Excellent – I bought it new May 2007 and it now has 22000ks on it. It will sit on 140km/hr for as long as you want. It hasn't had anything go wrong with it. I test rode a 883 Sporster before I bought the 900 what a dissapionting bike. It handles very good. The price is right Another gear or higher top gear would be nice