It may seem, at first glance, that there are not many accessories for the VN750. After all, it was discontinued in 2006. Why would there be a lot of accessories available for a discontinued model? Because it was very popular and virtually unchanged for 20 years. Kawasaki’s Fire and Steel line of accessories still provides a few items including windshields, light bars, engine guards and other items. If you look below in the latest picture, I have accessorized my bike to some extent. When I bought it, it was ‘naked’ – void of all accessories. My first two additions were the windshield and saddlebags. It was all downhill from there. Next came the light bar and engine guard with highway pegs. Then I added floorboards, different mirrors and custom grips. The coup de gras was the custom gel seat from Saddlemen. All were fairly simple to find, except the floorboards. I went on many forums, only to be told that floorboards for a VN750 didn’t exist. However, in one forum on the Vulcan Riders and Owners Club website, a gentleman from Illinois answered my post about floorboards stating he made some himself in his workshop. He made a set for me for $75. I thought this was a heck of a deal, since most people told me they didn’t exist! The beauty of these was, for installation, all you had to do was remove the two screws holding down the foot peg pads, remove them and replace them with the floorboards, and replace the screws. And they work great. I’ll never go back to foot pegs.
Accessories:
Kawasaki Fire & Steel OEM Windshield - $175, Cruiser Customizing.com.
Carroll Heavy Duty Saddlebags - $150 Sportsman’s Guide
Kawasaki Fire & Steel Engine Guard - $95 Cruiser Customizing.com
Kawasaki Fire & Steel Light bar - ?
Saddlemen Classic Explorer seat - $379 Saddlemen
Emgo Elite Roadhawk Grips - $11 BabbittsOnline.com
BikeMaster mirrors - $14 BabbittsOnline.com
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteInterested as I am in the floorboards you mentioned, I wonder if there might be any change for me to get in touch with the gentleman from Illinois that made you a pair.
Best regards,
Richard, The Hague, Netherlands
rhremme@gmail.com