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Lets see your Iron head

Started by nxcj, November 01, 2008, 04:49:42 PM

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nxcj

November 01, 2008, 04:49:42 PM Last Edit: December 02, 2017, 02:46:15 PM by Ohio HD
Here's a shot of my '75.


MuteThis

Great looking bikes!  I really like that relocated oil filter.

Here's mine, she's a work in progress...


Milehog

Youse guys are makin' me miss my red '80 Sporty.
Proud IBA member

ridemyEVO

I had a 76, sure miss wrenching on it, my buddy has one though that I get called on every once in a while.
89 FLHTP
89 Heritage

FLH97

October 13, 2009, 04:43:47 AM #4 Last Edit: October 13, 2009, 04:47:47 AM by FLH97
  here is one of my projects for the winter

FeMick


Brrrap

82nd ABN INF B.Co.1st 508th '78-81<br />1923rd Comm Group, ATC, Kelly AFB '82-86

badbonz

My 1976. Her name is Ginger. She's fine!

lizzardking


JK

My 24yo sons first build. A 1985 XLH that sat outside for 10 years. Crank pin up rebuild.[attach=1]

garyajaz


1FSTRK

Quote from: JK on November 29, 2014, 08:45:38 AM
My 24yo sons first build. A 1985 XLH that sat outside for 10 years. Crank pin up rebuild.[attach=1]

Great looking job
If it runs as good as it looks (and I bet it does) he should be all smiles. :bike:
"Never hang on to a mistake just because you spent time or money making it."

bikervikki

This is Nightmare, my 1977 (mostly) XLCH.
Age is a state of mind and I don't ever wanna grow up!

Brrrap

82nd ABN INF B.Co.1st 508th '78-81<br />1923rd Comm Group, ATC, Kelly AFB '82-86


Vic Chichester

Quote from: FeMick on November 15, 2012, 07:34:45 PM
Here's my refurbished 1978 75th Anniversary Edition Sportster ...

1978 Sportster 75th Anniversary Edition, Refurbish IV

Boy does that bring back memories.
I picked one up off the showroom floor. I still have it but it no longer looks like that.
Nice bike any other pics?

hoggy92

Hi to all from Paris France
This is my "new" xlh 1965 ......still hard to kick start ....but I don't give up

Hossamania

Bobby, that is one clean looking bike!
If the government gives you everything you want,
it can take away everything you have.

wreck74


Eric.S


Ivan RoachCoach

November 27, 2018, 09:50:13 AM #20 Last Edit: December 06, 2018, 11:25:22 AM by FSG
Here's my '74.
She's got a Cycle Electric generator, Tech Cycle starter, S&S Shorty E carb, Hydroclutch 7184 conversion, Lyle Landstrom sand-cast finned air cleaner cover & all kinds of brass pieces (pegs, risers, grips, brake & shift linkages, gauge pod, etc.) machined by yours truly as my first go at an ancient Bridgeport down on the Miami River at a yatch-rebuilding joint..

I found an old MPD finned primary cover on eGay & a twisted sissy bar from Bill's Custom Cycles in PA.
Nicky Bootz relocated the filler & petcock so that I could Frisco-mount a 3.5-gallon peanut tank using a cut-up EZ Bob mount.

The battery box mounted behind the primary with the oil filter above it was my own design --- it keeps the dino-fluid in that big-assed filter cool & detaches in about a minute by swinging away & giving full accesss to the battery.

The seat, solidly-mounted is good for a 500 or 600-mile day due to curvature of the homemade pan being correct & the ergonomics between it, the forwards & apehangers being spot-on.

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Sportsters --- Making mechanics out of riders & kicking Big Twins in the motherfucking balls since 1957.

Hossamania

If the government gives you everything you want,
it can take away everything you have.

Ivan RoachCoach

Thanks, Hossamania ---- I really appreciate the kind words.

It started out as a frame with two wheels & 16 milk crates full of greasy, mostly-iffy parts in 1992.
I had to learn EVERYTHING from scratch using just my factory service manual, the gearjead mentality I inherited from my Dad & my own imagination.

She was fickle at first, mostly electrical issues, until I made up my own wiring harness with cloth-covered wire soldered to insulated connectors & ran it inside the frame.
I haven't had an issue since.  :chop:  :chop:  :chop:
Sportsters --- Making mechanics out of riders & kicking Big Twins in the motherfucking balls since 1957.

sterlinghp


sterlinghp

72 Iron head cases, Hilborn Injected, High Gear, Nitromethane