You might be riding a Shovelhead if......

[easyricer]

LMAO... We sold the '50 yesterday morning to a friend of ours and one of his buddies who was there actually asked us "when did they make sportsters with big fenders?".... I gave my buddy the run down on how to start the old girl, and the other cat "why not just use the electric start?" After a few minutes of running he asks "Are you gonna fix that leak?" I was having a hard time keeping my mouth shut when my buddy spoke up and said "If it ain't leaking from there, you ran out of oil!"
EASY

[jerite]

...... when going on a run one saddlebag is full of tools and oil......jer

[SideWalker]

When your never 100% sure what time your leaving the bar.

[ARBY]

If you carry more tools than clothes on a 2 week road trip....
.....You might ride a Shovelhead.

Yes I Do !

[fbn ent]

If you carry enough tools & parts to change out a head gasket....

If your bike decides where you will stop and have a beer...

[One4Tone]

..you might be riding a shovel when the old lady shows up to pick you up in the pickup...and the hound dog in the back is the only one happy to see you... 

[jerite]

 ...been there done that...

[Brrrap]

 Your wallet chain finds the battery terminal. (Don't ask )

[Brrrap]

Your wallet chain finds the battery terminal. (Don't ask )

Everyone thought that was f**king hilarious 'cept me

[76shuvlinoff]

Your wallet chain finds the battery terminal. (Don't ask )

Everyone thought that was f**king hilarious 'cept me

I had some 0000 fine steel wool soaked with polish go up like flash paper... I landed on my pockets getting away from it.
And then there was there time I got my wedding ring stuck between the rear rocker and the + post on the FLH tractor battery.  I invented a 17 syllable word.

[96flhpi]

Did the steel wool thing cleaning some burnt on oil, and mine was screwdriver from battery post to rocker to wedding ring.  I speak that fancy language too!!

[Ohio HD]

Yer ridin a rigid frame chopper, it's pouring down raining, and every time you have to stop at a light, the round custom twin terminal coil gets brushed every time your feet go to the ground, by your soaking wet jeans.   

[easyricer]

 And then there was there time I got my wedding ring stuck between the rear rocker and the + post on the FLH tractor battery.  I invented a 17 syllable word.

I learned that while in training when I was in the Army. They said "If you wear your ring while working with electricity, it could become a permanent part of your body"  For that reason I never did wear my wedding ring while married to the first wife. (not to mention buyers remorse) Then sure enough, get married again, actually wear the ring, and short it out between the breaker and the rear rocker box! Yup, the old Drill Instructor was right! It's absolutely amazing how hot a gold band gets connected to a 350CCA battery! If I move my ring, I can read what the engraving says on my finger!
EASY

[SideWalker]

When you not going fast and you couldn't go fast if you wanted to and you don't care.

[Hillside Motorcycle]

I went to a bike wash at a local dealer upstate NY several years ago.  My Shovel was still on the rigid frame, kick only.  I was the only non-Evo in a lot filled with Evo's.   Walked around, had a beer watched the girls wash a couple of bikes and decided to leave.  When I got back to my bike a few guys were standing around  looking at it.  One guy said to me, "Thats a Knucklehead Sportster right?"   My reply, "There's only one Knucklehead in this lot "
He asked me where it was and then actually said to me that his wife thinks he's going through a mid-life crisis.  Strike me dead.

I flipped the kick pedal and as I'm getting ready to jump on it, other guy said "you gotta do that every time you start it?" 

Two RUBS in all their glory.

................shoulda' replied.........."no, every 3rd time"........

[One4Tone]

...you know you're riding a shovel and after a cold , wet 10 hour ride and you stop for fuel and a burger in some greasy spoon hangout, and the sweetie behind the counter asks " would you like anything else with your cheesebuck?"...all that seems to come out as you check out her pineapples,,,"pa-ta to..... pa ta toe....ta ta toe...

[Older-twin]

You might be riding a shovelhead if you have another shovelhead back in the garage waiting her turn to be ridden.

[HotRodShovel]

Scott, I wish I would have come up with that one. Perfect. ha

[One4Tone]

...you know you're riding a shovel if in the middle of the night  while in bed you kick the old lady..... thinking it time to get her started...

[Hogman]

...you know you're riding a shovel if in the middle of the night  while in bed you kick the old lady..... thinking it time to get her started...[/b]

   
LOVE IT!!  LOLOLOL

[One4Tone]

...ya might be riding a shovel if you got a 530 masterlink on your boot buckle, a cigar box and a sleeping bag in the nap sack while riding down the road...after the O'L kickstarted

[easyricer]

Back when I used hardware store chain on my bikes, I carried at least 5 masterlinks on me at all times. I had 2 on my vest, 2 on my clutch cable and one in my pocket.
Today, when I replace a chain I buy the best that I can get. I have at least 30k on my current chain and it is just now showing a little wear.
When I show a new old bike owner how to service his ride, I still remove the chain, clean it off in gasoline, then drop it in the oil drain pan while the oil is draining. (unless he has a very high quality chain like I have with a pressed on master link.)
As a matter of fact, I'll be giving a block of instruction today for the new owner of my '50 Pan/Shovel. He wants to go back to tank shift/foot clutch. So we'll replace the points and condenser, change the oil, adjust the primary chain, adjust the brakes, clean the commutator ring on the generator and check the brushes, clean and adjust the clutch, install and adjust the foot clutch, and so on. 
EASY

[SideWalker]

Pressed on master link
With the clip opening pointed in the opposite direction of rotation

[jerite]

....when you read that when someone is looking for a part in the shovel swap meet section your first thought is "I think I got one on them laying on the shelf or in a crate out in the shed".... ...Jer


P.S. And then of course you offer it to a fellow shovel-lover at a very fair price since someone sent one to you for next to nothing to help you keep your old iron on the road!!! 

[hogman91]

I pulled to the side walked back and forth up and down the Highway found the bolt when I got back to my scoot the o'lady said I saw the nut it was walking up and down the highway lookin in the ditch,she had the duct tape and bailing wire already  out and said here you NUT I love my Shovel thanks honey