My ride on the weekends

[AR. Hillbilly]

I don’t do this near enough but get good therapy when I do. [/img][/img]

[Sooty Barrels]

I rode for many years, I agree about it being good therapy
Great picture, nice bike, beautiful  background 
 

[Hawg]

Cool Beans! I rode a 66 Electra Glide for a lot of years.

[AR. Hillbilly]

Cool Beans! I rode a 66 Electra Glide for a lot of years.

Hawg that’s what I call cool beans.
I’ll have a Shovelhead one day.
I built a cool Iron head in my younger days. It’s a decoration in a biker bar now.

[AntiqueSledMan]

I purchased a Roadstar back in 2000, in late 2002 we put my wife on a 650 V-Star.
Then in late 2005 she decided she wanted something bigger and decided on a Heritage Softail Classic.
I just couldn't ride the Yamaha with her driving a Harley, so we purchased a pair of Heritages.
Never looked back, now I have over 80,000 miles on mine & she has over 75,000 miles on hers.

[Hawg]

Cool Beans! I rode a 66 Electra Glide for a lot of years.

Hawg that’s what I call cool beans.
I’ll have a Shovelhead one day.
I built a cool Iron head in my younger days. It’s a decoration in a biker bar now.

What would be cool is if I still had it. I needed money after the first divorce and sold it. This was way back in the day. The only pic I still have of it. I did all the work and paint on it myself. I still have the hair but I ain't as purty as I was back then.

[AR. Hillbilly]

I purchased a Roadstar back in 2000, in late 2002 we put my wife on a 650 V-Star.
Then in late 2005 she decided she wanted something bigger and decided on a Heritage Softail Classic.
I just couldn't ride the Yamaha with her driving a Harley, so we purchased a pair of Heritages.
Never looked back, now I have over 80,000 miles on mine & she has over 75,000 miles on hers.

My next will most likely be a Heritage. I do tend to like Roadkings as well. In all honesty the Roadstar will most likely outlast me. I belong to a Roadstar group/ family . I have brothers for life in the group.
I have a thing for old Harleys. Specially Shovelheads.
 

[AlaskanGuy]

I am quite surprised that Dave hasn't chimed in here on this topic?????

Perhaps there is trama still over the sale of one of his old hogs?

          

[ShotgunDave]

I am quite surprised that Dave hasn't chimed in here on this topic?????

Perhaps there is trama still over the sale of one of his old hogs?

          

I just saw this Mark! Here I am!!

Yes, trauma indeed! Last year I sold off all 3 of my Harleys. I didn't want to, but health concerns keep me from riding.

My favorite was my 66 Shovelhead. Foot clutch, jockey shift. Loved that thing.





And runner up was my daily. A 97 Roadking all decked out.




Nice to see other riders among us.

[AR. Hillbilly]

Sorry you had to sell. Love the oldie.👍

[ShotgunDave]

Had to dig up the picture, but this was the third bike. I can't remember what year it was. Soft Tail Deluxe.




One of the choppers I also built. 72 Ironhead in a Paughco hardtail frame. I did a lot of custom detail stuff on the bike. It had all copper tubing for oil and fuel lines. I also built a bell crank/jackshaft system to reverse the foot controls. As you know, the earlier Sportsters had the shifter on the right and the brake on the left. I hated that.




And one more chopper I built when I worked for a little hot rod shop for a while. it's a 68 Triumph top end, mated to an early Norton Botton end. We called it a "Trumpton". The frame on this used the neck and rear wheel mount from the Triumph. The rest is custom. It was a pretty cool little bike. I had fun working at that shop. Except the owner took all the credit for my work, and never even mentioned me. I was only there a year before I moved on and opened my own shop.

[Hawg]

I had a 48 panhead but I never got it up and running. It was all original.

[ShotgunDave]

I had a 48 panhead but I never got it up and running. It was all original.

That would be a cool one to have.


My 66 was a Pan/Shovel. Panhead bottom end with Shovelheads. I believe it was only done that way for a couple years. Otherwise known as a generator Shovel.

[Hawg]

I had a 48 panhead but I never got it up and running. It was all original.

That would be a cool one to have.


My 66 was a Pan/Shovel. Panhead bottom end with Shovelheads. I believe it was only done that way for a couple years. Otherwise known as a generator Shovel.

66-68. Mine was a 66 with a one piece aluminum primary cover. The cover was dated 1965 and I believe it be original to the bike. Nobody in their right mind would replace a derby cover with one. Generator shovel, slab bottom shovel, flat side shovel, pan shovel.

[ShotgunDave]

Mine had an open primary with a belt drive. It was the old style with a 1" belt. Hated that thing. It made a bunch of racked when you pushed the clutch in, and I got my pant leg caught in it more than once. I was on the hunt for an original clutch setup so I could go back to stock with the primary. Ended up selling it before I got to do it.