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I have wheels again.

DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
I only have two of them, but at least I am not utterly stranded without transportation. MC shop called and the bike was ready. $443 later I was riding home. Hey, I made it 15 miles without falling over or having anything break. Now if they will just get my truck done.

In case anyone hasn't seen it, this is my 1979 FXE. I am the original owner. The motor is so small by contemporary standards and the new ones are so pretty I sometimes long to buy a new one. But I've had this one for 36 years and it's sort of like being married for a long time...


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Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Money can fix anything.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    80 cubes how fast do you need to go[:0]
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  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like it
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It will go the speed limit and then some. Took it to 90 in 3rd gear shortly after having it reworked some and I guess it will do 110 or 115 now. Top speed when dead stock was 95. I had a cam and S&S carb installed and they did some porting on the heads. Went from about 60 HP to maybe 80 or 85. But the new HDs are 103 inches (some are 110) and they just have more torque and much more power.
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,983 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know much about Motorcycles, but it looks nice to me![:D]
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just my opinion, of course, but that bike has way more style and character than anything rolling off the assembly line these days.

    An old Army friend of mine had an '81 Super Glide when I had my '90 FXRS. We swapped rides while out riding one weekend. After 45 minutes I was ready to get my "rubber glide" ,as he called it, back!

    I always liked the looks of the shovel heads better than any other motor.
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,254 ******
    edited November -1
    Doc, I could roll my 82 FLH down real slow and gently ease the throttle back up and pull away.
    Can't do that with the 2011 Glide.
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,929 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anything with two wheels that you can Kickstart is cool.
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Original owner, had it 36 years........ Good for you.

    I bought my 68 Corvette in 72. Had it a while too.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congrats!! I am still waiting for my DAWGSLED to get back into action. Order a replacement used ECM off ebay, we'll see if that is the problem. I miss having a bike, I had a '04 lowrider for a short time. It wasn't very zippy but it was a pretty bike.
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  • catgunguycatgunguy Member Posts: 6,089
    edited November -1
    It is a very nice looking and I bet good sounding bike.
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  • rambo rebelrambo rebel Member Posts: 4,028
    edited November -1
    wally world better hide the 22[:D]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Only problem with it is the kick start. After hitting a deer on my Hd my right knee just does not work right. Even Kicking my Xl250 is too much.
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  • ChrisStreettChrisStreett Member Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an '82 shovel/Low Rider, owned it since day one, finishing a frame up restoration now. Tins were repainted/pinstriped by the factory a few years back, engine completely overhauled including re-sleeving the cylinders, custom made S&S crank, balancing, etc. I have every original part and most are being put right back where they started. One suggestion, if you want a bit more top end (my 4 speed screamed it's guts out on the interstate), I went one tooth bigger on the trans sprocket and it made a world of difference.
    "...dying ain't much of a living boy"-Josey Wales
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ChrisStreett
    I have an '82 shovel/Low Rider, owned it since day one, finishing a frame up restoration now. Tins were repainted/pinstriped by the factory a few years back, engine completely overhauled including re-sleeving the cylinders, custom made S&S crank, balancing, etc. I have every original part and most are being put right back where they started. One suggestion, if you want a bit more top end (my 4 speed screamed it's guts out on the interstate), I went one tooth bigger on the trans sprocket and it made a world of difference.


    Even better.

    http://www.jpcycles.com/product/620-129
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  • ChrisStreettChrisStreett Member Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...good idea.
    "...dying ain't much of a living boy"-Josey Wales
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ChrisStreett
    ...good idea.


    Cannot find it right now but one of the Places like Jims or S&S make a 5 in a 4 using your cases. Either place makes quality products. The one I posted above is a little different its by RevTech and they are made in Korea. I know cause all the parts I got for my other bike came from there The complete drive train.
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GrumpyGV- It has a starter motor. I added the kicker for insurance (and it has saved me a couple times).
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  • ChrisStreettChrisStreett Member Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My LR has both. In the "bad old days" when money was real tight and the battery low, kicking, my only option, could be a real challenge...not too far from an old Pan I had years before. More recently, I tend to go the kicker route just to confound the youngsters out there who have never even seen one let alone have any idea how to properly use it. For a real comedy act, I'd offer to let someone under 30 try the kicker on for size. Now that was entertainment!
    "...dying ain't much of a living boy"-Josey Wales
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