who has the sickest wide glide?
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The first Harley I built was a 51 Pan in the form of a Wide Glide Model LONG before the factory offered anything in comparison. I put it together with mostly with Harley Davidson parts. Harley straight leg ridged frame. Shaved Hyda-Glide front end trees and lowers with the bottom tree turned flat side up, FXE Super Glide tank and gauges. One of the my later regrets was selling it. I wish I'd kept it but at this point it's mute because I couldn't ride a ridged frame now days
anyhow. If I still owned it I wouldn't mind because it would still be nice to look at it parked in the garage. I have a mostly stock 69 FLH flat side parked in the garage (I rarely ride) to fill the void the Pan has left.
Full circle to the present. I have a factory Wide Glide as my main ride right now. I've owned more bikes then I can count over the years. I like my baggers but hated all things Twin Cam. At my age and getting older I have settled on an EVO Wide Glide. I cannot adjust to the idea of calling an EVO a classic. When I had my pan I never thought I'd own a Shovelhead. So much for reminiscing. If I want to keep riding its time to move on in the present with an EVO. I need something mechanical I can understand that connects me to the ground..
anyhow. If I still owned it I wouldn't mind because it would still be nice to look at it parked in the garage. I have a mostly stock 69 FLH flat side parked in the garage (I rarely ride) to fill the void the Pan has left.
Full circle to the present. I have a factory Wide Glide as my main ride right now. I've owned more bikes then I can count over the years. I like my baggers but hated all things Twin Cam. At my age and getting older I have settled on an EVO Wide Glide. I cannot adjust to the idea of calling an EVO a classic. When I had my pan I never thought I'd own a Shovelhead. So much for reminiscing. If I want to keep riding its time to move on in the present with an EVO. I need something mechanical I can understand that connects me to the ground..
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Love it!
your Pan is beautiful . I am 56 yo. I remember seeing pans knuckles, shovels & flatys running around when I was a kid. always wanted a H D. had many different bikes, jap , Brit. 3 HDs . I am now the proud owner of a 1996 FXDWG. and, you are right, even 37 years on, it's hard to look apon the EVO as classic.
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