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Old 02-09-2022, 05:11 PM
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Saw this in passing today, too much crap around it, is that an old Ironhead Sportster engine?

 
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Old 02-09-2022, 06:08 PM
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Knucklehead; 1930-1948. IIRC.
 
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Looks like a big twin shovelhead to me, but what do I know.
 
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Big twin.
...and it's not mine. Hope this helps.
 
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Shovel.
 
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Mid 70's FX shovel, piglet motors don't have the aluminium heads.
 
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Mid 70's FX shovel, piglet motors don't have the aluminium heads.
Bingo! That's why they're called Ironheads.
 
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Bingo! That's why they're called Ironheads.
Shovels were referred to as Ironheads long before Sportsters ever were.
 
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Shovels were referred to as Ironheads long before Sportsters ever were.
You are going to have to quantify that comment, in 45 years of living & breathing shovels I've never heard it said.
 
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