The prettiest Harley engines in this order
#61
01-22-2019 | 09:49 AM
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Honestly I do! Not saying the evo is terribly ugly or nothing it just seems to lack character...
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01-22-2019 | 10:01 AM
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BTW, Just because I prefer a Shovelhead for Showing Off... I love me an Ironhead for the Look and The Sound!!!
And an EVO to "Go Someplace"... Note ... No mention of anything Newer... I do Not approve of those Soulless Beasts..
My Shovelhead deserves a Break from Everyday, senseless Miles... Had her From Showroom New... Not a Midlife Decision!!!
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#63
01-22-2019 | 10:38 AM
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Character????? Didja look one post up???
BTW, Just because I prefer a Shovelhead for Showing Off... I love me an Ironhead for the Look and The Sound!!!
And an EVO to "Go Someplace"... Note ... No mention of anything Newer... I do Not approve of those Soulless Beasts..
My Shovelhead deserves a Break from Everyday, senseless Miles... Had her From Showroom New... Not a Midlife Decision!!!
BTW, Just because I prefer a Shovelhead for Showing Off... I love me an Ironhead for the Look and The Sound!!!
And an EVO to "Go Someplace"... Note ... No mention of anything Newer... I do Not approve of those Soulless Beasts..
My Shovelhead deserves a Break from Everyday, senseless Miles... Had her From Showroom New... Not a Midlife Decision!!!
lol ya buddy they are fast and I been riding the same shovelhead since I was 16 years old and my dad owned the bike since 85 and now I’ll own it until I die I love 60-84 bikes..and I’m not taking anything away from evos but there isn’t one mile on my shovelhead that is senseless. Simply because the way I feel on the bike,,,I’ve rode many fxr evos and they have a different feel to them I can’t really explain why I feel different on new bikes but I feel like a dork ...maybe it’s the riding position I don’t really know but it’s just my opinion at the end of the day... and evo have a place in some people garage just not mine ....
#64
01-22-2019 | 10:45 AM
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You would be surprised if ya Knew how many old line Bikers around here skipped the EVO completey... These were the Guys who were Riding a Harley when the EVO came out... You remember???? See No Evo, Hear No Evo, Ride No Evo..... Well apparently they meant it!!! Skipped the EVO all together... right to the Twin Cam... because they really did want to "Go Someplace" worry Free.. and Not put Senseless Miles on a trusted old Friend!!! Luckily... being in Drag Racing, I found the EVO... a New Trusted Friend.. With Steel Cylinders, and a Touch of compression, they sound More like a Shovelhead than the Typical "New" Shovelhead!!!!
Funny thing, I never once worried about the old shovel as my daily or road trips, did my maintenances, took care of little things and rode that bike all over this country, 1st 2 years I spent in cali I put 60K including a 7K Sturgis trip on her wearing out all the fine roads we have.
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01-22-2019 | 10:51 AM
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The ones with roller chains easly go 100K since once rolling on guides, wear stops.
Chains are pleanty accurate enough for under 6k motor and have nothing to do with crank position sensor for accurate electronics.
I have beat Harley for years on that on here. Really think it's a dead one now.. Long gone history.
Treated right like a cruiser of old, even a link chain one will go a long time on OEM guides.
My 04 at 50k still has the original. I would have changed them out long ago but I am never around in winter months for the last 7 years.
Not worn out but I am sure very brittle and way overdue.
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01-22-2019 | 10:52 AM
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01-22-2019 | 11:19 AM
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01-22-2019 | 05:09 PM
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01-22-2019 | 09:20 PM
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01-22-2019 | 09:45 PM
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What does the bolded even mean? All the regular Shovelheads I've seen look pretty much the same (beautiful) to me also. So do all the Panheads and all the Knuckleheads.