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Basket Case Shovelhead Transformed into Slick Machine

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Old 11-13-2021 | 07:46 AM
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Or a Sportster tank. It looks goofy when you use a generator style front pipe on a nose cone shovel, the gap in front of the cone is out of place.
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 08:25 AM
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The white frame is a choke and puke
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 09:37 AM
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I don't know who this curator is, but they should send him back to the Twinkie section and get a greybeard to find cool Shovelhead and Panhead bikes.
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 09:42 AM
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It is a swap meet special, where two parts never been together before.
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2K
Yep needs fat bobs.
i second that. that tank looks out of place
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Baird
Or a Sportster tank. It looks goofy when you use a generator style front pipe on a nose cone shovel, the gap in front of the cone is out of place.
That was a common move to clear the mag add on, issues with heat and clearance are common with mag's like that.
 
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Old 11-13-2021 | 03:21 PM
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acknowledged, but just from an aesthetics p.o.v. , goofy
 
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Old 11-14-2021 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe12RK
I don't know who this curator is, but they should send him back to the Twinkie section and get a greybeard to find cool Shovelhead and Panhead bikes.
Second that.
 
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