Dinosaur...yes; irrelevant...never. It is just that there are fewer out there, fewer folks with knowledge of old iron and fewer being able to work on them.

And has been psted the shovel forum is a good site as well.

Old iron never goes out of style IMO...

 

And some of us there also "live and die" pans as well as shovels...

 

I'm awaiting moderation over there. I have to say though, that the people here seem like a nice knowledgeable bunch, however I haven't yet ventured out of the Shovelhead section.

 

I think shovels are far from irrelevant ! i bought mine two months ago i hadnt had a harley for twenty years had jap and british stuff in the intervening years , had a 45 and iron head before . My mates all have evo's and twin cams they think im ****ing nuts ! There are fewer and fewer on the road over here and if you can find a tatty one here for less than £7000 you have done well so they are definatly not irrelevant ! when i ride with my mates i know which bike gets the most attention when we stop and it aint theirs ! You should be proud of what you have its part of your heritage , so they might be tempermental and require regular maintenace ( bit like women ) but hey they are worth it the shovels that is not women ! all the best enjoy it

cheers gary

 

old **** is the best ****!

 

We just had 35 shovels meet in the NC mountains. They are long from being a dinosaur. It's the only bike I've ever owned and this one I have now is #4.
To me this place is geared for the newer bikes, you just have to go to different places for different things. Like any thing.

 

That's a good looking seat, how do you like it?

 

I like it, It's an ultima gel seat.
This is the only close up I can find.

 

Been looking at those how it working for you ? Running an old corbin that has more miles that any 3 twinkies in this place , getten a bit long in the tooth .

 

'80 80" shovel is my bar hopper. Road glide is my tourer. I may get an FLD 'cause they look like an early FLH. Happy with my shovel and I will keep it forever.