Wrenching Harley Davidson

Getting some work done before starting my Saturday chores. I scrapped the upswept exhaust in favor of these true-dual shovelhead pipes I got on ebay. There is always some tweaking that needs to be done to get things to fit right. And when I am mixing parts from different years and models it complicates things a little more. Some things to understand about building a chopper... Looks first, function second... safety and comfort are unnecessary.

It's been a few years so taking her down the road for a little test.

Panhead Ride down to Monongahela River in Morgantown along River Rd.

It has been sitting since the end of 2021 but I finally got it registered and running again and ready for riding.

Got the 80" shovel back together and ready for first startup with new heads. Lot of oil in the sump so going to have to look at the oil pump check valve sooner or later. Otherwise a successful test and this time I have brakes! My son just happened to come over as I was pulling the bike out so he got to take it for a ride down the driveway too. Still undecided on the rear fender though.. have the Softail fender on there now just to test ride. Very windy today so unfortunately you can't really hear the how awesome the engine sounds!

Finishing up the motor and other details to prepare for paint. https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

Preview of the build. Trying to get it on the road quickly to go to the East Coast Sturgis in MD. Will have a video out on this part of the project in a couple weeks.

A ride through the country on a warm Feb day.

Continuing work on the Shovelhead 80" motor for the softail build. Installing Pistons and Jugs and cleaning threads on the case. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

West Virginia is amazing and beautiful. Just a quick glimpse of the amazing scenery I see when I go check the mail.

Continuing work on the Shovelhead 80" motor for the softail build. Head and Rocker box work. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

A warm day in Feb 2022, riding to Woody's in Fairmont, WV for some hot dogs.

Got my parts in from Dennis Kirk and MBS Manufacturing. These are for the shovelhead motor I am using in the Softail Project. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

Continuing the disassembly of the 1985 Softail and fitting the Shovelhead engine. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

First in a series of videos for the 80" Shovelhead motor I will be using for my Softail project. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

This is a 1991 Harley Davidson Sportster XLH 1200 I bought as a surprise for my son Will. We worked on it to make it road worthy and to run better over a couple years. He did a little customization on it too. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

Riding out with my uncle. Back in 2017 I took a week to visit and ride the twisty mountain roads of West Virginia. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

More detail on the torque cones and shakedown ride. Some of these clips are in the rebuild video too. I do feel the torque cones made a difference, although not a huge change. I didn't dyno it so just gong by the butt dyno results. It did sound a lot better too but the quality of sound in the video does not reflect that. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

I bought this FXST to house the 80 inch shovelhead engine I have. I decided to get this running and work out any mechanical issues so I could enjoy it for a summer before tearing it down again. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

From start to finish, a 16 year project to revive my late father's 1960 Panhead FL. I moved a few times during those years, taking sometimes 2 or 3 years between working on it. Since the completion of the project I have put almost 1000 miles on the Panhead with no troubles. Please rumble and subscribe to my channel if you like this content. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

Popular route in Port Jervis, NY - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance

Finally got my shop in order and ready to tear down the 1985 Softail FXST. My plan when I bought the bike was to use it for my 1983 80" Shovelhead engine. The softail was in bad shape and needed a lot of work to be road worthy so I spent the last 3 years making that happen little by little as time permitted. This series will be updated as I find time between a full time job and life and hopefully will complete it by spring. Stay tuned for Part 2. - Come join my Harley Repair site on Mewe https://mewe.com/join/harley_davidson_repair_and_maintenance