My XLH883 "Bomber"... ( pic heavy )

[Akeemking]

Thank you.



Well, not much as been going on, apart of some more miles on her.

The other day a car buddy had a meeting nearby and one of them took this pictures...

[kmanator]

Sweet build!

[Akeemking]

This years biggest ride started here...

[Hoghead]

That's a beautiful country you're in there!

[bluesrock]

Respect. Solid work.

[Akeemking]

The year update
so you know she is still running...


P1070038 by Pedro Vieira, on Flickr

[farmall]

I like the rounded, unusual cam cover cutdown leaving the skirt over the oil pump. It goes very well with the rest of the bike.

[Skjoll]

I really like the looks of the bike, nice work. Is your buddies car a Ford Cortina, Vauxhall Viva or something altogether different?

[Akeemking]

Thank you both.

Is your buddies car a Ford Cortina, Vauxhall Viva or something altogether different?

It's a Opel Rekord C Coupe.

P1040740 by Pedro Vieira, on Flickr

[Skjoll]

NICE! By the 70s there weren't too many Opels imported to the USA. All we had in the 70's were the few and far between Mantas, GTs and the 'Buick' Opel (similar in looks to the Rekord Coupe ('coo-pay') and Vauxhall had a relation). There was a saying in my native tongue that went 'jeder popel fährt nen Opel' (every booger drives an Opel (booger = stodgy old person)) gotta love nesting text which I'm really abusing... despite that as a youngun I loved the cars.

[j8ksdad]

I LOVE this build!

[Akeemking]

Still alive and rolling...



IMG_8519 by Pedro Vieira, on Flickr

[Down]

10 years, congrats on having it looking good for a decade already!

[Akeemking]

Is that time,
the yearly check in...

[dankmelater]

dang, sick looking bike. i love that you're checking in every year with the build haha, amazing. so cool to dig through the thread and see the small changes you've made over the years after the main build.

any mechanical issues or breakdowns? looks like you're throwing down some serious miles on that bike.