BEFORE and AFTER - Let's see What You STARTED WITH and ENDED UP With

1996 Springer

About a year ago when I bought it.


As of now, still a work in progress and a LONG way to go. Just yanking all the extra dumb shit off. Added a set of Biltwell Keystone bars.

The Day I bought it.


Built as a swingarm bike.



and now stuffed in a rigid frame..

I know it's not a shovel, had mine, worked on it all the time. Took road trips 70 on highways and shit started to fall off after an hour.

I use gobs of Red Loctite, for which I have an undying, morbid, fetishistic love, (I have never had stripped fastener threads or heads be they small or large due to its use. I don't overtorque fasteners), all-metal locknuts, and lock washers everywhere I can fit them and I upgrade when practical whenever I replace stock hardware.

I figure they paint fire trucks red because a firehose is the best way to apply Loctite.

What doesn't get red threadlocker gets anti-seized since corrosion, especially between steel and aluminum, DOES strip fasteners and I despise removing a bolt with an "aluminum heli-coil" wrapped around it. Anti-seize is your friend when you take things apart many years later.

You can get locktabs for your exhaust pipes or drill the fasteners for aircraft safety wire. I haven't bothered as locknuts work for me.

I do this on everything I own, Shovels, Evos, trucks, my riding mower, whatever. It's paid off for decades. I'm lazy and revile anything that causes extra work.

BTW safety wire is used in aviation because it's highly reliable and a proper job looks pretty (safety wire doesn't rust) so if you want to explore that have at it.

Originally Posted by TEACH

Hi Mate, where did you get that rear wheel from?

Nothing special, but it's my first bike

Originally Posted by Frostyrider

Hi Mate, where did you get that rear wheel from?

If that's Teach its probably Kevin "Teach" Bass out of Minnesota, and those are wheels covers he makes and sells on his website, Look him up.

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Originally Posted by BadNewsSS

The Day I bought it.


Built as a swingarm bike.



and now stuffed in a rigid frame..

Saw your bike parked near classic electric a week or two ago. Fuckin sick bike, good job.

^^^holy shit



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Picked up this 76 FLH back in January. Tore it all the way down, repainted the frame and tins fixed the tranny and still have a little ways to go.

Day I brought it home.




Now

Here we go.. havent been active much on the site.
Joined when I had a 79 ironhead, meanwhile in September last year I bought a 76 Shovel. just finished early this month.
Before and after photos.



sorry the photos are a bit crap...

Ridic.



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Originally Posted by BadNewsSS

The Day I bought it.


Built as a swingarm bike.



and now stuffed in a rigid frame..

I've seen that bike around. Didn't Travis A.K.A. "Tuki" do the molding and gold leaf? Sweet ride for sure man.

Before

After

Here is my attempt on my Shadow. Still a few things left to do on it but this is where I'm at currently.