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11-01-2020 #1
76 Shovelhead Swingarm Chopper
Picked up this 76 FXE Super Glide last summer with about 8k miles on it. Owner was some rich guy who never rode it and had to get rid of a few of his toys. Guy before him was a professor at Texas AM, and the original owner.
Bike was in pretty good condition but had lacked some basic maintenance over the years. I realized I never even took any pictures of the bike before I started getting into it. Here is a photo from the craigslist ad.
My plan was to build a swingarm chopper but wanted to keep a lot of original stock parts. This was also my first shovelhead and didn't really know much so everything took way longer than I expected.
Started off, by cleaning what I suspect was almost 50 years of road grime.
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Then through on some 8 over fork tubes and some mini apes and risers. I swear there was only 2 oz of fluids in the forks when I changed them. Ran the bike like this for the rest of summer and debated on keeping it like this.
Then decide it was time to throw on the narrow sporty tank. Was somewhat painful to cut the stock tank mounts, but I got over it.
Sorry, I don't take very good pictures.
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While waiting for paint I got bored and decided to put on a round swingarm, drum brake, and 18 inch wheel. Probably one of my favorite parts of the bike. Rebuilt the brake with fresh pads, brake cylinder and MC. Laced up a repop star hub to an 18 rim.
Machined the shock mounts so I could use the shocks I already had
Re painted this old license plate that I'm going to run
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Very nice work.. You don't see a lot of swing arm bikes like this.
What size tire are you using on the rear?Last edited by confab; 11-02-2020 at 5:53 AM.
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11-02-2020 #9
Very nice.
I am also riding a swingarm fx shovel, and thinking about some overstock forks.
How does it handle with 8 over?
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Hell yeah, that turned out nice. I like your choices
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Killer!!!
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It handles fine, definitely different than stock length but not bad.
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Looks clean!! Nice job.
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