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Old 08-08-2009, 11:03 AM
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My favorite modes of transportation

My 1998 Harley Davidson FLHTC Dresser I custom stripped to this , it was a 95th anniversary with a paint only Harley has and you need a matching vin to get the paint from Harley


My 1955 Harley Davidson Panhead



I built both of these myself and do all the work on them to keep them running and looking good.
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Awesome bikes!

I have never seen the shield around the headlight like in your first picture.
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How recent is that top pic?

Both beautiful bikes.

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Wow very beautiful. I can appreciate the amount of work that goes into a product like that.
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Originally Posted by 4x4Fink
How recent is that top pic?

Both beautiful bikes.

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Valentine's weekend this year getting it out for the first ride

Thank You for the compliments everyone these are my First addiction I Love To Build OLD Harley's and any other Harley as well.
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Looks good man !!


You sir, Remind me of abe..

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Originally Posted by olharleyman
Valentine's weekend this year getting it out for the first ride
It looked a lot older than that.
Very neat to see an old school looking bike like that in modern day, I'd love to see it in person.

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Now I get your screen name. It's the bikes that are old, not you.

A friend with an old Harley offered to let me take it for a spin. I didn't know the right starting technique and damn near broke my leg when it backfired.

Beautiful machines and a great hobby restoring part of history.
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sick bikes man! the first one looks like it should be in the show Sons of Anarchy. I love the thermal wrap on the exhaust. Adds about 5 bada$$ points, in my book.
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My uncle used to own a Harley Davidson shop...the stories I could tell.

A friend from college owns this shop here in T-town

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http://www.primitivecycle.com/



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Originally Posted by 4x4Fink
It looked a lot older than that.
Very neat to see an old school looking bike like that in modern day, I'd love to see it in person.

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May be puttin through your area next spring me and a couple friends are planning a west coast turn around going the top side out bottom side home

Originally Posted by BT17R
Now I get your screen name. It's the bikes that are old, not you.

A friend with an old Harley offered to let me take it for a spin. I didn't know the right starting technique and damn near broke my leg when it backfired.

Beautiful machines and a great hobby restoring part of history.
Yea it's the bikes that are old not me and as for any kick start Harley they all have there own special way to start my 1955 is 2 primer kicks no power or gas first then pump the throttle twice turn the ignition on and kick through one time and the second times kick it like you mean it and she almost always fires right up.

As for the one you tried kicking it sounds like it is off one or two degrees in timing that's when and how you get such a hard kick back not like I have ever had my knee compressed and legiments torn or anything even got to inspect the handlebars from the front to the top and then the back before lol

Originally Posted by NYChopshop
sick bikes man! the first one looks like it should be in the show Sons of Anarchy. I love the thermal wrap on the exhaust. Adds about 5 bada$$ points, in my book.
Sons of Anarchy wish their bikes were this cool!

The first time I took it to a bike week type thing I got parked in front of EXILE CYCLES and everybody thought it was Russ Mitchell's(build or bust on speed channel) new dresser line so he came out to check it out and was so impressed
with it he bought me a beer and B.S.ed with me and my friends for about an hour he even took pics for his own idea's about a dresser he has been thinking about building.

Here are a couple pics in color from the same weekend Friday night not Saturday before pulling the whitewall paint off the tire may do a full whitewall tire when times comes to replace this front tire



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