Ironhead Restored, original or near-stock Ironhead pictures

[Hopper]

OK guys, lets see those pics of sweet restored Ironheads, original Ironheads and even near-stock Ironheads. I know there are some awesome restored bikes on this site but couldn't find a pic thread to celebrate them all in one place. (Mick, if I missed it, feel free to merge this/shoot me/whatever).
Let`s celebrate what was an awesome bike back in the day, as it was sold off the showroom floor, the original superbike, the original factory bobber that was way cool just as it came.
And the pics might be helpful to other owners building or restoring the same model.

To get the ball rolling, here is one of my favourites, a 1977 Confederate model Sportster. I got the pics off eBay or somewhere, but they really helped in getting my standard 77 model back to near how it once looked, where the cables ran etc. And just neat to look at. This was a limited edition factory custom for `77 only. This one looks to be a real low-mileage, unmolested original. Sweet.

[Hopper]

And here is my all time favourite. 1968 XLCH. Was a more basic motorcycle ever sold over the counter. I'm seriously considering repainting my own bike in this colour scheme. Even make it non-metallic paint for that real old school look.

[83XLX]

Here's a pic of a very nice restored '65 XLCH I lifted from another site, a pic of a '62 XLR (one of my favorites), and a couple pics of my Ironhead, an '83 XLX - not exactly original, but more of a resto-mod.

[Moon Wolf]

We have some great original bikes here on the XL forum--Jmanjeff's beautiful '57, Joestuff's '62, Magneto Sporter's entire stable, and of course all of Patrick's bikes (I know I missed a few).

As most of you know, I'm in the process of restoring three H models, a 62, 65, and 68 (hope to post an update on the 65 soon--waiting for my painter).

I've saved a lot reference photos. The hardest to come by, for some reason, seem to be the 68 H models. A couple weeks ago, though, a guy in Arizona offered up this gorgeous original paint XLCH on ebay--it went for about 13K and it was, in my opinion, a very good deal.

Here's some shots I swiped from the posting.

[83XLX]

How about this old ad? It's one of my favorites from way back.

[lucky23]

here's my '70 XLH.

[chevy57harley79]

Not sure if my 79 Iron is what you are looking for, not original but "restored"

[IronMick]

[QUOTE=chevy57harley79;1289851]Not sure if my 79 Iron is what you are looking for, not original but "restored" ... QUOTE]

I use the word "refurbished" rather than "restored". That way "restored" is only for bikes that look like they came from the factory. Mine is definitely in the refurb category.

[AMF Harley-Davidson]

Hopper here's my 1975 XL 1000. 8K original miles



Anybody still running their factory alarm system? These were stock on 1974 and 1975 bikes. Still works like a charm (or beep).



STOP! extremely techincal.



Ride safe guys!
Bob

[Monte03]

Originally Posted by Hopper

And here is my all time favourite. 1968 XLCH. Was a more basic motorcycle ever sold over the counter. I'm seriously considering repainting my own bike in this colour scheme. Even make it non-metallic paint for that real old school look.

I believe this is a 1958