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12th August 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 7,863 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH 1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1977 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 75 motor in Norton frame. Other Motorcycle Model: 42WLA 45, Harton, Narley Other Motorcycle Year: 1942
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesomepants
not yet but i'll get it one day. i'm looking up iron head and shovel head and getting what looks like the same motor which is what i thought. is the motor in the bike you posted not a knuckle?
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No, like I said its an Ironhead cut down.
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12th August 2012
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HeWhoMakesThunder
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: A rock called Norway
Posts: 1,666 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh883/1250 Sportster/Buell Year: 1986
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Sporty motors are easy to tell because the pushrod tubes are parallel. Big twin (Knuckle, Pan, Shovel) pushrods make a Vee shape. Sporty has four cams, big twin has only two. Get it?
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Well, that would be right for Twinkies, all other BTs since the Knuckle have one.
Get it 
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12th August 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer 2nd Class
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SoCal, SFV
Posts: 1,642 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh Sportster/Buell Year: 1982 Other Motorcycle Model: FX Other Motorcycle Year: 1976
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Oh yeah! Brain fart...
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12th August 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,138 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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Originally Posted by Mosey
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even though i,graduated from high school in the mid 70's,i,don't recall the FU,model shovelhead!
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Last edited by Folkie; 15th August 2012 at 22:09..
Reason: Removed quote of deleyed post
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12th August 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer 2nd Class
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SoCal, SFV
Posts: 1,642 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh Sportster/Buell Year: 1982 Other Motorcycle Model: FX Other Motorcycle Year: 1976
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Originally Posted by brucstoudt
even though i,graduated from high school in the mid 70's,i,don't recall the FU,model shovelhead!
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It was a rare model only sold to malcontents, miscreants, rebels and those damned free-thinkers! Party on, Wayne... |
12th August 2012
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic 2nd Class
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: On a farm
Posts: 1,543 Sportster/Buell Model: XL77.2R Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesomepants
I'm confused. Are all bikes with motors before the EVO's called iron heads? Thought that was a knuckle? I thought only shovels were actually called iron heads? I thought the rest just went by how the top looks. Like flat, pan, knuckle...
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More confusion, the 1340 where called block head, the twin cams fat head. IronHead is related to the XL. |
12th August 2012
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Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 484 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 1991
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That the bike won is a HUGE tribute to the skill of the builder, considering what he started with. This is somewhat illustrated by how much of the original Ironhead he discarded in favor of something better, or at least, different. Like the once-common T-bucket roadster hot rods, and the choppers of the late 60's and early 70's, this type of custom motorcycle construction is all about making something pretty, not making something which actually does anything useful, so the end product is less something to ride, and more something to look at and talk about.
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12th August 2012
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 137 Sportster/Buell Model: XL Sportster/Buell Year: 04
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I really appreciate the time energy and skill of the builder, but my taste r much more simple. I'm the guy that rode the short bus after all. 
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12th August 2012
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Flat Track Racer
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: 540
Posts: 237 Sportster/Buell Model: Nightster Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda CBR 600 RR (sold) Other Motorcycle Year: 2004
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thanks Mosey- the shovel head and iron head thing makes sense now. can't say that i see many if any bike pre- EVO where i live out in the sticks and I have the only Nightster and one of only prob 5 Sporties in the county i live in... but live in the most beautiful place to ride in the state...
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