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I have many interests in bikes. I just dug out a shovel I rode years ago.
I started trowing parts at it and what stuck surprised me. I got a glimpse of all the old gearheads' bikes my dad hung out with when I was a kid.
It was the mid thru late 70's and these were not fancy painted, chopped (for the most part) or even bobbed bikes. They were usually shovels with shinny black paint, maybe a emblem, very little chrome, fat bobs and even some leather stuff. I was young but remember seeing these guys drinking a bunch of beer and pulling onto the road, standing on the pegs, leaning way forward and doing these crazy, smokey burnouts and howling like wolves.
I have seen several bikes like this here as a starting point, but this is where I will end up on this bike.
Is this the place to share this build?
I started trowing parts at it and what stuck surprised me. I got a glimpse of all the old gearheads' bikes my dad hung out with when I was a kid.
It was the mid thru late 70's and these were not fancy painted, chopped (for the most part) or even bobbed bikes. They were usually shovels with shinny black paint, maybe a emblem, very little chrome, fat bobs and even some leather stuff. I was young but remember seeing these guys drinking a bunch of beer and pulling onto the road, standing on the pegs, leaning way forward and doing these crazy, smokey burnouts and howling like wolves.
I have seen several bikes like this here as a starting point, but this is where I will end up on this bike.
Is this the place to share this build?