Ya got pics?
Panhead Build Done!
THE BACK STORY: My old man rode next to this bike for 20 years, his brother Macthe former owner was a gunner on a chopper in Nam. When the dust settled the 2 tours left some deep mental scars on Mac. That being said Mac would play Russian roulette at night with his 2 friends Ruger and Jack D, periodically he would call my old man to drive over and talk him down. (no easy feat for an ac man in the middle of the summer with 2 kids + wife + 9 hour day +1 busted / shot up van + 1am + 45 minute drive)
Well one day my old man was too tired to make the trip and said sleep it off.
3 weeks later +interlude Hawk, my old man bought this Pan off Mack's mom to pay for the funeral. Also got tool box, pistol, and parts of Mack's brain matter on Pan
Hawk let the bike sit for 12 years, I have pics of me at 5 on bike, then started to take it apart to rebuild it.<O
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2 years later Hawk broke (manual labor has its price) his back leaving him no way to rebuild bike.<O</O
8 years later 1 year post death I bought the Pan and the beloved Knuckle baskets off Mom to help them buy the farm no pun intended.<O></O>
Now after 2 months + 75 hours + 62 packs of smokes + 832 beers + 15.3 bottles of Jack obo + 3x1/8 oz's + 1.2 pints of blood + 36 Random Anomalies + 2 rectifiers + 3 S&S jets + 6 spark plugs = 1 complete 52 Pan.<O></O>
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I had some down time from a recent wreck on "the beloved knuckle" so I figured I would share the story.<O></O>
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On a side note: she runs to lean = only runs good under allot of throttle with a 68 main jet, ss shorty or To rich = pop pop pop + black carboned plugs with a 70 main jet?
I have tried combination of jets and tuning, no intake leaks, solid state regulator, 6volt, anyone run a shorty on a pan, any ideas maybe mild exhaust leak where pipes meet jugs?
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii13/LOWKEYFILMZ/pansmall_zps38eeed8e.jpg
Well one day my old man was too tired to make the trip and said sleep it off.
3 weeks later +interlude Hawk, my old man bought this Pan off Mack's mom to pay for the funeral. Also got tool box, pistol, and parts of Mack's brain matter on Pan
Hawk let the bike sit for 12 years, I have pics of me at 5 on bike, then started to take it apart to rebuild it.<O
</O<O
</O2 years later Hawk broke (manual labor has its price) his back leaving him no way to rebuild bike.<O
</O8 years later 1 year post death I bought the Pan and the beloved Knuckle baskets off Mom to help them buy the farm no pun intended.<O
></O>Now after 2 months + 75 hours + 62 packs of smokes + 832 beers + 15.3 bottles of Jack obo + 3x1/8 oz's + 1.2 pints of blood + 36 Random Anomalies + 2 rectifiers + 3 S&S jets + 6 spark plugs = 1 complete 52 Pan.<O
></O><O
> </O>I had some down time from a recent wreck on "the beloved knuckle" so I figured I would share the story.<O
></O><O
> </O>On a side note: she runs to lean = only runs good under allot of throttle with a 68 main jet, ss shorty or To rich = pop pop pop + black carboned plugs with a 70 main jet?
I have tried combination of jets and tuning, no intake leaks, solid state regulator, 6volt, anyone run a shorty on a pan, any ideas maybe mild exhaust leak where pipes meet jugs?
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii13/LOWKEYFILMZ/pansmall_zps38eeed8e.jpg
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Nice Nice Pan. ..
I like how that bike has been loved.......
by it's original owner enough that he wouldn't sell it.
Then your old man cared enough to keep it around.
Then you cared about it enough to breathe some life back into it.
Now you have a beautiful bike with some history and a lot of love.
Can't really say that about every bike.
"Old Harley's don't die, they just get rebuilt."
I like how that bike has been loved.......
by it's original owner enough that he wouldn't sell it.
Then your old man cared enough to keep it around.
Then you cared about it enough to breathe some life back into it.
Now you have a beautiful bike with some history and a lot of love.
Can't really say that about every bike.
"Old Harley's don't die, they just get rebuilt."
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