1969 Shovelhead Seat

Finished the seat on the shovelhead the other day, and drug it all out into the yard to take a few photos... Seat came out sick!

1969 Shovelhead Paint

Got the tins painted for the shovelhead this past week!  Might have blood in my lungs but i think it turned out decent for a garage job... But its nice to be able to say i did the paint..

Off to the wizard!

Finally got the shovelhead motor out of the frame and off to Steve Rourke for a rebuild.  Upon arriving at his shop he found multiple problems with the motor.  Multiple major problems that is.

Never trust a PO!  haha... at least I got a good two seasons out of the motor since ive had it...

Choppahead Show at Ogies Trailer Park

Strange Days 5

This is a little late, but Strange Days 5 two weeks ago was awesome.  The roads we took headed west on 44 were awesome.  We took back roads the whole way there and took our time.  Got to ride through a state park in NY i think, and the roads winding down the mountain some of the best ive seen.

I rode the 69 shovel and it did pretty good.  It was breathing heavy but made the trip loaded down.  Next up is to get into the engine and freshen it up.

69 Shovelhead Exhaust the Sequal

Spent another night finishing up the exhaust for the shovelhead last night.  Its all tig welded up and ready to be smoothed out.  I was getting this bike ready for strange days next week, so Ill probably clean up the pipes when i get back from that.  Will be a good ride to see how my welds and mounts work out...

69 Shovelhead Custom Exhaust

Finally got all the stainless in to start my custom exhaust for the shovelhead.  I got two reverse cone megaphone mufflers.  They are extra short... like 12" and 1"3/4.  

Just a few shots tonight... get some more up later... 

Picked up some stainless 3/8" flanges to help keep them from distorting with heat... or bending over time... Had to machine the mounting hole so that it lined up with the shovelhead heads... 

Choppahead Shop Opening...

Rode out to Freetown Mass this weekend to warm up the new Choppahead shop.  They have a really sweet setup with some cool roads to get to it.  There was a Chevy C10 full of beer and ice, a taco bar, and really tight extended swing arm doughnuts in the street.