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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:01 pm
by tinhunter
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:11 pm
by TAYZ 58
That yellow and white FB just off the main street at Maryborough, bloody thing rusted to bits. My mate tried to buy it and he wanted 5 grand.............

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:27 pm
by tinhunter
That's the one, I have tried to buy it & the charger a few times but never got given a price.

However I do know that the FB has the reg paid every year & is still currently rego'd :shock:

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:48 pm
by tinhunter
Found this over the weekend whilst retrieving my bike after it blew an oil line out bush... :oops:

Haven't located the owner yet but will try next time I'm there....

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Also had a valiant wagon beside it :)
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:54 pm
by DNA
kind of bike is that??

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:36 pm
by TAYZ 58
Id say it was used as a shooting rig at some stage of its life

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:32 pm
by robbyr
Any pix of the bike,looks like sweet.

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:50 pm
by tinhunter
definately an old shooting rig....

The Bike?
Ok not fb-ek related but here goes.....

It's my bike that is usualy ridden daily, rain/hail/shine (also snow a few weeks back :wink: )

Home built bike with frame mods done by a mate that owns a rod/chopper building workshop.

71 harley shovelhead
74cube motor, ex-drag bike 8) , aftermarket cylinders, forged hi-comp pistons, heads have been "hemi'd" by filling in combustion chambers & reshaped, twin plugs as well, ports have been welded up to allow major porting mods, triple valve springs, titanium retainers & collets, manley oversize valves, split rocker boxes, roller cam & lifters, S&S shorty 'e' series pumper carb, Dyna 'S' ignition with twin coils, custom pipes, 3" open primary, 4 speed castle top box, kick only, chain drive. I rebuilt the motor 3 weeks ago too :)

Frame is 74 FLH, raked until it looked right :wink: , 51 pan front brake & star hub laced to a 21" rim, frame has been de-lugged & welded, rear end lowered 4", 80's rear disc & banana caliper, custom made oil tank, chopped bobbed rear gaurd, no font gaurd, no inicators/horn or any wiring on bars, panhead top clamps, billet trees & fwd controls, old dash with a klms conversion, 5 gall tanks, 'A' model &*#@ tail/brake light, side mounted number plate, has been bare metalled then I just sprayed clear over it :shock: , custom seat covered by a mate, plus heaps of other minor stuff that will bore you even further........... runs very hard & fast.

I built it to what I like & use it all the time, it also does lots of long runs to bike club stuff so you may see me anywhere in the Eastern states on this. So if you see it with a fat guy wearing a German helmet give me a wave..... (not the guy in pic, I took the pic)

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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:54 pm
by mrs ratbox
i saw factory black EK sedan once with the same shooting buggy option, it was a REALLY good body to :cry: only difference was they had a seat with the steering and pedals very crudely extended so you drove from above the back sea hanging out the roof :shock:

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:55 pm
by robbyr
Hey Tinhunter love the bike mate.sweet ride,I 2 ride a shovel chopper ,Am allways on the road,so might see u round. 8) 8)

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:59 am
by tinhunter
For sure hope to catch up one day, here's a pic of my last ride I sold in Feb this year to a guy in Ferntree gully. He's a bass player in "the speed demons" band. Very worked Bonnie....
in the background is the first incarnation of my shovel :wink:

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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:51 am
by DNA
I got a '96 Springer Softail.......S&S block and heads runnin e series carb.

stripped it totally down and have new tins on it, matt black.
have the thing in getting totally re wired today, bout two weeks and my lil monster will be back on the road.

If ya ever up Sydney way on a club run I might see ya round.......

This is mine pre paint mock up........

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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:56 am
by robbyr
Hi DNA, springer looks real good mate, be good to see it when finished 8)

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:28 am
by minifb
MMM shovelheads...gotta love em.. Cheers Mark

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:58 pm
by tinhunter
Cool bike Dna,

I get up to west sydney a bit, must catch up with ya at some stage.

I do like the springers, plus with the availability of long fronts now better than ever there should be more about in my opinion....