Gold

So it's been awhile since I have posted anything here again, but that's the nature of my life this time of year. I fight fire for the USFS, and my schedule is nuts. 600+ hours of overtime is not uncommon at all in this line of work in 6 months or so. I have had nearly 1200 hours of overtime in 6 months in the past. Not sure what the normal person works, but I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near that much. That being said I don't do much but work and sleep during the summer. I decided somewhere in there that the FXRP is just not my style. I bought it thinking it would be a good commuter, and it would be. Solid bike, reliable, fast, good brakes, plenty of room to stowe gear etc. So I sold it recently to a guy that will take care of it appropriately. I have been sub consciously looking for another shovel FLH for quite awhile, and found exactly what I wanted. These bikes just sit right, and fit my 6'2" frame well. This particular bike is a 1970. Original everything, paint, pipes, and so on. 27,000 original miles. Never been cracked open, original top end as far as I can tell. The cylinders still have original silver paint. All electrical still functioning as it should. I kinda figured it needed a top end rebuild, just by the way it sounded. Lots of pop out of right pipe, not much out of left. Sounds like running on one cylinder etc. I did a compression test and front had 125# rear at 25#. Looks like I'll be doing a top end job. The plan is to just do what is needed and keep the original heads, jugs, etc. It's going to remain as it should, 74", no chopping anywhere, no painting, just hopefully update the heads for modern fuel, and run it. Check it out.

Hopefully I can pic up some stock white hard bags for this thing. Not that stoked on the leather set up but they look alright and get the job done for now.