I pulled a 73 xlch out of a old storage shed 2 days ago, where it had sat since 1994, the price was extremely low and the bike was very complete and original, engine was not stuck and kicks over very well with decent compression, after much thought, its too good to chop, resto or resto mod is the only fitting route, " let the games begin" many kudos to Kaplan America for a fantastic page,
I own a 1968 XLCH 900CC Sportster. I am 76 years old and bought it brand new from Rieman's Harley D in Kewanee, Illinois when I was 22 years old. Roger Rieman was the top motorcycle racer in the U. S. at that time, had won Dayton races and was the chief mechanic for Evil Knievel when he was doing his famous jumps. Roger did work on my bike. His dad, Henry owned the business and was a state hill climb champion. It has 11,000 miles on it, looks great, runs great and I will never sell it. When I bought it, the bike was one of, if not the most powerful and fastest bikes around. Believe it or not, It still has the magneto and I still kick start it at my age, younger bikers that I know won't attempt it. The price I paid for the bike was $1,850.00 which included tax.
I have an Ironhead from 1975 that is very close to 100% original and without a single grain of rust. I boought it last summer in the pandemic from a guy in Australia who could not go home because of "the situation" , he has been driving around in Europe from England to Denmark. He bought it from an old man in Wales and the bike has been in a garage with heat and just polished in more than 25 years. It has only 6000 miles on the clock. This is a keeper until I die ;-)
" Loping along at 50 " I've had my 04 Roadster for 3 years now and I'm finally starting to wean myself off speed and enjoy the bike bike for what it is . Actually I tend to lope along at 60 . 😁
I’m coming to visit you in person and buy a bike this winter one thing I will suggest for a t shirt you need to make must say feast your eyes with a sweet Harley with you riding it into the horizon
Got 3 Harleys, a 2006 XL1200C, a 78 XLH, and a 73 XLH, and even tho the XL1200c has more power, is smoother, and more reliable, I can still say without a doubt I luv the iron-heads best! They just remind me more of a vintage Harley, and handle the rough roads better, and are lighter and more nimble!
NIce. First the badass CR500 videos, my second favorite bike ever. The you pull out the ironhead! My favorite bike! Don't have a CR any more but I do now have a 74 XLCH hard tailed drag style street bike that does hit the strip. At 405 lbs wet and stroked to 1200 with some big ass Sifton cams and Jerry Branch ported heads it goes pretty damn good.
I had a chopped '73. Orig. frame - spooled front wheel. No instruments or front brake. You can see no light through these Sportsters viewed from the side - beautiful profile.
Mannnn everytime I watch this video it makes me excited to get my 73’ Ironhead chopper going ASAP , of course every time I get to that point I find something else that a previous owner F** up ughhh
Beautiful, beautiful bike - congrats!. Regarding the turn signals, I'm not sure if it was state by state, or Federal law, but I got a "fix it" ticket on my '76 Ironhead for not having them in 1978 here in Washington state. My current '76 XLCH doesn't have them either - I took them off in about 1980. So, you're right, it's pretty rare to find one today that still has them. It's because the flasher always crapped out, and we had to do it manually, like you are doing - go into an epileptic fit with your thumb on the button! Cool bike, though, man - too bad I'm all the way over in Seattle. You get a lot of great Ironheads - we could do an Ironhead ride together. Oh well... I'll just have to keep watching for what you come up with on TH-cam.
The coolest guy on earth. My four year old son Theodore always says” That’s my favorite Guy!,,,,,,,,”he runs to the T.V. stands there and watches until my wife makes me turn it off, because he will stand there and watch forever.
YOU JUST TOTALLY MADE MY DAY! IM DOING THIS FOR THE BIG & LITTLE KIDS ! WHATS YOUR KIDS NAME- TEXT ME HIS NAME & SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO SAY TO HIM AND ILL DO IT ON THE NEXT VIDEO, 860-916-9784 , DOES HE HAVE A BIKE YET?
@@KaplanCycles I have a little girl, shes almost 1 year old now. I want to get a bike for her by the time she is 2 so she can start riding shortly there after. I am located in Canada, but if you have or come across any cheap, little bikes in good shape can you somehow let me know? I was injured pretty badly in a motorcycle accident in November when she was just a few months old so I don't have money to buy her a new bike at the moment but I absolutely want her to experience what I did when I was younger (I'm still young, 34 to be percise) but the accident where I was ran over by someone has put a bind in my gears when it comes to finding her a bike. She is my first and only child and I want her to experience motorcycles from a young age. I would love to find a newer pw50 or z50 for her to learn on! Someday I really hope to get down to your museum!
Kenny I had a 72 XLCH w drums all around...cant beat that baloney cut sound, wish sold it to you guys than the assclown that bought it. Love the channel brother 👍👍💪
XLCH? If this all original, then it's a XLH. The XLCH has no electric start so would have a different oil tank, battery box, and chain sprocket cover. Beautiful bike though.
I love how narrow older sportsters are
Gorgeous bike, I know a guy who is 69 years old and bought a sporty like this new in 1969 and still has it, amazing machines
I bought a 73 Sportster XLH in 75 for $2,000 when I was 20. Wish I had kept it. Thank you for the ride and memories.
My favourite part of this video is how they toss the mic back and forth. Awesome touch!
I pulled a 73 xlch out of a old storage shed 2 days ago, where it had sat since 1994, the price was extremely low and the bike was very complete and original, engine was not stuck and kicks over very well with decent compression, after much thought, its too good to chop, resto or resto mod is the only fitting route, " let the games begin" many kudos to Kaplan America for a fantastic page,
I own a 1968 XLCH 900CC Sportster. I am 76 years old and bought it brand new from Rieman's Harley D in Kewanee, Illinois when I was 22 years old. Roger Rieman was the top motorcycle racer in the U. S. at that time, had won Dayton races and was the chief mechanic for Evil Knievel when he was doing his famous jumps. Roger did work on my bike. His dad, Henry owned the business and was a state hill climb champion. It has 11,000 miles on it, looks great, runs great and I will never sell it. When I bought it, the bike was one of, if not the most powerful and fastest bikes around. Believe it or not, It still has the magneto and I still kick start it at my age, younger bikers that I know won't attempt it. The price I paid for the bike was $1,850.00 which included tax.
I have an Ironhead from 1975 that is very close to 100% original and without a single grain of rust. I boought it last summer in the pandemic from a guy in Australia who could not go home because of "the situation" , he has been driving around in Europe from England to Denmark. He bought it from an old man in Wales and the bike has been in a garage with heat and just polished in more than 25 years. It has only 6000 miles on the clock. This is a keeper until I die ;-)
Two mic tosses in one video!!! Epic.
Great video, thanks for leaving it running! My '72 had NO throttle return spring, you had to turn it back yourself.
This dude looks cool on ANY bike he sits on!
I love this dudes videos he’s like the cool ass uncle you only see once every 5 years
….and brought a fully cooked turkey in a back-pack.
@@1941392 lmao brings you that sweet ass Swiss Army knife for your 9th birthday
Beautiful bike. And nothing sounds like an Iron Head with drag pipes. Has a rumble that the Evo sporty can't make.
You could make a Hello Kitty bike look badass with you on it, Ken. You rock 🤘
" Loping along at 50 " I've had my 04 Roadster for 3 years now and I'm finally starting to wean myself off speed and enjoy the bike bike for what it is . Actually I tend to lope along at 60 . 😁
70s Vintage Sportsters, Electra Glides and Superglides are some of the prettiest HDs made.
Intoxicating the sound of old Ironheads
sweet sounding nice looking sorted sportster sound nice with those pipes
Good lookin sporty… I have a 74 XLCH.
I’m coming to visit you in person and buy a bike this winter one thing I will suggest for a t shirt you need to make must say feast your eyes with a sweet Harley with you riding it into the horizon
Got 3 Harleys, a 2006 XL1200C, a 78 XLH, and a 73 XLH, and even tho the XL1200c has more power, is smoother, and more reliable, I can still say without a doubt I luv the iron-heads best! They just remind me more of a vintage Harley, and handle the rough roads better, and are lighter and more nimble!
IMO, The only bike in history that just looks perfect with the O.G. buckhorn bars🇺🇸👍
NIce. First the badass CR500 videos, my second favorite bike ever. The you pull out the ironhead! My favorite bike! Don't have a CR any more but I do now have a 74 XLCH hard tailed drag style street bike that does hit the strip. At 405 lbs wet and stroked to 1200 with some big ass Sifton cams and Jerry Branch ported heads it goes pretty damn good.
Very nice sounding machine, love it👌
Im actually getting one of these this week!!!
I had a chopped '73. Orig. frame - spooled front wheel. No instruments or front brake. You can see no light through these Sportsters viewed from the side - beautiful profile.
Mannnn everytime I watch this video it makes me excited to get my 73’ Ironhead chopper going ASAP , of course every time I get to that point I find something else that a previous owner F** up ughhh
Beautiful, beautiful bike - congrats!. Regarding the turn signals, I'm not sure if it was state by state, or Federal law, but I got a "fix it" ticket on my '76 Ironhead for not having them in 1978 here in Washington state. My current '76 XLCH doesn't have them either - I took them off in about 1980. So, you're right, it's pretty rare to find one today that still has them. It's because the flasher always crapped out, and we had to do it manually, like you are doing - go into an epileptic fit with your thumb on the button! Cool bike, though, man - too bad I'm all the way over in Seattle. You get a lot of great Ironheads - we could do an Ironhead ride together. Oh well... I'll just have to keep watching for what you come up with on TH-cam.
If they had them original you have to have them....late 73 they started putting them on I beieve
Sounds really good. 💘
The coolest guy on earth. My four year old son Theodore always says” That’s my favorite Guy!,,,,,,,,”he runs to the T.V. stands there and watches until my wife makes me turn it off, because he will stand there and watch forever.
YOU JUST TOTALLY MADE MY DAY! IM DOING THIS FOR THE BIG & LITTLE KIDS ! WHATS YOUR KIDS NAME- TEXT ME HIS NAME & SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO SAY TO HIM AND ILL DO IT ON THE NEXT VIDEO, 860-916-9784 , DOES HE HAVE A BIKE YET?
@@KaplanCycles I have a little girl, shes almost 1 year old now. I want to get a bike for her by the time she is 2 so she can start riding shortly there after. I am located in Canada, but if you have or come across any cheap, little bikes in good shape can you somehow let me know? I was injured pretty badly in a motorcycle accident in November when she was just a few months old so I don't have money to buy her a new bike at the moment but I absolutely want her to experience what I did when I was younger (I'm still young, 34 to be percise) but the accident where I was ran over by someone has put a bind in my gears when it comes to finding her a bike. She is my first and only child and I want her to experience motorcycles from a young age. I would love to find a newer pw50 or z50 for her to learn on! Someday I really hope to get down to your museum!
Unobtainium. Greatest word ever.
Amazing Bike Bro 🔥🔥🔥💯☺️😊🤗😇👍👍👏👏
OMG. I love these bikes.
Hell I'm going on 54 and own 3 sporty 2 pans 3 shovels a evo and a classic heritage Softail twin c and I'm always fukin around on these sportsters
Helmet ❌
Knife ✔️
Good choice!
Kenny I had a 72 XLCH w drums all around...cant beat that baloney cut sound, wish sold it to you guys than the assclown that bought it.
Love the channel brother 👍👍💪
Sounds fantastic.
Awesome classic
Another sweet sounding iron head
looks awesome
No Harley ensemble is complete without the knife in a leather sheath. Well Done.
Now that’s a sweet ride nice yo beach
I remember when these were the "bikers" motorcycle to have, considered cool back in the day, hell even Ralph had several sportsters over the yrs,
I have a 59 xlch ironhead project that was rode hard and put away wet. I wish I had the skills to make it look and run like this nice bike.
Sell it to me 860 454 7024
@@KaplanCycles you got an email so I can send some pictures?
I'm building one at the moment
beautiful bike
God Bless America
That’s the perfect sound
Classic sporty
Ken it's mid October, aren't you friggin freezing riding that thing in a tank top? Sounds awesome!
Thats what I thought until he said it was 3 o'clock and 75 degrees!🤣
Nice Bro 👏👏👍👍😇🤗😊☺️💯🔥🔥🔥
Badass sporty for sure
Its a Bruteful classic bike. Anyone seen the way the 2022 Sportster looks?🤣😆
Sweet mic catch
I will have this American dream one day I love that bike to death
I have a 1973 Harley-Davidson sportster 1000 xlch all original and it's got 3500 miles on it 😂
Sorry the last right hand shifts is the 74 not the 73!
55 years old?? Damn you're young guy like me. You're only 5 years older than me.
XLCH? If this all original, then it's a XLH. The XLCH has no electric start so would have a different oil tank, battery box, and chain sprocket cover.
Beautiful bike though.
its nice but i think the bike will look small with a tall guy on it
im lookin for a xlch. how much.
I started out on my 2016 dyna and I thought I wanted a sport bike as a second bike, but goddammit if I don't want an ironhead
Well technically a sportster is a sports bike so there you go.
I wouldn't trade one 73 iron head Sportster for a semi load of new rice grinders!
its funny the new sportsters are more reliable but arernt worth anything n the old ones are worth more but arent as reliable
🤑
It looks like a kids bike with him on it.
I got one toooooo
How much for that bike?
Wolverine..!?!??
Todas tus motos parecen bicicletas a lado tuyo
That’s a big dude on a small bike
75634 Dicki Overpass
Xlch competition hot
🍻😎🇺🇸
That’s not an XLCH it’s a roadster. I had a 74 xlch no xlch had a starter motor they where kick only
Hello
XLH oil tank.
only 55 ...just a kid...
Lmao it looks so small
KRANK
Beautiful Sporty I'm machining new guides for mine get that infamous intake puff gone