I'm not a chopper guy, I love them original and stock, but this bike is amazing, it's like a time machine! I remember seeing choppers and being around a few that my father's friends had in the mid 70's when i was a kid. Brought back some great memories! Great times!
I watch your vids and just came across this one . That is a beautiful bike , who doesn’t love these old school bikes. Sounds good , it’s a piece of Americana history no doubt. Thanks for posting it. I’m 5 yrs late seeing this one but great to see
I love that sound, sounds like my old 58 iron head chopper hard tail with a king/queen seat, I owned back when I was only 22 years old, back in 1988! I'm rethinking mine was a shovel head!
The history lesson is the best part of this. It would be awesome to have a video covering the thought process guys went through when they put a chopper together back in the 70s, such as why they did shovel top ends, wanted straight leg frames, etc.
As far as the shovel top end goes we did that because the engine could breathe better, had better top end oiling systems therefore running cooler and better creating more horsepower. A better running bike if you will. As far as the different frames, front ends and other parts that boils down to individual taste and one's budget. If on a low budget you scrounge up what you can find and make it work. If money wasn't an issue you could get top of the line stuff. Like this bike here, some guys like those long skinny springers and sporty or peanut tanks. But my taste would be to have a wide glide and fatbobs. It was the era of individual expression.
I personally don't care for the knuck motors.....I like EVOS....that's just me ....that being said I definitely appreciate them and the originality of this bike is just too notch
kickass! Not my personal flavor but the Knucklehead part sure is :) Todd you make these videos so much better because you were there and lived it etc...I was only 2 years old raising hell at home so to hear if from you is so cool, great find what a cool piece of history....."Real history" ✌
Dammit man! That is a sweet ride! Listening to it run is music to my ears. Thank you for sharing. It is very much appreciated. Enjoy your videos. Keep it coming. Btw. If i worked at your place i really would be in Hog Heaven!
Owned one in the early 70s. Repainted it rode it everywhere. Before that had a pan head chopped...loved that bike. Had a springer 16" over with a small front wheel...can't remember the diameter of the wheel. But it was a show bike made into an every day ride.
I have a couple lame-ass videos up on my page of the old-school chopper I'm resurrecting. Talk about a chopper that was "ridden"!!.. When parked on the kickstand, the front tire actually flopped over and rested against the front forks when I got it. The rocker bushings were worn so bad there was almost no brass left in them. The only way I can see this happening is to ride it to that point. Unfortunately, the previous owner is dead and no family member will discuss his very private life with me.
Nice to see old history again I'm 55 years old and I grew up in that era and I have a 1996 sportster custom and would love to have that chopper so the magical word how much and where is it. Because I live in the sunshine State Miami Florida and it's not what it used to be
Hi Vivian, you JUST missed the machine. It just sold. If I manage to get another it will be here on the channel and my instagram.com same name, Hunting Harleys. But you will have to subscribe / follow to see it when it posts
I remember in late in the 70's I bought a Gary Bang Frame for a 74 Sportster. In Southern Illinois seemed we all rode choppers...had a 54 Pan I really liked with the 6 bend pullbacks! Then a 71 FLH, and your right we tried to make them look old school....well it certainly had to have a kick start! Now today I ride a 98 Heritage Springer with sidecar! I just can't get the old school passion out of my head. The nights as a kid with a Easyrider Mag, looking at a Dave Mann poster....just visualizing me riding down the highway on a chopper!
Kentucky ! That is awesome to see. I have been watching your channel for a while now as I dream of owning a Harley one day! I will settle for my old Yamaha for now ;) I'm from Kentucky btw it's cool to see something with such a back story. Keep the videos coming man!
Save your money Brother these day you can pick up a damn nice Harley for about 4 to 5 grand not bad not bad at all, and if you not a fat ass like myself, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Sporty, yeah I know everyone calls them a chic's bike but that couldn't be further from the truth, the 1200 is bad ass fast and put you a Buell M2 Cyclone engine on one and you've got a simple but badass bike that the big twins can even touch. I go somewhere around 330 Lbs and I was kicking ass on my 1200 Buellster.. However with all the potatoes that I was hailing around I had to go back to the FXR this is just simply a much more comfortable bike for someone of my size.. hell man you can pick up a sporty for about 3 grand, it's a start, so don't let anyone fool you.. it's bet than rice!! ride on BRO..
I remember my neighbor buying a brand new Super Glide in 71 or 72 and within a week he had that exact same style king/queen seat with a 4ft sissy bar with a sword through the sissy bar ,I remember thinking he f-ed up by leaving the OG parts at the custom bike shop .
I found an ad leaflet from 75 for "the all new "soft tail" frame ( custom ordered by super cycle) here in Memphis , in wich they couldn't "give " away at the time!
Yea you see many a knuckle and pan w replaced heads to the all new 74 in. Right , what's the most you could stroke an ohv to , these "new" motors were advanced and "track and race proven , less leaks and all , before offered in a new factory bike , right ?
I disagree with Todd about shovelhead engines being more desirable than knuckleheads in the late '70s. As a kid in the late '60s and early '70s I bought the chopper magazines and the majority of the custom bikes back then were panheads. Knuckles were the most difficult to find and the most gorgeous and coveted engine by bikers. Extended and chromed Harley springers were always the most desirable and beautiful front ends. When I built my first panhead in '79 knuckleheads were already as rare as hen's teeth in the classified sections of the newspapers.
I bought my 1st Knuckle motor in 1982, $600. The old boys laughed at me saying they buy whole bikes for that, it's just old iron, who wants a Knuckle. Took me almost a year and a half to sell for $800. I thought I was going to die with that motor, a nice 47 FL. Must of been your area. Now if your story is from 1999... Old springers, could not sell them all through the 1980's and 1990's. Again, maybe it was your area. I was in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, the place to be for custom bikes and bike fashion.
@@HuntingHarleys First off let me thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Now I must say I,m confused ha!.....swear to god at the beginning of the video when the bike can be seen from its right side, looks like (indeed like you stated) the rear wheel it's about 16 inch but the front one seems too tiny, like about 14 inch. I don't know if it's the camera angle or something but all that left me thinking if the builder and/or owner did that on purpose for looks or if their intention was to have a bike difficult to steer by matching that tiny front wheel with such a long fork, as I believe it would be with the aforementioned configuration. But what do I know? You tell me! ha!. Anyways sorry for the long post, it just happens that I like to take the time when watching your videos and pay attention to the details 'cause I have found that is quite interesting watching the grand grand mothers of my harley as you talk about their backgrounds. So I guess that's it! I just wanted to clarify things regarding what I found weird about this bike, which left me (as you can clearly see) so intrigued. Again sorry for the loooong post! And thank you so much for your time. Through your videos I have known that you have had problems but I hope you keep the bikes and videos coming, cheers!
The hat I wear is a real motorcycle hat sold by Harley Davidson from the immediate pre war period, roughly 1940-42ish. Harley today sells a reproduction of a 1950's version. My hat is for sale. huntingharleys@gmail.com
@@HuntingHarleys: I have 40 years kick starting the Indians, Harley pan, flat, knuckle, shovel, sporty, triumph, royal, Norton, ariel, montesa etc, and that is going to happen one way or the other. Knee replacement, also called knee arthroplasty or total knee replacement, is a surgical procedure to resurface a knee damaged by arthritis. not for kick starting bikes. DO NOT BRAKE THE KICK STAND HUNTING
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@@CarlosOrtega-hn1qq Been in business since 1981, close enough to say 40 years. Starting this way will NOT brake a kick stand that is in good condition. Strapping a bike down with it on the kick stand sure will, been there done that when I was a youngster learning how to do this. I was schooled by old timers how to start these, dudes who had been riding 30 plus years back when I was a kid in 1981/ 82 era. If they don't know, no one does. At 57, I still have my knees. I've seen people get knee replacements just from starting how your saying to do it. Last, unless you have long legs, straddeling a maching to start it does NOT work. Plus, you have to weigh a lot more then I do. Before you go on with the starting like a girl BS. I had a 10:1 compression 1984 FXST softtail I had customized. I started it this way no problem, at 145 pounds. My 260 pound 6 foot 5 friend, who kicked his bikes your way (irregardless that I wold him not to) could not even kick my motor over. He also got a knee replacement from your method in his late 30's when a just rebuilt pan I sold him backfired and destroyed his knee.
I agree with you on a lot of things that you talk about but in the 70's is when Harley Davidson sold out to AMF these bikes were fucking junk and I mean junk !! it wasn't until Harley was finally bought back in the early 80's and then came the EVOLUTION by far the best engine Harley has ever made.. and no chassis better to put EVO on than the FXR's even the V twin in my opinion is not as awesome as the EVO.. all the old bike's have nicknames like the knucklehead the the panhead & the shovelhead now you have the blockhead and the fathead, kind of fucked up if you ask me that the EVO get's stuck with a shity name, I've never heard it referred to as anything other than the EVO.. I'd like to know do I have it wrong about this ??
I was waiting for the cat to bolt when you started it, he didn't disappoint!
I'm not a chopper guy, I love them original and stock, but this bike is amazing, it's like a time machine! I remember seeing choppers and being around a few that my father's friends had in the mid 70's when i was a kid. Brought back some great memories! Great times!
i find hunting harleys programme very educational some of the best classic harleys also no timewaters
So true!
I watch your vids and just came across this one . That is a beautiful bike , who doesn’t love these old school bikes. Sounds good , it’s a piece of Americana history no doubt. Thanks for posting it. I’m 5 yrs late seeing this one but great to see
I think the cat on the left, lost a life when the bike started at 4:40!!! lol
Classic.
Haha - Like a scorched cat! Almost literally
lol love it. that cat fuck this I'm out lol
you are right Jose Avila ! That cat is down to number 8 !! Lol !!
Thats straight out of some Dave Mann art mate.
Best Chop I've seen you with.
That knuckle sounds beautiful!!!
I love that sound, sounds like my old 58 iron head chopper hard tail with a king/queen seat, I owned back when I was only 22 years old, back in 1988! I'm rethinking mine was a shovel head!
The history lesson is the best part of this. It would be awesome to have a video covering the thought process guys went through when they put a chopper together back in the 70s, such as why they did shovel top ends, wanted straight leg frames, etc.
this bike has amazing history, I will be making a video shortly on that
I know you could talk for hours and hours about these topics. Every day was an adventure back then!
As far as the shovel top end goes we did that because the engine could breathe better, had better top end oiling systems therefore running cooler and better creating more horsepower. A better running bike if you will. As far as the different frames, front ends and other parts that boils down to individual taste and one's budget. If on a low budget you scrounge up what you can find and make it work. If money wasn't an issue you could get top of the line stuff. Like this bike here, some guys like those long skinny springers and sporty or peanut tanks. But my taste would be to have a wide glide and fatbobs. It was the era of individual expression.
I personally don't care for the knuck motors.....I like EVOS....that's just me ....that being said I definitely appreciate them and the originality of this bike is just too notch
kickass! Not my personal flavor but the Knucklehead part sure is :) Todd you make these videos so much better because you were there and lived it etc...I was only 2 years old raising hell at home so to hear if from you is so cool, great find what a cool piece of history....."Real history" ✌
I remember those days & that look Love it!
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Sounds too good . What a find ! 😀
When you said Jammer Frame, it brought back the AEE memories back
But I'd put a 21 on the front.
and signals to get it legal
Dammit man! That is a sweet ride! Listening to it run is music to my ears. Thank you for sharing. It is very much appreciated. Enjoy your videos. Keep it coming. Btw. If i worked at your place i really would be in Hog Heaven!
Owned one in the early 70s. Repainted it rode it everywhere. Before that had a pan head chopped...loved that bike. Had a springer 16" over with a small front wheel...can't remember the diameter of the wheel. But it was a show bike made into an every day ride.
Sa-weet! Reminds me of my old '47el! Hadda' sell it in 2015, due to job loss ☹. I'll never see the likes of her again. Sh*t!
He's Right Old Knuckleheads the real deal & He is So right about those brakes LoL 🇺🇸
Absolutely awesome bike !
I have a couple lame-ass videos up on my page of the old-school chopper I'm resurrecting. Talk about a chopper that was "ridden"!!.. When parked on the kickstand, the front tire actually flopped over and rested against the front forks when I got it. The rocker bushings were worn so bad there was almost no brass left in them. The only way I can see this happening is to ride it to that point. Unfortunately, the previous owner is dead and no family member will discuss his very private life with me.
I love old school Harley's
Nice to see old history again I'm 55 years old and I grew up in that era and I have a 1996 sportster custom and would love to have that chopper so the magical word how much and where is it. Because I live in the sunshine State Miami Florida and it's not what it used to be
Hi Vivian, you JUST missed the machine. It just sold. If I manage to get another it will be here on the channel and my instagram.com same name, Hunting Harleys. But you will have to subscribe / follow to see it when it posts
I remember in late in the 70's I bought a Gary Bang Frame for a 74 Sportster. In Southern Illinois seemed we all rode choppers...had a 54 Pan I really liked with the 6 bend pullbacks! Then a 71 FLH, and your right we tried to make them look old school....well it certainly had to have a kick start! Now today I ride a 98 Heritage Springer with sidecar! I just can't get the old school passion out of my head. The nights as a kid with a Easyrider Mag, looking at a Dave Mann poster....just visualizing me riding down the highway on a chopper!
I Love that Knuckle Head
real chopper awesome jammer frame real oldscool
Nice scooter
This is only the 2nd one of your videos I've watched and once again thank you for sharing all that knowledge. It's now time to hit that scribe button.
Kentucky ! That is awesome to see. I have been watching your channel for a while now as I dream of owning a Harley one day! I will settle for my old Yamaha for now ;) I'm from Kentucky btw it's cool to see something with such a back story. Keep the videos coming man!
this chopper has amazing history. making an historical video on this tonight
Save your money Brother these day you can pick up a damn nice Harley for about 4 to 5 grand not bad not bad at all, and if you not a fat ass like myself, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Sporty, yeah I know everyone calls them a chic's bike but that couldn't be further from the truth, the 1200 is bad ass fast and put you a Buell M2 Cyclone engine on one and you've got a simple but badass bike that the big twins can even touch. I go somewhere around 330 Lbs and I was kicking ass on my 1200 Buellster.. However with all the potatoes that I was hailing around I had to go back to the FXR this is just simply a much more comfortable bike for someone of my size.. hell man you can pick up a sporty for about 3 grand, it's a start, so don't let anyone fool you.. it's bet than rice!! ride on BRO..
this post was meant for YAMI RIDE ..
that bike is the epitome of cool..
love it one badass bike man.
Very cool bike
................ sweet bike ..................
beautiful machine
That is very cool. I could never rock those bars where they are though...
I remember my neighbor buying a brand new Super Glide in 71 or 72 and within a week he had that exact same style king/queen seat with a 4ft sissy bar with a sword through the sissy bar ,I remember thinking he f-ed up by leaving the OG parts at the custom bike shop .
who probably tossed them in the trash
Cool chopper!
I found an ad leaflet from 75 for "the all new "soft tail" frame ( custom ordered by super cycle) here in Memphis , in wich they couldn't "give " away at the time!
Yep, mine had drag pipes too!
What an absolute awesome machine! How much did it sell for?
Thanks again Todd
Uhhhh i love that bike
this is my dream bike
SWEET !
That thing is bitchin!
Nice...
You only have to touch your leg on the drag pipes once , to fry a piece of skin to it ,wow they are hot ,my scar is over 35 years old lol
NYCpa wokeu
dakes
I really wanna stare at the back of a headlight for hours on end...
Nice scooter. The pogo stick would have to go though.
Yea you see many a knuckle and pan w replaced heads to the all new 74 in. Right , what's the most you could stroke an ohv to , these "new" motors were advanced and "track and race proven , less leaks and all , before offered in a new factory bike , right ?
bitchin bike
I disagree with Todd about shovelhead engines being more desirable than knuckleheads in the late '70s. As a kid in the late '60s and early '70s I bought the chopper magazines and the majority of the custom bikes back then were panheads. Knuckles were the most difficult to find and the most gorgeous and coveted engine by bikers. Extended and chromed Harley springers were always the most desirable and beautiful front ends. When I built my first panhead in '79 knuckleheads were already as rare as hen's teeth in the classified sections of the newspapers.
I bought my 1st Knuckle motor in 1982, $600. The old boys laughed at me saying they buy whole bikes for that, it's just old iron, who wants a Knuckle. Took me almost a year and a half to sell for $800. I thought I was going to die with that motor, a nice 47 FL. Must of been your area. Now if your story is from 1999... Old springers, could not sell them all through the 1980's and 1990's. Again, maybe it was your area. I was in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, the place to be for custom bikes and bike fashion.
Sweet... 😎
Love the sound of this bike, by the way, what makes that higher pitched whistling type sound?
Probably cam, or breather
it's the primary belt drive
Scared the Cat away
nice
those hurst airheart brakes sucked just as bad back in the 1970s too.
A beaut
Great bike. Like OMG I wonder if the gentleman still talks like a 16 year old girl..? Haha JK. Nice history lesson.
Miss the doo doo Nerf tho
Hi there! I'm on the side of the road drinking a cold one and watching your video, could you tell me rear and front rim sizes please? Nice cycle!
Rear is 16. Front looks like a 19 or 20
Been some years since I owned this motorcycle
@@HuntingHarleys First off let me thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
Now I must say I,m confused ha!.....swear to god at the beginning of the video when the bike can be seen from its right side, looks like (indeed like you stated) the rear wheel it's about 16 inch but the front one seems too tiny, like about 14 inch. I don't know if it's the camera angle or something but all that left me thinking if the builder and/or owner did that on purpose for looks or if their intention was to have a bike difficult to steer by matching that tiny front wheel with such a long fork, as I believe it would be with the aforementioned configuration. But what do I know? You tell me! ha!. Anyways sorry for the long post, it just happens that I like to take the time when watching your videos and pay attention to the details 'cause I have found that is quite interesting watching the grand grand mothers of my harley as you talk about their backgrounds. So I guess that's it! I just wanted to clarify things regarding what I found weird about this bike, which left me (as you can clearly see) so intrigued.
Again sorry for the loooong post! And thank you so much for your time. Through your videos I have known that you have had problems but I hope you keep the bikes and videos coming, cheers!
59 pan 800 bought it 1968 mouth watering just thinking back to those days
whats price????
Sold years ago
Still for sale?
Sold years ago
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anybody knows how those hats are called (that hes wearing) ? i think they look so fucking cool
The hat I wear is a real motorcycle hat sold by Harley Davidson from the immediate pre war period, roughly 1940-42ish. Harley today sells a reproduction of a 1950's version. My hat is for sale. huntingharleys@gmail.com
Is this bike still for sale?
New owner might be willing to sell, email me huntingharleys@gmail.com
😎👍
LOOK AT THIS: HARLEY KICK-STARTING BY 12 YEARS OLD GIRL YOU LOOK LIKE HER.
And that's how you end up replacing your knee 20 years later
@@HuntingHarleys: I have 40 years kick starting the Indians, Harley pan, flat, knuckle, shovel, sporty, triumph, royal, Norton, ariel, montesa etc, and that is going to happen one way or the other. Knee replacement, also called knee arthroplasty or total knee replacement, is a surgical procedure to resurface a knee damaged by arthritis. not for kick starting bikes. DO NOT BRAKE THE KICK STAND HUNTING
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@@CarlosOrtega-hn1qq Been in business since 1981, close enough to say 40 years. Starting this way will NOT brake a kick stand that is in good condition. Strapping a bike down with it on the kick stand sure will, been there done that when I was a youngster learning how to do this. I was schooled by old timers how to start these, dudes who had been riding 30 plus years back when I was a kid in 1981/ 82 era. If they don't know, no one does. At 57, I still have my knees. I've seen people get knee replacements just from starting how your saying to do it. Last, unless you have long legs, straddeling a maching to start it does NOT work. Plus, you have to weigh a lot more then I do. Before you go on with the starting like a girl BS. I had a 10:1 compression 1984 FXST softtail I had customized. I started it this way no problem, at 145 pounds. My 260 pound 6 foot 5 friend, who kicked his bikes your way (irregardless that I wold him not to) could not even kick my motor over. He also got a knee replacement from your method in his late 30's when a just rebuilt pan I sold him backfired and destroyed his knee.
how much to ship it to toronto?
I am not the shipper. Contact barb.fugate@federalcos.com and ask. This is who I use
That sounds sweet as a nut!!
I agree with you on a lot of things that you talk about but in the 70's is when Harley Davidson sold out to AMF these bikes were fucking junk and I mean junk !! it wasn't until Harley was finally bought back in the early 80's and then came the EVOLUTION by far the best engine Harley has ever made.. and no chassis better to put EVO on than the FXR's even the V twin in my opinion is not as awesome as the EVO.. all the old bike's have nicknames like the knucklehead the the panhead & the shovelhead now you have the blockhead and the fathead, kind of fucked up if you ask me that the EVO get's stuck with a shity name, I've never heard it referred to as anything other than the EVO.. I'd like to know do I have it wrong about this ??
P51
pers like a kitten...
Looks like if you put a chick on back she would be hanging way off the back seat.
nice short,s you look and sound like a