Well I blew the motor in my Tahoe so the 52 has become my daily driver. This weekend we had some nice weather so I pulled the cover off and did some udating, put some new wiper arms and blades on, got some mirrors on, still can see **** out of them, new steering wheel cause the other one was drilled out so much you made a quarter turn with just the wheel before it caught and washed it up. I love driving it everyday, I've done it before we had all the snow, I just need to get a radio in there, I'm having Stern withdrawls. I also got my 51 pan out and washed, I took it on a cross country trip last month and havent looked at since I got home, it needed it!!! Next up is instaling the Rebel wire harness I got, new tail lights and brackets and the new door linkage so I can open the door from the inside. Then its chrome steelies and some wide whites for now.
hahahaha you know, I wasnt even upset over the Tahoe, I know its going to run me a few grand for a new motor but it just doesnt seem to bother me.
its a 51 pan bottom with shovel heads. Trust me, that motor has been apart too many times for me not to know what it is! Its a pain in the *** honestly . I built that bike a few years back with a 93" cone shovel in it, no paint and just beat it till it had enough (it was featured in Iron Horse, Nov/Dec 06), then I got a set of pan cases and used the heads off the old motor and rebuilt it, painted it and was afraid to ride it, it was too nice to me. I got over that, you can see the bent pegs from jumping a speed bump in Arizona. hahahaha
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