1973 Harley Davidson XLH1000 

Every time I see a sporty, I want to take it home with me. Great looking ride and no doubt, sportsters are legendary.

Awesome little Ironhead Ken beautiful. And a 1973. The year I turned 18. Good times I want to go back.

I had a 77 that I put a hard tail on, stretched and lowered changed the oil tank and painted the tank & fenders high gloss black. It was a good ride and cheap to build. Unfortunately I had to sell it to pay for a lawyer.

My first bike was a 1975 XLH and I was 18, now I'm 65 and I've had or ridden just about everything and the Ironheads, especially the 1000's, are still my favorite to ride and I have a '73 I'm restoring now. Everyone should own a Sporty, they embody the essence of motorcycles. I'm fortunate I found one that is mostly stock. So many of these bikes were modified heavily.

The XLCH was a kick start only motorcycle. This is a XLH with the electric starter. The 74 was the last for the right hand shifter. The front brake caliper is 74 or later. A really nice bike for certain.

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I used to play with those old iron Head motors .They are becoming more rare

Bikes gorgeous. Love the older Harley's 🔥🔥

Sweet 73' love the ole Ironheads!

I am born in 1976 and I love my 1976 XLCH which i daily drive in the summer. If you keep up with maintenance they are super reliable in my opinion. They get kind of expensive, though. Here in Germany a solid one with a rebuilt motor goes for 20,000 bucks.

From the uk... it sounds great from 73 til now looks nice.

Lovely paint job , good looking motorcycle and one hell of a cool guy

Reminds me of the show Then came Bronson used to be glued to the tv once a week

I love the 73 sporsters. Your is much different than mine as you know.

HD should have Never ever abandoned that classic front strutted full fender!!! They were fools to do so!!!.

74 was last year of right hand shift. 75 was right hand but set up with linkage to make it left hand shift

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I'm building a '73 xlch right now. When i was 19 years old m y first bike was a 74' Sportster bored .40 and i could ride down the interstate or anywhere i wanted too. It wasn't slow either. 😂

Love that color.

I have a 72 XLCH stock as a rock. We saved it from going to England

Nice bike except the bars lol but In my opinion the KNUCKLE HEAD was by far the best looking Harley engine ever made .

Lovely little ride.

My first bike was a 79. Sold it because it wasn't reliable and didn't have money for a rebuild. Miss that bike....

I owned a brand new XLCH when I was still in high school in 1971. Back then the CH was Harley's bad ass cycle. Cook Neilson from Cycle magazine actually made the quarter in high 12's around then with a 71 stock CH. The first thing I noticed ON THISit has a XLH oil tank

Awesome AMF made the best Sportsters this is my current ride mines yellow with bluish purple pinstripe flames👍😎

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beautiful simply stunning

thats nice.year i was born too.right side shift take a few miles to get used to

Last year for the right hand shift? I don't think so! The 74 also had a right hand side shift! THAT was the last year for a right hand shift Homie!

Sweet ride

I want that

I know the bikes long gone now but just seeing this video for the first time. FYI thats not a 73 front end. Its missing the 73 only "banana" caliper.

Bars got go it's a sportster.

Nice bike. I stay away from electric only, prefer kick only. Again, nice machine.

Love my Ironhead

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4:16 glitch in the MATRIX.

74 was the last year of right hand shift. I own one.

Man! Wish you were closer in Ohio. Looks like the two Sturgis were gone.

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That sound fukin awesome man

better than a moden 883? He is correct mine is 4sale in England prices are thru the roof here !

That red is gorgeous On It! But Is that A harley davidson badge on the tank Or decal?

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The left side of the engine is even nicer looking IMO. Where do you get your SAE information about engine life? Is there a link to it?

The first thing I noticed on this bike is that it has a XLH oil tank and an electric start which I don't remember ever been put on a XLCH. Maybe Harley rebranded the XLH(known as the slower Sportster) an XLCH after they boosted it to 1000. Does anybody know?

I have a 72 Iron Head, building a Hard Tail

People hating on the bars in the comments make no sense, im not gonna ride my 74 a thousand kilometres on a roadtrip with the standard droopy buckhorns, moderate size apes all the way for long trips.

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This is what folks think about when you talk about classic hogs.

Beautiful bike, sounds great, but it is not an XLCH. It's an XLH. Nothing wrong with that, but let's identify it correctly. XLCH's are kick start, XLH's are electric start. Even the lower triple tree on this bike very clearly says "XLH". And I agree with everything you say about old Ironheads - I've owned and ridden one since 1978. You've got a really nice one here. But please, lose the apes...

Put some 50w in that thing

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not a xlch . CH models are kickstart only

I have a 73 as well. Where do u get parts for this bike

I don't see a speedometer

5k or less

Chicks love em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool bike but Iron heads aren’t worth a damn, 2-3k running all day. Maybe 5k if it’s prestige original paint, which this isn’t. They are trying to sell it like it’s worth a million bucks.

No meters?

The reason Americans don't want to pay a premium price for a 50 year old bike is because you can buy a brand new one for what people want for an old bike that you can't ride without breaking down...don't get me wrong, I love classic iron, but if I have to pay the same money as a new one, or at the very least a much more recent used bike, that old bike will keep sitting there...I had a 1974 ironhead...wouldn't have another one if it was free...couldn't get past the end of the driveway good without something breaking or falling off...or both...never again...

You look way to big for the bike,how tall are you?

Not sure what it is, but that thing looks gay!!

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