HOW FAST Is My 1979 HARLEY Davidson SHOVELHEAD FXS 80? / Meeting Country Coder A NEW Youtuber 

the shovelhead has one of the best harley sounds ever, yours sounds great also!

My 73 Shovel gets up to 70 with ease. I haven't tried to see how fast it goes as I'm not interested in top end. I'm about cruising and listening to the song being sung and enjoying my ride. 65-70 is typically what I'm cruising at. 48 on the rear as well. Ive been over 80 but to pass and get out in frt. At 65-70 my bike is very smooth but I don't notice much vibration at any speed only at idle. Don't really have issues with bolts either but I check it over usually before or after a ride or when cleaning it up. Maintenance is the key brother. I'm at 4k miles after my rebuild and she runs better all the time. Occasionally a small leak but easy fixes. It's all part of owning a shovel. I won't ride anything newer myself. Im 58 now and fully enjoy my rides wherever I go. Shovels do sound sweet I love mine...✌️

In the eighties I test road-tested a Shovelhead Glide without the fairing or the saddlebags. You had a belt primary drive and a belt secondary drive and the bike was smooth as silk the owner got drunk and destroyed it a week after he bought the motorcycle. Such a waste of a nice Harley.

Staying on the back roads is the way I like to ride. I'm hoping my 58 runs in that range. 65 sounds perfect for your shovel. Love it. Thanks for your content. Please keep it coming.

I appreciate you showing inside the restaurant and showing the food at the start. I live in the UK and love America and those barbeque places. We don't have them over here.

Had a 81 wide glide. I rode all over AZ and NorCal. Moved to Ocean City MD and did a complete rebuild in 91. Rode that bike until 98 had very few issues even after a 93CI stroker build. Wish I still had it. Love those Shovels.

I don’t own one but you’re right nothing sounds like a shovel 🤘🏼

Corey, that sweet spot seems perfect. I foresee a lot of perfect days on the road for you. Thanks for Sharing!

Always nice to get more out of your bike than you thought. I love the sound of that bike. My buddy rides a 1959 Pan Head with a hand shifter and he loves that bike. There is just more class in the older bikes and you know how to keep them running. Ride Safe

awesome video as always and it's always cool to meet somebody new 👍

Of all the shows I watch on a weekly basis, I look forward to SaddleTramp video releases the most. If I ever get down to Mississippi on my old Shovel maybe we could ride together for a few miles and you could show me some of those good BBQ joints. Keep up the good work!

What a cool place you and Coder were at, looks like fun. Love your content and the antique rides.

You are right it sounds great like a motorcycle should sound. Great video Cory. Nice to see Kim on there also. Stay safe. Say hi for me.

Always great to see your videos. Thank you for sharing.

Definitely enjoy meeting and hanging out with you and the misses. Glad your shovel will handle that sleep. Thought about adjusting my Africa Twin some to lower the rpms on it.

That's a great bike! I have a 92 Sporty 883 that I'm changing sprockets on currently. I want to go to a 46 tooth rear & replace the stock 21 tooth in the front. I'd like to be able to cruise @ around 70 easily on the freeway.... Keep safe!

I know it goes faster than what I'd trust myself with!

A 3 tooth smaller rear sprocket AND a 2 tooth larger front sprocket, is quite a change!!! One tooth up front equals 2 rear teeth, so you made a 5 tooth change. That's huge!! Too huge for us western boys with our mountains. On my 03, 1200 Sporty, I changed the front from a 29 (883's come with 28 tooth front sprocket) tooth to a 30 tooth. Giving it a slight overdrive and reducing the 65mph engine speed by 140rpm or so. Sweet!!! On my 2012 Dyna, it was too over geared. Not enough hill power. So changed the front tooth from a 32 tooth, to a 31 tooth. It gave me 140 extra rpm at 70mph. Which was perfect for my 96inch motor and our mountains. Sure, I could just crunch the throttle and made the engine climb the grades, but the extra 140rpm brought the engine into a perfect sweet-spot at 70mph. Or about 2600rpm at 66mph instead of 70mph. Both changes, changed my speedo's by about 4mph. Love them both now. Interestingly, I also own an 06 Yamaha Stratoliner, 1854cc cruiser. It's a little under geared. Has about 90hp at the rear wheel. Cruises at 2800rpm at a true 70mph. Several Stratoliner and Roadliner owners, have purchased a 65 tooth Harley rear sprocket, to replace their OEM, 70 tooth rear sprocket. It works great, but has the same "too much of a change" problem. I think the riders that love it the most are low country riders like yourself. Anyway, always love your videos.

I'm going to try that gearing 22 48 on my shovel great content look forward to more

Hi, my friend Wow! It's a video that gives me so much excitement and fun Have a happy day 👍👍👍

Love your channel!! Honest clean content, keep it up!!

Also , much beter than looking down at the tank .

Nice,love the shovelhead sound,I got a twin cam A motor in my chopper,its hard to find a good running shovelhead in Canada in the province I'm from,they're there but usually beat up or expensive,like my twinkies,got rid of the efi and out a mikuni on it and a thunderheart stand alone ignition runs great.

My shovel likes 60 to 70. Vibrates lots and of course bolts come-out even with lock tight. Right now in in guatemala riding around volcanos. Nice Ride

As long as you're enjoying it top speed is irrelevant...It's how it makes you feel when you're riding it that counts!

The first clip of your buddy riding up to the parking lot I thought Wow! A Honda Transalp. Nope, just an Africa Twin, but still a cool bike.

Watching now Amigo. much love and respect! love your content! SPORTSTER4LIFE

Awesome 👊🧷 We should take a ride on both the Shovels one day, how sweet sounding it will be my brother! L&R Blessings

OMG, when Carson approached me at the Get On Moto Fest, he said that he was a big fan and started a channel, asked if he could fallow me around and learned some things, I said no, but you can hang with me all you want, we test road some Indians and have been friends ever since, awesome channels, both of y'all!

I couldn’t get my new ‘09 96’’ Nighttrain over 65mph. I put in new motorcraft plugs , re- did the breather (so the carb would stop sucking oil out of the rocker boxes), cleaned the carb and put in race gas 104 octane- hello 95mph! I did these mods to my next bike as well.

Early to mid 1970's speed limit on SOME sections of interstates were posted 70 MPH ("You kids get off my lawn!" ...LOL!) .... Shovel or ironhead = check fasteners about once a week along with other maintenance stuff IMHO... Not a fan of Loctite for steel threads into aluminum. (THIN anti seize & check to spec periodically)...UNLESS manual calls for it (usually steel thread to steel thread application OR lock tab washers/safety wire drilled, "castle" nut w/cotter pin, etc.)... Just MY opinion for the older models

Sounds great amigo enjoy the ride.

That Shovel sound though...can't be beat ✌😎

Been enjoying your Channel Tramp ! Now i ride a 69 Shovelhead FLPS 4 speed with new a cone bottom end it likes 50-55mph with probably need's pulling apart. Has a really comfy Pogo Saddle .it's great like riding a fair ground Horse just Bobbing along ;-) The motor has a whine like some Shovelheads....not got any worse in 15 years Pacific Mike mentioned The lower end bearings could be be a little loud and be just fine. Hard to say. Sometimes you gotta just wait and see. Sometimes there's a gear whine from the cam gear running on the pinion gear. Is it just me or do Shovelheads make strange noise's sometimes...i do love em Back in 83 i'd run at 120mph + on an tuned Evo sweet sweet engines they are indeed. i won my 1st auction a 97 Sportster 883 6k mls & i am very impressed sounds like its bullet proof may not go like Snot off a Stick but i'm chuffed to bits with it. also Been Running a 2016 Chieftain 111 ThunderStroke, since 5 years ,,, the Indian oils are way to thin for Summer other than that a sweet machine too Tink 🏴‍☠✌

That was a great video. Really gave me a idea to see how fast my Ironhead Sportster will go.

I'd put up with adjusting valves for the legendary shovelhead ride and sound. Running open pipes causes valve issues lol but quiet sucks

Bike sounds great!

Slow down and enjoy the scenery 😎👍

I remember when the shed was just a KOA campground

I'll buy that for a dollar! I know exactly what ur dealing with. All my Harleys were 4sps. It does definitely have a sweet spot where all ur bones don't shake loose! Thx for sharing

My curiosity is not satisfied yet, Tramp. I'm curious as to what you do for a living. Sweet bike btw

Anything over 50mph and I need to know how fast it’ll stop

i'll check out his channel ! 66 sweet spot eh? downhill does it get to 87 mph? awesome machine !!!!

No sweat, love my shovel!! Nothing sounds or feels like a shovel, mine has straight pipes, nice and loud....

My 1967 Electraglide all stock pinned the speedo @ 120 with my girlfriend on back WOT...👍

Wow, you're getting high tech! That phonometer is pretty cool. I thought you were going to have your wife follow in truck, monitor, and document. 😀 Bike is perfect as far as I'm concerned.

I have an amf 1974 74" shovel . Cone motor kick electric . 1985 86 before helmat law ? I rebuilt the motor 3 5/8 barrels , cam , s&s super d , lightened flywheels . Stripped down frame . Bad ass. Put about 500 miles on it no problem . Got on i5 one day and opened it up . 75 no problem . 80 85 couldn't see out the mirror but nice cruising speed . 90 starting to shake . I kept going 96 bamo ! I got hit in the chest and the face . Came off the throttle let it roll down . Scared the hell out of me . All that work down the drain . Turned out the zipper on my chaps worked its way up and and the right leg blew up . Bike was all good . Kept under 85 after that .

I used to ride a 76 Shovelhead it loved 70 and 80

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My Ironhead has standard 21t up front with a 45t (down from 51) rear, and seems happy in the 60-65mph range (read from GPS). I've seen 100mph, but only on the stock speedo so probably closer to 90, and my vision was actually blurring the vibration was so bad.

It’s good to know what your max speed in case you get pulled over by a cop sometime you know exactly how fast you can go and how fast you’re not going . Stay safe my friend 😎👍

Hé Tramp, ik zie dat het weer goed is daar. Vat geen kou boy..veel plezier daar. 55 miles is een mooie speed. MAKE LOVE NOT WAR..😇✌

Watch out for 🦌 deer crossing ! 😊😊

Pretty cool Corey.

What? No premier? I’m skunkwinkled!

Dawns here ☀️

We didn't get to see how fast it was though. That was just cruising. Nice bike man.

I have a 1990 fxrs with 7512 miles on it it runs at 2800 at 60...I also have a 72 ,75 iron head sportsters and a 2000 1200.all 3 sportsters will run 70 all day...your shovel isnt even breaking a sweat at 70..I just sold my 77 sporty,oil leaker with 38 k on it and still running strong.lol in my opinion, your shovel is the coolest bike you have...god bless dude.hope to see you around sometime.the fxrs is a 5 speed ,so what does that tell you?

Looks good 👍👍🇨🇱

my 76 pan shovel runs smooth at 70, but sweet spot is about 65+. You are right about the EVO. My 96 rattles my balls off

I was in Biloxi Friday. I almost went to The Shed but a big plate of crawfish won out.

If I'd known you were in Tampa I'd have taken you for a Cuban Sammich.

My 103HO will cruise 80mph at 3k rpm and maybe best sounding Harley all around I heard with 2 into 1 exhaust but top speed power seems lacking. My 99 VMAX 1200 on the other hand will take you faster than most people wish to go I have been 145 mph in a mist simply checking to make sure oil level high enough to not trigger low oil level red light upon full throttle v-boost acceleration. Damn why did I not test for total top speed while I was at it? Peace love and light bro corey

I love antique bikes. I guess that makes me an antique.

I was sure I could have been competitive on the Isle Of Man on some country back roads in my town the other day… look down at the speedometer… 45mph!

That scooter sounds good! Would like to know what app that is too

Did you say you have a 22T Tranny sprocket? If I'm not mistaken the stock one was a 23T, like your buddy said you can cruise all day at 80 if you want to!

Shovel head is awesome I'll check out guys channel I like the way he talks lol

purdy much da same as my ironhead! 🤘😎🤘

wow , emazing👍👍👍

Shovel love!

Cool video!! Who’s the cute chick hanging around wit y’all!! 🥰🥰 JK. Hey Kim!!❤️

You can make it read off of the tranny like the fl's did. I did it to my '76 FXE. If ya get a min you can check it out, just search "FXE Basket Case" here on RU-vid and it'll pop right up. I can go over what you'll need to put the speedo drive on the tranny. No modifications, just a few parts

Which app did you use? I need that for my pickup, I'm using the tack, maybe you could mount on on front to use as guide for speed.

What did you say you did to your gearing? It sound like you hit the sweet spot for 65 mph cruising with whatever you have one the front and rear sprockets. Thanks!

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Most of riding a shovel, pan or knuck is knowing more about the engine than how to start it and check the oil. Not sure how many commenters realize that the crank pin that the rods ride on is threaded into the counter weights of the crankshaft and if whomever had that apart last didn't know what they were doing OR the engine has had several jug and piston replacement overhauls and never had the cases split or someone has been over reving the engine trying to go 100 mph then all the gripes from the guys that had lots of vibration were most likely caused by the crank pin loosening enough for the counterweights to be matched up incorrectly and causing an offset vibration. If it vibrates much more than making your hands tingle after a long ride then you should take it to an expert that repairs shovels and get their opinion. That's assuming your handle bars aren't mounted solid though. Either way let someone who has a lot of experience and knows what they are doing look it over. Especially if the vibration gets really bad from say 1000 to 2000. Keep riding it vibrating bad and the lower end repair will just keep getting more expensive.

Nice bike now to ride it down to Florida & meet up with shovelheadffej.

You what to run 23 _48 at least. I run 24_48 and I'm thinking about 25 -48 ,for traveling !

Hey officer I thought I was doing 55mph not 65 lol 😆 😅 well that's what it felt like 😅. Seriously though bike sounding great 👍

As fast as you want it to be when the cops or CHP are not steaking out! 👍

Ive been wondering, didnt these bikes leave the factory with an unballanced crankshaft/piston combo ? Maybe some people got lucky and have a bike that can run 80 mph with little vibes, where others got unlucky and the bike feels like it shakes itself apart at 60 mph.

I cruise at 70 to 75 for a whole tank of gas pull over and fill up and keep going on my 76 flh

I love my shovel

Old school nice bke.

1980 Wide Glide first-year the 1340 sweetspot 65

i ve run 24 tooth engine 24 tooth primary 51 tooth rear wheel for 50 years works good for me what are the height and width and brand bars are you runing thank you happy trails

Sonfs cool, I rode my 2011 RK, today sat on bout 58mph, I Dot ride fast , what size are those apes, do they feel comfortable, I got a few aches, age

I made a mistake and took my shovel head on a 3 day ride with these guys that had new bikes , they rode 80-85 mph all the time , I tried to keep up but the vibration is just too bad , I lost my gas cap ,tag bracket and the last day my battery shorted out, never again, just ride it around town solo trips

It can do 70 but I would rather do 65 and enjoy the vibration and feelings of getting there

How do you know how fast your shove will go when you didn't open it up.

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You dont have a fast shovelhead on accident, and it's hard as he'll not to ride cracked back when you do ! Cheers

Got the stock belt drive on my 81 Sturgis, got the feeling it runs way more rpms than yours. I've not had it above 60mph, roughly 2500rpm. Mechanical compassion.... 2500 is where I shift at the latest. I stop every 100 miles to see where the oil spray comes from. I fixed the crankcase spraying all over my rear brake by taking half a quart of oil out, it brakes better now too :-) now the next spray is coming from the ham can air cleaner, I lubed the sponge oil filter way too much.

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No matter the temperature, I ride with gloves.

Once you get running more than 60 your concentration is to much on riding....Slow down fellas take in the scenery/smells etc....Life is to short to blast through it... Time and place for Puttin and Blasting imo....This guy prefers putting!!!!

i had a 93 inch shovel it would cruise at 75 at 2800 roms,so even a stock 1 will do 70 easily.

Cheers 🇦🇺🇺🇸☮️👍✌️

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