Shovelheads Are So UNDEPENDABLE-1979FXE SUPERGLIDE 1340 

I own a 79 Superglide and I ride it all over the place. It's all about taking care of em'.

"I ride'em until they break"...halleluiah brother. You'll probably get a lot more miles out of that old Shovel. With your collection of bikes, you'll never have to walk. Peace. Eric in Kissimmee.

I keep fixing my old 1980 KZ750 To me it is so worth it. Never give up and keep the rubber side down. I love you rooster, I Have parrots and they are one of my greatest joys. Other the my van and bike. Im a double amputee and still love to ride. Keep up the great work.

I am glad too see you doing another ride video with music.Thank you

If it ain't broke, keep fixing it till it is. It took me 30yrs to warm up to an Evo, but I finally bought a 97 WideGlide 6yrs ago to give my '72 ElectraGlide a break. The ElectraGlide is an ex cop bike I bought in 1980, and it has about a million miles on it, but it's never left me on the side of the road. The WideGlide just turned 42,000, and I've never had any majour problems with it either. You have a nice machine, and this was a good video. 👍

Looking through your video and it feels just like home when I see this motor and the bike Have an FXS-80 Superglide 1979 with apehanger and matching numbers, bought it in -89. Motor and gearbox rebuilt, electronic ignition, new starter, all new electronics, new carb, new rear caliper and a lot of TLC, my spirits flying when I ride....Shovelhead is too much fun. Always use locktite on everything with threads 😃 Keep it, love it, ride it.

Reminds me of my 3 years on a 1978 FXE Superglide. Northern California to Sturgis and back, also to Washington state and back, but it sure broke down a lot close to home. But it sure was a REAL motorcycle.

That's a cool old school Harley.

Beautiful Scoot Ffej. Hope all is well down their. See ya on the next one.

Thanks!

Had a smile on my face the whole time watching your latest content 😂 you have some really cool bikes Mr Fejj. Thankyou for all your time and hard work and really looking forward to your next one 🙏💪

Still there’s something about a shovelhead that gets the juices flowing. Just the other day, my 81 FXS died going down the grade. While waiting for the tow, pulled apart the kill switch housing. Wires were making contact with the handlebars, back of the switch was cracked. $12 part.

Never Had a problem with Mine . Unless I Neglected Something . But then I had battrey for lights mag for motor . And if you Bleave that Bull Shyt I have a Briged for Sale . 😂 👍🤪

Had me going. Sweet ride Ffej.

so great to see your videos, thanks for sharing. Tomorrow I start an other 300miles ride near to Bordeaux and back again to a pre evo event on my 1974 shovelhead. Your sticker is still on my tank 😎 Cheers mate

Fingers crossed on this giveaway man! Love the channel by the way

Have 2 1979 shovels. 1 stroker bober 1 original flh. Also road a 84 stroked lowrider for 15 years. Only one time I couldn't get it home it's own power blew a head gasket.

Got my tickets in the mail while I was gone to Sturgis I was glad to see your card in my mailbox when I got home Tuesday Always enjoy your videos brother

Nice bike I have an 80 super glide and love it

Keep on keeping on. I was never really into bikes until later in life. Had to struggle to survive. Thank you for sharing

My first new harley was a '76 fxe. It took me a year to make it a dependable ride. Happy they began to take it seriously. My '23 highway king is flawless and 100% stock.

There's always the s&s Shovelhead motor.... That's the way to go.

Just give Choppa Rod a call, he'll get you fixed up!! Another great video @Shovelheadffej!

Good Stuff! Found your channel recently. Appreciate the content. Just ordered a sticker/ticket for the bike. Until next time. Keep it up.

I remember talking shit on 80's let alone the accursed Evo.

Bought my 1978 1/2 Superglide off the showroom floor in 1979. All that transitions stuff started in 78 1/2. They started with "pointless" ignition. Which a lot of guys took right off and put points. I ran mine for 12 years without a hiccup and went to a Dyna S. First thing I got rid of was the carb. The early Keihins were dogs and there as no adjustment unless you drilled out where the screw should have been. Early pollution control BS. I understand they can be made to run but I first put a Mikuni on. Then I went to a Zenith Bendix with adjustable main. Its still on there. I have the low stainless bars. They looked like shit the way Harley had them. But I rotated them down low like a board tracker. With my feet on the highway pegs and the bars just right I was perfectly comfortable. Its still mostly stock. Driveline is as it was built. About 50,000 miles. Those speedos never worked for too long. Most guys did top ends at around 40k because they came with leaded fuel valve guides. Which didnt hold up under no lead fuel. But I started putting Marvel Mystery oil in my gas. Shell smoke a bit on decell if its hot and you run her hard. But Ill run it until it really needs to come apart. A couple of years ago she was in a guys shop that was flooded. She sat under 7 feet of water for a day or 2. When I got her out of there I took a lot apart. I pumped WD 40 through everything for days. Poured it into the bottom end and kicked it through till it came out clean. Through the heads. Took the carb apart and cleaned it out. Dumped the tranny and filled it with motor oil. Pumped motor oil all through the engine. Down in the cylinders. So no shes sat 2 years all covered and filled with oil. I have a new Dyna ignition. A new starter and solenoid. Some other stuff. Plan on getting her running this summer. Going to pull the wheels and fork to probably change out the bearings. Swing arm bearings... Nothing has rusted or tarnished in any way that can bee seen. Im afraid for the wheel bearings and maybe even the wheels. Spoke wheels get water inside and can rust on the inside. Its been a great bike my entire adult life. I was 22 when I bought her...68 now. She spoke to my on that showroom floor... said take me home...Ill be good to you your whole life.... no lie. There was so many black Fat Bobs in the 70s and 80s you needed to personalize your a bit. Take those apes off and put a Lapera bare bones seat on yours here and mine looks exactly the same. Nobody added chrome crap in those days. We took that shit off. I could never sell her. Might give her to my son. Maybe when Im too old. They take a lot of involvement. Cant just ride. You need to adjust the carb a bit. Ive had to do wiring on the road. Not a bike for the gold card crowd.

Great video

A stock , or near stock, shovelhead is dependable if you can get the valve guides set up right and keep the pipes attached to the heads somehow. Load your shovel head up to about 2000 pounds and make it go eighty mph in the heat all day and you may be exceeding it's design expectations.

Doing the Chris Farley dance looking for a signal

When you started walking down the road , my 1st thought (comedy) = "It ain't got no gas in it" (Carl from Slingblade voice) then recalled back when we used to have to walk or attempt to hitch hike to a payphone IF roadside repair wasn't possible...Out in BFE sometimes still have to walk to pick up a cell signal these days...> Took me a good while to warm up to Evo engine...esthetics = too billet-ee looking....Didn't care much for the look of the boxy "Ham Can" air filter housing of late 70's early '80's when they were first in production compared to the previous OEM oval ...

Ffej, you are a fuckin hoot man...throwin the phone dropped me on the floor I was laughin so hard...see what I mean, your content is cinematic man ...lmfao

Oh the walk of shame lol my buddy tells me chrome don't get you home..I say sure look good when I am pushing ....1979 ironhead owned her 25 yrs now...10x20 storage for the extra parts keep her going have a great day....

Ain’t a bad looking bike.creative editing Sir.

My two cents worth...... # 1 Honda CB550 #2 Honda CB 750 #3 Harley Davidson Sportster #4….1979 AMF HARLEY DAVIDSON FXEF SUPERGLIDE 74 CI SHOVELHEAD #5….At 68 Yrs I ride a 2006 Harley Davidson FLSTSCI Springer Softail 88 CI Twincam and without hesitation say that Shovel was the best bike I ever owned. Never leaked a drop of oil ( except the chain oiler) never had a mechanical problem but needed more than four gears. My best friend Donnie (RIP) and me hand carried that bike down to and back up from my basement. Tore it apart, sent parts out for chrome and paint, bolted on everything in the Drag Specialties catalogue. Won a trophy at a NYMRO bike show and rode the shit out of it with Paula. So sorry I sold it, such great memories. By the way you should know better than to chew whilst riding cause you'll swallow bugs and it'll make ya gassy!

i mist the nose cone seen was just happy with my jenney engines a few yrs ago was talking to a fellow at a repair shop i said somthing about that new engine he said thats been around for 15yrs thats was a EVO we both stell laugh about that one HAPPY TRAILS

I think that cell phone got tossed further down the road than that bike wanted to go!

Loved my FXEF 1340cc Superglide. Easy to work on when needed, but I never had any serious issues with mine. Some guys replaced flywheels with the S&S stainless steel. Andrew gears in the tranny.. oil cooler.

Like how you do your vids, 👍 yeah I don't fix em till they are broken, if you try an do it the other way...ya just open a can of 💩ty worm's... Nice bike.

Great video man

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My shovels make me slow down and enjoy the ride....All these guys with twinkies..and m8's just don't understand....Most can't even work on their own s@!+..... I love the Ole girls pans,shovels and evo's.......

I was almost feeling sorry for you there man! 😂 Hope the camera lady is on Union rates ! 😉👍

Cantankerous contraptions ; but love em - 😁✊🏻👍👌

6E 80". 5E 74" on the 79 fxe.

How to find out if it is a 74 or 80 inch?

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By now would have thought anyone with a AMF year bike would have gotten the bugs out of their bike. If they were used and not pushed into a corner.

Usually the clutch bearing wears

got me again.... lol

Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thank’s

Some guys just need to love something to hate.

When i ordered a hat, DeDe wrapped it around a brick and pitched it through my window about 30 seconds later. This time i ordered a jacket and it appeared in a cloud of 50 wt smoke even faster. Im afraid to see what she's like if she's really in a hurry!

g00d shit ffej!! 🤘😎🤘

My shovel is one of those bastard year shovels too. I'm about to bastardize it some more too.

I always travel with enough tools for minor surgery 😂

Gitter grampa...gitter😅

Pre AMF days the old shovel wasnt to bad i had a couple but nothing like the EVO 80 incher quality wise , AMF quality control was almost void and they were a bowling ball company the motorcycles were less then mediocre !

1979 AMF HD went on strike those bikes were known as the bastard year

Sell it to me. I’ll come get it from NC

I am so done with those things,even when they were new they broke down.

They give back what you put into them. Shitty mechanic means a shitty ride.

I have a 73 fxe , road it home and once around the block and by then only running on one cylinder.

Anyone who says Shovelheads are undependable is either to lazy to maintain it or doesn't know which end of a screwdriver to hold. Same with Knucks and Pans if your not a mechanic you need not apply.