I had a 62 pan like that. My fingertips would graze the belt sometimes. I knew several guys who ran open primarily chains back then. Now that's some dangerous shit. Especially when you remember everybody wore bell bottom Levis back then.
My 1952 FL, (FL2272), had the original wishbone frame and slight rake and 2" over tubes. Duo Glide front suspension. 3.5 gallon tanks, the same rear tire, no front fender or brake. Suicide clutch and hand jammer. The suicide clutch and jockey shifter is what separates the men from the boys!
I grew up in Lake Orion Mi In Oakland County. I remember every winter the first freeze would come weather man on TV would say “it’s official, Hell has Frozen Over!” As a kid that never got old. I left in 1980 joined the Marines and never went back. I miss the winters. I loved riding snowmobiles. I live in the South now. A lot more motorcycle riding days here though.
I ran across a video once that showed how to fix that oil leak from main shaft with open primary. Gave measurements for Machining and using Vinton o-ring. Motor Cases still seep a little but no drips. ✌️
What's weird is when you put in big mileage and do city riding and highway riding you really can't do anything without a front brake. And if you ride in civilization or turn any corners.. the fork rake and turning radius on these beasts is just a non starter..I would need some kind of pants made of an oven mit for that pipe setup.. and you have to be an octopus to up and down shift in heavy traffic with this setup
Nice scoot. Hope the oil leak is easy to fix. No belt primary big twin from Knuck to Evo should throw that much oil down while at the bar. Even if he parks there every day. Sounds good.
You obviously know nothing of old iron. I have and still ride my 50 that I built and it always marks it spot. For 40 years I've tried and tried to but it still marks its spot.
That oil is behind the tranny. I think he might have the crankcase vent run back there. There's no oil under the engine like there would be if it was leaking.
When I was a 17 year old, the big brother of one of my friends was in the Warlocks in the mid 70's and he had a chopper that looked similar, though less cutsie and much more hefty, it also had a suicide clutch. His younger brother asked to ride it and his brother said NFW, you will wreck it and kill yourself. He then glanced at me and said, You can try to ride it if you want. He knew I had grown up on two wheels and had been racing enduros/motocross/flat track since I was a young kid. At that point I had never even ridden a street bike, other than my Yamaha DT175 dirt bike on the street but I figured it shouldn't be a problem...the suicide clutch was crazy (and pretty silly from an engineering/ergonomics point of view) but other than stalling it on my first attempt it really wasn't a big deal...but the ride dynamics of having the front end stretched way out was certainly not ideal from a motorsports perspective...but I rode it and rode it well. When I brought it back his brother again asked to ride it and again big brother told him NFW, you don't have his skill. p.s. and his bike certainly didn't start on the first kick...as I recall it was a bitch to get it started with some crazy kick back if you weren't extremely firm.
Was this your first time in Hell? It's a great place to watch/see bikes and meet interesting people. Next time, introduce yourself to some of the regular miscreants who sit at the front picnic tables.
I use this town as my google hometown 😂,(edit)now I seen this awesome old school /bar/Cafe/diner jiont,mate this would be a cool place to visit,nothing like that is aus
@@motonisto Friend, I wanted to understand how it works for you to stop when going up steep hills in terms of the brake you use because I saw that there is no front brake, how do you stop when going up a hill
@@leandrosantiago2968 good question, that's why it's called a "suicide clutch", when rear brake is needed uphill then transmission has to be in Neutral so you can steady bike with clutch foot and keep other foot on brake pedal.
Thank you very much friend, you answered my question, I'm from Brazil, I really wanted to do it on my hyosung gv 250, thank you for your patience, a big hug
I actually had to look it up, so no, never been there and probably won't unless there's a cool motorcycles gathering. Hell, MI, is in lower peninsula, 20 miles north of Ann Arbor, 50 miles west of Detroit.
@@motonisto honestly I don't own that one square inch, I bought it for my dad last year for his B-day, it was his last. One of his favorite sayings was go to hell, better yet go to hell Michigan.
You're right. Originally '65 pan heads had a chain for primary drive and a cast case half filled with oil, now it's open belt. But also oil leak could come from transmission main seal, which on 4 speed was always problematic (I had a '66 shovel head). I'm sure my buddy is ok with an unclean chopper haha!
@@waynemetevia7983 ... the most important part of a Harley? The oil filler cap. My Shovel used to get 2 cups of oil every time I rode to my buddies place, approx a 2.5 hour round trip. So that's about a cup of oil per hour of riding lol. It had the stock 1981 automatic chain oiler, and the oil breather pointed right at the chain. That chain was constantly wet with oil and LASTED FOREVER
He, uh, found them at a reasonable price somewhere? I’m not sure there’s 321 (stainless aircraft exhaust tubing) available in a suitable size, though. (For making one’s own exhaust).
Not only Shovel Head exhaust, but Shovel Head intake manifold too. These are aftermarket heads. Some prefer the sealing ability of the later design over the Pan Head. Also note the provisions to drill out for a second spark plug between the pushrods.
Yeah that's what a real chopper looks like instead of just putting 8 hangers-on your big computer electric light and thinking now I'm a bike gangster ride my big soft touring bike around with my ape hangers that make my faring useless
