Monday, March 11, 2013
Quick Makeover on the '48 Pan/Shovel
I did this bike a few years ago
its based off of a '48 frame that my pops has had since the 60's and he rode that thing literally from coast to coast a number of times back then with a panhead motor in it.
A few years ago we put it back together with a pan/shovel motor out of a lot of left over parts we had kicking around, it wasnt such a great look but it got by for a while
so just over the last few months I finally got enough free time to get it closer to where I want it
Only things really left to do are do the exhaust over in stainless and ditch the spring mount seat and go with a rigid mount solo seat instead. Maybe strip everything down next winter and go back and put some of the stuff back on the frame that was cut off decades ago like the side car loops and repair the axle plates etc. then give it a nice paint job. But for now this will get him by,
he rides the hell out of this thing it goes just about everywhere with him really nice reliable comfortable bike
just wanted to post some pics up of it
this is what it looked like last year
and fast forward to a few days after the mild make over
went with an OEM springer that I repaired, narrow sporty tank, brit style rear fender, made the sissy bar setup from 304 stainless, laced up some 16" hoops to some oem star hubs and went with an OEM juice drum and some firestone tires, and also an air cleaner from Kim at BCM and some custom handlebar top clamp setup that I made for him also
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