Thats awesome man !

You inherited a motorcycle when you were 5 years old? That's wild! Sorry for your loss.

Thank you!

Thank ya

No problem man! I appreciate you chiming in! Glad it brought back memories

Thanks man. Very cool story too, its neat to hear from people who owned old cars/bikes back in the day. Tons of stories to be told

Dude thats awesome to hear, glad to provide some inspiration man! Also thanks for the kind words , i appreciate it. Throw up a video of yours when its done or send some pics !

Thanks! I appreciate it

You sure ? The black is original, i changed the fenders and resprayed them myself. The bike didnt look like this when i got it. Also, the emblem thing is interesting to me because its a 66-71 emblem but ive seen numerous 72’s with those emblems. A few sources online suggested it was the early 72’s that had the earlier style emblems before they switched to the amf style badge. Thanks for the reply though! That would be cool if this is the same bike

@@_Shanespencer_ man, what caught my eye was the tank, and the big headlight I put on there...of course it may be a another bike. It’s just that a few things stuck out ( including some wiring) .. does it look like the tank was coated on the inside and never really sealed up right? Also if memory serves me correct. It seems the pistons may have a 60 on them... I believe I have a old pic of the bike I’ll send, and what it looked like when I had it. My email ( just gonna leave this up for a day or two so that I won’t get bombarded with emails lol. ) ... either way, would love to see what you do with it!

@@blake8580 ill shoot you an email!

@@blake8580 did this end up being your bike?

@@skgate man, we emailed each other, I could only come up with one pic. He checked it out and said he didn’t believe it was. idk, maybe it was wishful thinking on my part. I wish there was some way to track it thru the DMV. Either way…….he’s seemed to be a good dude. ✌️😎

Thanks !

Thanks 🍻

Thanks man. Appreciate it

Classic sound

Agreed man. Older stuff just has so much soul

Thanks man!

Thanks, much appreciated

Thanks man, that was the goal! I wanted a relatively simple and clean cruiser

Thanks i appreciate it !

I appreciate it ! Thanks!

Thanks ! Much appreciated

Thanks man, i never really see people run them so i thought it would be kinda unique

Appreciate it, thanks !

While I'm partial to rigids, I like a clean swing arm.

This bike is actually going rigid soon, but i agree. Swingarm bikes can be pretty cool

Thanks!

Thank you! Tried to keep it clean and timeless

I appreciate it thanks

Thanks, she runs pretty solid

Thanks! N thats awesome, dont see em around often

Thanks man!

Thanks!

Thanks ! Appreciate it

@@_Shanespencer_ its been 5 months since you said you were getting ready to "strip it down". What's the new status lol?

@@yankeeapple5615 i started tearing it apart about an hour after this was filmed haha. I currently have the frame, engine, trans and some other misc parts left. The rest of the parts were sold.

@@_Shanespencer_ wow, not the reply I was expecting. I thought you were tearing it down to paint or something.

Nice! Sounds like a good start!

Thanks dude

Thank you, and thats awesome man! Those old pan shovels are cool as hell

Thank ya !

I appreciate that man, thats what im goin for

Thanks man, i totally agree. The stock caliper is ugly as hell, the pan front drum looked killer but once i got it on i never even used it because it stopped so horribly hahah. The bikes not gonna have a front brake after its redone

Thanks !

Ive never heard that, but thats pretty kickass ! Ill have to remember that

Thanks man. Pan sounds rad! I dig the stock nacelle and fender. Im actually gonna be going to a chrome springer once the bikes redone

@@_Shanespencer_ when you get the new springer I'd be interested in your old front end if it doesn't already have a home.

@@ThatGuy-nb7zf already sold. The bike is currently just a frame with engine, trans and primary

Thanks! The two threaded bungs at the rear of the seat pan just bolted to some small brackets right in front of the upper shock mount. The front of the seat just slid onto a tab that was mounted into the original seat tube

Thanks man

Yea man, shovels are probably the coolest sounding twin in my opinion. Really distinct idle

Thanks! I actually tore the whole bike down not long after this video. Im hardtailing it and i actually have that exact paughco tin primary to go on as well! Cant stand the big e start primarys

Haha yeahhh that front brake wasnt doing much of anything. Im keeping the juice drum and actually running no front brake once this bike is redone. Honestly that front brake was so bad i never used it; so it was pretty much like riding without one anyway haha

@@_Shanespencer_ it can be tuned. There is a cam you turn on its outside . works kinda sorta? MY 71 has a 68 front end with 2 inch extension. The frame is goosenecked . Its not a chopper though. Has been slammed in the rear with progressive shocks. No light bar. no turn signals. Ugly mustang seat but its soooo comfy I left it. Staggered dual exhaust with baffles in them . Short baffles. Enough richen the mixture and prevent backfiring on decel. Stock juice drum in the rear. Rather large leather bags. I can carry my gym gear . Its been beefed up to 80 inches. The hinged fender is broken. Dont care. its all there just dont lift it up LOL. neutral light dont work. speedo works most of the time. no kill switch so I just turn off the ignition. paint is old and worn. Dont care . she starts right up and takes me where I need to go. big heavy and slow.

Thank you! Wes at Counterbalancecycles did the seat. Hit him up, great dude and good prices

Theres two little mounts by the top of the shocks, kinda hard to see in the video. The boss where the two rear springs would typically bolt to just sits on a little piece of angle iron on each side. The fron is held down by a piece in the seat tube. I welded a piece of steel shaped like a “T” (think like the top half of an i beam but much smaller), the seat just slides onto that piece to hold the front while the rear is bolted down to keep it all in place

Thanks, and yup there was electrical tape around the edge of it