My first bike was a 1975 XLH and I was 18, now I'm 65 and I've had or ridden just about everything and the Ironheads, especially the 1000's, are still my favorite to ride and I have a '73 I'm restoring now. Everyone should own a Sporty, they embody the essence of motorcycles. I'm fortunate I found one that is mostly stock. So many of these bikes were modified heavily.

I had a 77 that I put a hard tail on, stretched and lowered changed the oil tank and painted the tank & fenders high gloss black. It was a good ride and cheap to build. Unfortunately I had to sell it to pay for a lawyer.

Every time I see a sporty, I want to take it home with me. Great looking ride and no doubt, sportsters are legendary.

I'm building a '73 xlch right now. When i was 19 years old m y first bike was a 74' Sportster bored .40 and i could ride down the interstate or anywhere i wanted too. It wasn't slow either. 😂

Awesome little Ironhead Ken beautiful. And a 1973. The year I turned 18. Good times I want to go back.

I love the 73 sporsters. Your is much different than mine as you know.

The XLCH was a kick start only motorcycle. This is a XLH with the electric starter. The 74 was the last for the right hand shifter. The front brake caliper is 74 or later. A really nice bike for certain.

I used to play with those old iron Head motors .They are becoming more rare

God Bless America! I totally feel you Brother! ❤️🇺🇸🔄

I am born in 1976 and I love my 1976 XLCH which i daily drive in the summer. If you keep up with maintenance they are super reliable in my opinion. They get kind of expensive, though. Here in Germany a solid one with a rebuilt motor goes for 20,000 bucks.

Sweet 73' love the ole Ironheads!

From the uk... it sounds great from 73 til now looks nice.

Bikes gorgeous. Love the older Harley's 🔥🔥

Reminds me of the show Then came Bronson used to be glued to the tv once a week

Lovely paint job , good looking motorcycle and one hell of a cool guy

Love that color.

I have a 72 XLCH stock as a rock. We saved it from going to England

My first bike was a 79. Sold it because it wasn't reliable and didn't have money for a rebuild. Miss that bike....

Very popular in the UK at the moment , this is a good un regards London UK 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nice bike except the bars lol but In my opinion the KNUCKLE HEAD was by far the best looking Harley engine ever made .

Lovely little ride.

4:14 and 6:27 RIP headphone users lol

74 was last year of right hand shift. 75 was right hand but set up with linkage to make it left hand shift

beautiful simply stunning

Awesome AMF made the best Sportsters this is my current ride mines yellow with bluish purple pinstripe flames👍😎

I owned a brand new XLCH when I was still in high school in 1971. Back then the CH was Harley's bad ass cycle. Cook Neilson from Cycle magazine actually made the quarter in high 12's around then with a 71 stock CH. The first thing I noticed ON THISit has a XLH oil tank

thats nice.year i was born too.right side shift take a few miles to get used to

That sound fukin awesome man

I want that

Love my Ironhead

Pure torque monster

Sweet ride

Last year for the right hand shift? I don't think so! The 74 also had a right hand side shift! THAT was the last year for a right hand shift Homie!

4:16 glitch in the MATRIX.

Nice bike. I stay away from electric only, prefer kick only. Again, nice machine.

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74 was the last year of right hand shift. I own one.

Bars got go it's a sportster.

Man! Wish you were closer in Ohio. Looks like the two Sturgis were gone.

I know the bikes long gone now but just seeing this video for the first time. FYI thats not a 73 front end. Its missing the 73 only "banana" caliper.

better than a moden 883? He is correct mine is 4sale in England prices are thru the roof here !

I have a 72 Iron Head, building a Hard Tail

That red is gorgeous On It! But Is that A harley davidson badge on the tank Or decal?

People hating on the bars in the comments make no sense, im not gonna ride my 74 a thousand kilometres on a roadtrip with the standard droopy buckhorns, moderate size apes all the way for long trips.

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The first thing I noticed on this bike is that it has a XLH oil tank and an electric start which I don't remember ever been put on a XLCH. Maybe Harley rebranded the XLH(known as the slower Sportster) an XLCH after they boosted it to 1000. Does anybody know?

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Put some 50w in that thing

Chicks love em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what folks think about when you talk about classic hogs.

The left side of the engine is even nicer looking IMO. Where do you get your SAE information about engine life? Is there a link to it?

Beautiful bike, sounds great, but it is not an XLCH. It's an XLH. Nothing wrong with that, but let's identify it correctly. XLCH's are kick start, XLH's are electric start. Even the lower triple tree on this bike very clearly says "XLH". And I agree with everything you say about old Ironheads - I've owned and ridden one since 1978. You've got a really nice one here. But please, lose the apes...

I don't see a speedometer

5k or less

not a xlch . CH models are kickstart only

No meters?

Cool bike but Iron heads aren’t worth a damn, 2-3k running all day. Maybe 5k if it’s prestige original paint, which this isn’t. They are trying to sell it like it’s worth a million bucks.

I have a 73 as well. Where do u get parts for this bike

The reason Americans don't want to pay a premium price for a 50 year old bike is because you can buy a brand new one for what people want for an old bike that you can't ride without breaking down...don't get me wrong, I love classic iron, but if I have to pay the same money as a new one, or at the very least a much more recent used bike, that old bike will keep sitting there...I had a 1974 ironhead...wouldn't have another one if it was free...couldn't get past the end of the driveway good without something breaking or falling off...or both...never again...

You look way to big for the bike,how tall are you?

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Not sure what it is, but that thing looks gay!!