Thanks I’ll do my best.

You are welcome. I’m glad you like it

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it.

Thanks john, I’ll keep them coming.

Very cool.

Thanks for checking them out

Awesome glad I could help.

Thanks man.

Thanks man. I couldn’t agree more. Glad we are on the same page

you get old one day your thinking will change

@@donrice8026 I'm 72 now and my thinking hasn't changed yet. Granted there has been the odd time or two that it would of been nice to just tickle that button and go ( like when it's 110° out and it stalls in traffic) but I felt that way too when I was in my twenties. If I get to the point where I'm not physically capable of kick starting the Shovel I'll know it's time to pack it in, and yes I know that day will come.

@@74willy81 this is probably the best comment I’ve ever read.

I love four speeds and five speeds. The biggest difference I can fine between the two is with canyon riding. the extra gear in The five speed seems to be somewhere in between second and third the final drive gears are the same size between a four-speed and a five speed.

Another reason I like using 5 speed is the avalibility of different modern primary and clutch systems.

@@kct9967 and they are a lot more affordable compared to the four-speed

Thanks man!

Can’t go wrong with a chopper!

@@codyschoppercorner5727 Right on...

Awesome! I’m glad I could help! If you run into any problems let me know.

What would you like to see?

Just how you guys ended up setting up the open primary, clutch, controls you know, im about to do the same conversion on my shovel

Hahaha I get that. It’s really pretty easy though. And I’m glad you caught that! The lift is nuts. Built by some old biker in the 70s.

Hahaha I get that. But sometimes the feeling of manually getting it going is pretty rewarding. And yes, we got the heater working again haha.

Sounds like it’s going to be pretty damn solid to me !

well, that’s A tough one. Building a bike starting with only a engine is pretty damn hard not to mention way more expensive. When you start off with a donor bike you end up using a lot more then you would expect. Even little stuff like hardware adds up Quickly. I’ve done builds like this plenty of times and I have a pretty decent collection of parts in stock And I still usually get nickel and dimmed to death over the little stuff that you don’t think About. My opinion after doing this a few times (and I might make a video on it) is… buy a full stock bike running or not. Take inventory of all the parts that you can use from the stock bike (wheels, frontend, frame, drivetrain, etc.) that will give you a pretty good idea of what your going to need. Then you can make a large portion of your money back by selling what you don’t need from the stock bike and help you fund your build. I’ll go into more details when I cover this in a video. Hope this helps ya.

​@@codyschoppercorner5727 yea that makes sense for sure because I can sell what I'm not wanting to get what I want and after seeing how much shovelhead motors are you might as well buy the whole bike. Thanks for the insight, truly enjoy your content, very informative.

Not all at once but chucks cycles on KZfaq has a great video of doing it.

Thanks a lot man! I will check it out.

Yes you can.

On the inside yes

Usually if that model came with a kick starter and some didn’t come with the kick starter you can convert it using the factory pieces that came on the Kickstarter model.

@@codyschoppercorner5727 thank you

Most of the time this is all about simplicity, removing what you don’t absolutely need. Getting rid of the starter is also getting rid of potential issues with wiring and other moving parts. Another plus is being able to run a $20 dollar battery that only has to keep up with your ignition and lights. A battery that has enough CCA for starting a 74”+ engine usually cost around $150 and up.

I don’t know what bike you are referring two. But if some models came with a kick starter that year I bet it’s possible.

@@codyschoppercorner5727 i just wanna buy a 125 cc bike and i would like to have a kickstarter