42 years on my shovel and still lovin it

Have had my 1983 FXWG since new. Love the Shovelhead motor on it. Easy to maintain to me.

Started on a Flathead, then scored a Shovel Loved that bike even took her to West Germany when I was in the service. Then I inherited a Blockhead from a Brother who's time came way sooner then he should have. 32 years later I have to tell ya it truly was an evolution. Love them Shovels but I aint ever giving up my Blockhead! Choppers for Life!

I have been enjoying your content. I love the fact that you portray the real "Old School Biker" Not the Times magazine character that has plagued the Harley Davidson community for decades. Every real/old school biker I have met or ridden with are good hearted, goofy and fun loving guys. Even when I was riding old Honda's and getting into motorcycles the "Old Harley Guys" still had respect for the fact that I was on two wheels. Had stories of the days they too rode on New in their day Hondas and were building choppers out of them. In a time of fostering social division, motorcycles are truly unifying. Old, Young, Red, blue Elephant or Ass. We are all the same when cracking the throttle and a smile. Keep it up!

A old shovel is alot like owning a VW beetle. Set the timing often. Adjust the valves often. Set the points often.Its a labor of love.

Digging the jig at the end.your Sombrero and flip-flops really set the bar high for any KZfaqr to emulate 😊.

I have owned three down thru the years.Pans and Shovels were current when I was riding them.We modded them with changing the front sprocket as well as the rear sprocket to get it out of that vibration mode at sixty to sixty five.Cammed them up with Andrews cams.They ran pretty good!I chaged the front sprocket to a 24 and the rear to a 46.It went down the hiway pretty good!

Go Shovelheads! I have a 79 FLH 80ci modified with 2" phase 3 open belt drive, Morris mag, foot clutch and jockey shift, bare bones, no battery, no key, Mad Max machine. I have made many special parts through the years as I worked in the machine shop. I purchased it new in 1980 from Buds HD in Evansville, IN. $4,200.

Love the videos bro. I have a 1980 FXB Sturgis Special, love my old shovelhead. Cheers 🍻

Hot damn, Shovelheads and Surf music...what could be better?

Squirrel is the shit. Gotta like a guy who does what he says. So you're rockin now.🤙

Passion beyond all reason. Got to respect the love shovelhead guys have for their bikes because I know it can be mind twisting exercise in frustration keeping one of these running down the road..not for those who just want to ride....it should be kick, ride, REPAIR, repeat.

Damn brother that is one fine looking engine can't wait for the finished bike keep them coming I'll keep watching ride safe my brother

Hahaha, you got some moves 😂 Shops like Squirrel's are few & far in-between. Too bad you didn't spring for some nice hardware lol. Tom sent you a treasure chest with that S&S kit 👍 I hope he's in the running for that clean Sportster.

I like the shovelhead looks nice.but not show bike nice.looks like a ridden motor.if that makes sense.ride on ride safe

That dude does some good work. We will get yo. to 10,000 and beyond!!

I so enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work. I can't wait to see that old shovelhead running. That is my favorite engine.

I am in a 3 piece club. And I wear a full face helmet. Protect your brain kids

I I'm 69 years old. I write a 59 FL H withe 1972 shovel heads. I would really like to see. On how to rebuild the lower end and balance the wheels. In my opinion the best year for shovel head was nineteen sixty nine And didn't have that big gap of aluminum hang off the left side With the alternator and all that john came out there And it look prettier

Nice to see you doing community service cleaning up the road ditches. That helmet looks pretty bad but we don't know how bad the truck looks like that hit him. I don't know if the Shovelhead was the best motor but it sounds better then Evoheadffej. Another great video.

This video does NOT suck...My .02 cents....

I've had my 75 FLH since 1980. I never gave alot of thought to the work I did on it I can and I have completely rebuild my bike a couple times(Michigan winters). The one thing about working on my bike is I know at all times what condition it's in. When I twist the wick on my ride I'm confident.

Lol “No homo” man it’s been awhile since I heard that 😂 Just subscribed and it’s awesome. Love the page brutha

Bought my shovel new in " 77 " and just about got it tweaked in !!!

Had a '83 Tour Glide for 14 years and never gave me a bit of trouble! But it did mark it's spots, but in my opinion, The EVO motor is just as reliable and doesn't leak oil. I've had this old'99 Heritage Softail for quite awhile and never had a bit of trouble either.

Awesome Video ... I have never owned a Shovelhead my first was a '93 FLHS Evo In the years since I have had a couples "Twinkies" '08 Crossbones & a '03 Fatboy. Today I sling a leg over a '96 FXSTC.

I tell ya. Maybe it’s just where I have shovels on the Brain lately. But I stared at that thumbnail for a few minutes until I finally noticed you in it lol.

People are great out there! Yes us old guys grew up a little different. Thanks for showing your humble side!

love that shop in Ft. Meyers. I've had many a shovelhead and still do. when set up right and put together right they are reliable & run a long time. as far as the best eng the co. made, Evo's are my vote, but I'll still a shovel.

I like my 2020 lowrider have 63,000 miles on it very reliable.m8s are great way to go harley hitting 4 vales per cylinder.wow.

#sorrybud .... but the Evolution engine is the best engine that Harley ever produced. And by "best" I mean the simplest design possible, infinitely rebuildable and maintained with (mostly) hand tools (by the owner of the bike), litany of aftermarket parts and support.....and sadly the Shovelheads (like ironheads) can expand/contract significantly from cold-operating temperature... Every engine after the Evo...was just the complication of a simple and efficient design... Exhibit A: As the EPA deemed the Evo's camchest was "too noisey" and produced "Audio Pollution " (like from the movie Ferngully) the Twin cam and its time 💣 of a timing chain tensioner was conceived and brought to the assembly line. Love you channel BTW... thanks for sharing

Computers kill everything they touch. One thing my shovel never needed was more moving parts.

Some old sayings come to mind. One is "if ya got a $10 head. Wear a $10 helmet"! Point is, not sayin ya have to spend a fortune, but investment in a good helmet CAN save ur life!! Get one that is comfortable, and over time you will feel UNCOMFORTABLE if ur not wearin it!!! Keep up the good work FEEJ!! Look forward to your new "ADVENTURES"! Leavin ( Mn) for my 41st STURGIS in a couple days!!! RIDE SAFE!!!

Full face is the way to go… i have 36 titanium screws and 3 plates holding my lower jaw together now.

Sweet choppers on the stands in his shop. 😎👍

Shovels are the best sounding Harley In my opinion. Plus they are so easy to work on and keep maintained and tuned in my experience with them. But I am a Evo FXR fan. Just can't help myself

Damn FFEJ, I can't "unsee" that dance thing at the end...haha The motor looks like it came out great and I'm going to keep Squirrels info in my list of bike repair guys, just in case. I'm really looking forward to riding that bike I win around my neighborhood! Hug Ms. De De for me. Peace, Eric in Kissimmee.

That sportster is COOL!! Love that paint!

I just stumbled across your channel and I like your style. I just subscribed. Have a good day man.

The surf music throughout the vid was most excellent, love it.. And I wear a Shoei full face, and wouldn't wear anything cheap to protect My dome. How much is Yer brain worth? Methinks it's worth a helluva lot more than the few hundo a quality helmet costs, if Ya gonna wear one.

Funny video, love it. I'm in holland for 3 days and wearing your Tshirt, hope it will bring you some more subscribers 😎👍

A friend of mine has a stroked Shovelhead he takes out now and then. He is up in age and says the thing scares him

Fun helmets. My mother worked for Buco helmets back in the sixties. About the time I started riding my mother comes home with two new half helmets and asked me to wear one.(I said ok,but only one) she made those two helmets herself. She also gave men a Buco leather jacket. I wore the leather out but still have and still use the helmets.

Well I now have two ironhead frames, a 79 and 73, and a 83 motor. I don’t need the 79 frame FFEJ so I remember you saying you need it, do you still need it? 79’ is the Bastard year, everything about that year is “ONLY” so being the poor dude I am, I can’t use it and won’t be able to because I just won’t! So let me know bruh!💯🇺🇸🏍️🙏🏻

One of the coolest motor is shovel ...but not called trouble shovel for a reason....I have to old ironheads....

Couple daze late watching this video. Very cool thank you for sharing. Bell helmet. And good boots. My step dad taught me good

I love my 2020 lowrider 107 M.8.

I have a 72 stroker shovel that runs like a cheetah. I've out run a lot of bikes that pulled up beside me after I whooped there ass and said, what the hell have you got in that thing.

Who makes that engine stand? I need a couple of those. I built one that rotates but I could use a couple of those static stands.

IMHO try to keep em stock do the maintenance change the oil and they're good to go

I think the shovelhead motor is a sexy thing to look at, B.T.W. dude who repaired those busted fins on the heads is a genius🏆🇺🇲

👍👍👍👍 very Kool of tom . And he lives in my town 2....

I have owned three shovels and I loved them,but get them up to speed on the hiway and they start sucking wind.The five speed FXR that I owned was better but still not very fast.

Miss D's doing a great job behind the camera. I'm from the biggest and most isolated state in the world called Western Australia! Stretch is my name and I just brought a 2012 softail slim with 103 motor. Please let me know your opinion On this bike, only if you have time. Cheers Shovelhead you Rock man...

The shovel is the first one that got me into Harley's in 1975 & without doubt in my mind the best looking engine HD ever built but the most reliable has got to be the 1200 evo.

I thought the Evo was the best motor hd ever built! I ride a 96 twin and work on it often! So far so good, with 65,000 miles!

just got my rooster sticker from ffej & dede. very cool, hand written, thank you card. you must have dede writing them out because the penmanship is too neat for any guy i know. thank you

I would've changed all nuts and bolts to stainless so they wouldn't rust

Dam that’s a really quick turnaround time!!! How long did it actually take in real time? I don’t like to judge off of KZfaq time. Does he offer to paint or powder coat the jugs for ya, or would you have had to go and get them done separately before he assembled it?

Kinda of expected more about shovelheads but good video anyways. Thank you for your content

Thanks!

Thats gonna run that chaff cutter machine like nothing else, because the EVO is the most reliable motor they ever built and thats a fact JACK

that's what you do when your off season santa?

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼 That Snaggletooth air cleaner!

Commenting to comment on comments. Cheers and be safe

I watch your videos and I’m Chinese…Jeff😂😂😂

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Cool bikes in that shop 😎. Is that a bulldog or gargoyle carby air cleaner. Your rebuilt 103 and 74 cube motors are cool 😎.Amazing your mechanic could replace the motor fins. Yeah not good on the back moving them around. Wow that china helmet looked like a shit push bike helmet. Wow Tom your de man. Ps the Mexican hat is cool. Great video 👍

Bought a hat. About five minutes after i pressed the buy button someone threw it through my window. Awesome turn around time ffeJ.

Brother Mate , G'day to you and Choppa Rod , as all ways love your work , I love Jockey Shift so I'll have that one thank's Brother , I'll be watching the mail , It looks like that Stroker Shovel stuff your back well you wont need it now , so just send it to me as well .😉

great video brother as always

just wondering if you send the bottom end out to get balanced here in kansas trutt and osborne in wichita is the place to go

What is the story on setting valves ?

Great video Ffej!!!😁

The best is a 1973 Aermacchi ss 350

1:53 music title? please tell me

Good motor Just don't over rev them.

What is the name of the shop you had your motor done at in video.Thank you

Can youput evo top end ona shovel block

So I guess you are going to keep that evo ignition. Been thinking of pulling my motor out and having gone through just for the peace of mind.

Hey ffej, i don’t know if you noticed this or not, im not being a jerk, i just wanted to know if you noticed the front cylinder head, the third fin down from the top, the side to the right of the spark plug, has a crack starting to develop on that fin. Again im not trying to be a jerk or a troll, it was just something i happened to notice while watching. And if you already know about it, sorry to bother you with this!! Motor still looks good!!👍

What's going on, Ffej, dam Squirel did that motor fast, seemed like it was about 3 weeks. Anyway, yall have a good one down their, see ya next time.

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Lots and lots of issues with shovels.. hard-core HD fans just learned to adapt overcome and cope to the point of normalizing the flaws..

103 ci is too big for a shovel. You will have issues with starting it. Ask me how I know. The starter, Bendix, kicker gear, wiring, clutch and solenoid were not designed for that much compression and power. I had to downsize mine to 93ci by going with smaller pistons and jugs.

sh0velheads r c00l but ir0nheads rule!!! 🤘😎🤘

The best motor Harley ever made?…….. not even close. It is ONE of my favorites but not the best……………

Troublehead

No it's not. The shovelhead was good for the sixties but couldn't keep up. The Evo came out as a shovel on steroids that could hold together. The Evo saved Harley from going out of business, energized the whole motorcycle industry in general, and was one of the greatest engines ever to roll down the road of any kind.

Trouble Head.

Anyone that says shovel is the best motor Harley made don’t ride there bike hard and is most definitely a mechanic to keep that thing running. Any real Rider knows the evo was the best

just say no to commies

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I have a Heritage Softail 2006 . Not a shovel, but I like your channel . And yes I am subscribe.

Hey uncle @shovelheadffej please tell me about this music 1:53