| Author | Message | ||
     Socoken |
I am putting together a 93 inch stroker for a 72 flh. I have a set of forged pistons that will leave me with a compression ratio of 9.3 to 1. I would feel more comfortable at 8.5 to 1, but that would require a different set of pistons and rings. Is 9.3 to 1 too high for that mill? | ||
| Shupe |
I'm a Shovelheader (and also a recent M2 owner). As far as you question, it all depends on how your going to use the bike and the cam you select. 9.3 with a stock cam = detonation. You'll need longer duration to reduce the dynamic compression. I recommend www.shovehead.us for expert Shovelhead tech advice. | ||
| Patches |
1975 Harley Davidson  (Message edited by patches on July 17, 2009) | ||
| Road_thing |
Here's mine:  rt | ||
| Patches |
rt, Very nice, don't see many Shovelheads running around here (Ky) anymore. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
slight mis-spelling in the shovel head site. Disheartened shovel fans might try this: http://www.shovelhead.us/ That's the trouble with the internet: you gotta have every darn letter, and you must but them in just the right order.  | ||
| Shupe |
slight mis-spelling in the shovel head site. Disheartened shovel fans might try this: http://www.shovelhead.us/ That's the trouble with the internet: you gotta have every darn letter, and you must but them in just the right order. Oops! Thanks for the correction. | ||
| Patches |
"slight mis-spelling" I just blame it my thumbs getting in the way of typing. | ||
| Road_thing |
Thanks, Patches, I enjoy riding it. It's even fun to work on--real simple, kind of like a couple of Briggs & Strattons joined at the hip. Yours looks really nice--it oughta shine up real pretty! rt | ||
| Patches |
Thank You, Sir | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
 Not anywhere as near as nice as those above, but original Shovelheads are hard to find. Not the best pic, but since the PC crashed this is all I've got. Yes, those are STD Panheads. I call this my ShovelPan (because we all know what a PanShovel is)! | ||
| Road_thing |
Sweet! rt | ||
| Patches |
"ShovelPan", make the old timers do a double-take. Very Cool, really like the old bikes. Always wanted one like in the Dave Mann Painting. (Knucklepanshovel) Had an article in Easyrider Magazine on building one. Not that easy to do.  "I call this my ShovelPan (because we all know what a PanShovel is)!" Very Nice Job, Well Done Sir. | ||
| Swordsman |
My sword instructor has an original shovel head on his chopper. Pretty cool, first one I've ever seen in person. COnsidering it's a kick start, it fires up pretty easily (he can only get it to turn over one revolution per kick, since he weighs a whopping 140 lbs... literally has to stand on the kickstarter and bounce!). ~SM | ||
| Patches |
There is nothing like Building your own Bike from the ground up with Surplus Parts. You have to try it sometime if you have not already tried it. Once your done and Riding it down the street all the skint knuckles, aggravation and headaches will be a distant memory. Plus you will know everything there is to know about the bike. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Yep, one kick, with a points ignition! (and I weighed less than that!). | ||
| Eaton_corners |
My 1979, started life as a LowRider.  Currently doing a little upgrading.  | ||
| Mmmi_grad |
I owned a Panhead for 22 years. Sold it a few years ago for a handfull of reasons. I wish I still had it or an old bike but really these old bikes were fun but did require some fixing, even for a factory trained mechanic, these old bikes can suck more money right off your credit cards without you even knowing it! Most of these bikes are not on the road because the repair costs etc etc are just too high, or operator error. | ||
| Patches |
"Most of these bikes are not on the road because the repair costs etc etc are just too high"  My Old bike is 35 years old and restored. Has ben road hard and put up wet a many of times. It shows it age with faded chrome and rust although the paint still looks good it was repainted in 1979 after it was decommission Winchester Police bike and sold to the public. Anytime I want to ride it all I have to do is add gasoline. Sure it needs work on it, it's 35 years old mostly original. As far as cost of repair and parts it's on more expensive than anything else out there. It doesn't matter weather it's a 1950 or a 2010 your are going to half to work on it unless your a NON-Driver. I see more Per-Evolution Harley Davidsons running around here than there are any Buells running around town or country back-roads. | ||
| Eaton_corners |
Make no mistake, a 30 year old bike needs attention. But my bike "upgrades" are more cosmetic than mechanical. | ||
| Patches |
Eaton you have a really sharp looking bike and I see nothing wrong with personalizing it to the way you want it. Shovelheads Rule. Myself, I really hope someday I will have the money to do a ground up restoration on my bike. Put it back 100% original (or as close as possible) like new. | ||
| Superdavetfft |
I've got a 78 1/2 FXE Superglide that I've had forever. I've had it all the way down to the frame a couple times now. I'm just hoping to have the bucks to fix it up completely one of these days. It's hard to toss thousands into an old shovel when i can pick up a new 1125r for $6k  but one of these days I'll get back to her! Shovels rule! dave |
