I am 52 yrs old and grew up with Shovels and Ironheads. I just missed out on buying this bike today, it went for $5,500 NZ Dollars and I can't stop looking at the pics.

Its gotten into my soul and evokes my teenage riding years so much that it hurts.....I think I am going to have to sell the Twin Cam and get me a Shovel

 

Guys like us ( of a particular age group,) need both, IMO.

 

Too bad you didn't get it ...
Btw is NZ bad about control on exhaust sound , size of license plates ...?

 

the sissy bar / and the rear mechanical bannana rear brake do it for me i would have bought just for that alone -- jz

 

YA THINK NZ WOULD APPROVE MY EXHAUST??? LOL LOL

 

I'm looking at the rear brake and if I see it correctly it is a caliper that is operated by linkage and a lever in the caliper ... Kind of like the Emergency brake on rear disc brake equipped cars .... Very different!

 

same here larry-- i saw this on a go-kart before-- it has a worm type gear inside like the actuator on a sporty clutch -- i wonder how had it is to make the brake work -- no assist from the juice -- racing bicycles have a set up like this -- but its cable --

 

Nah, very slack on everything really....Cops expect Harleys to be loud..

 

Apparently my question was stupid to you but where i live cops don't bother us for exhaust sound but are stricts on helmets , in Germany you have to get a huge license plate , in some states high ape hangers are forbidden , in Hawaii you can ride without helmet but gotta wear glasses .... so i was wondering what was the points about cops are stricts in NZ . But nevermind , i'll ask someone else .

 

Wow! I dont think the guy was trying to be rude, I mean he pretty much answered your question. Bike up above is pretty sweet find, just needs a 21 inch in the front and good to go.