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Shovel heads and jugs were handy to replace Pan heads with worn bronze valve seats and cylinders with no remaining overbores. Back in the proverbial day bikers used their scoots as daily riders and basic transportation. Many of us didn't bother owning cars or trucks. (I didn't until age 28.)
What mattered was reliability and low downtime. If you want to know why bikers installed Shovel top ends, look at some of the cracked, worn out Pan heads owners are spending mad cash on to restore!
No you are not right, a Pan Shovel is a Pan that has been converted to have Shovel heads, hence a Pan Shovel.
The first shovels started in 1966, the Genny Shovels were from 66 to 69, thereafter you got Cone Shovels, aka known as pimple shovels.
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