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Old 10-11-2023, 10:35 AM
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Default Custom Harley Shovelhead Build Is Pure Old School Cool
Custom Harley Shovelhead Build Is Pure Old School Cool
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A vintage build in a sea of modern bikes.


 
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10-11-2023, 11:36 AM
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I was around when school wasn't old.
Nobody ever built a bike like that. Trust me.
 
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Old 10-11-2023, 11:10 AM
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Wow a ugly shovelhead, that seat and tank are fugly
 
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I was around when school wasn't old.
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What the blue f**k did they do to that poor bike ?

 
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I do like the Harley's I-Beam Springer.
 
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Nobody that was right in the head back then ever built a bike like that.
 
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yep
fat chix were better than no chix
 
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Nobody that was right in the head back then ever built a bike like that.
Look up some of Dragonman's and Ness's early stuff
 
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You guys have dug up and displayed stupid doofus crap before, but this one takes the cake. Calling it old school is an insult. Go away please.
 
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Effing shame to do that to a shovel.
 
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