Just started on putting the flh together any help or advice would be appreciated

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Hi evomojo, I've just finished doing the same with my '74 Shovel. Not sure what you're lookin' for but feel free to ask. BTW, I live in Ennis, just south of Dallas on 45. You can e-mail me direct at bernynray@hotmail.com if you rather.

 

Evomojo,
if i lived in kingman, arizona, i would open a wharehouse for scooter builders who are hip to the fact that one hell of a lotta' stuff from aircraft will fit the scooters. we're talking mil. spec hardware! so far and away above the grade 8 on both quality and strength. well, i don't live near kingman (damnit!) so i make do by gittin' on friendly terms with my friendly neighborhood local airport parts counter guy who was impressed to find out the goods he was selling were going on a shovel. when that doesn't work i go to Aircraft Spruce and Speciality online to buy what i want
OK, time to shorten sail and let the cat outa' the bag. Aircraft mechanics who ridehave known for years (decades really) that airplane hardware is the cats mewow cause its all SAE thread pattern, coarse or fine; it is in fact the hardware that holds our military jets, rockets, tanks, you name it, together.
IF, and admittedly its a big if, you can get access to a hanger (somehow legitimately) and plead your way into the tenyear box (which is the box or drawer thats collected, for the last ten years,all the spare nuts and bolts and washers and fittings and spacers and snaprings and........ well, you get the idea) and be ready to offer a case of brews in swap you will find it worth your while cause nutin' fits so damn fine
my 66 shov was drenched in mil. spec. current one has less though.
one piece of advise that won't cost you a dime to follow is this: If you are thinking on using stainless steel hardware, nuts bolts, washers etc., consider this; it is as much as the life of you bike is worth that you DO NOT use ANY stainless from China,it is absolute crap and will gall and lock up, strip, round off, etc..
Try this, order some hi-temp nuts for to hold on your exhaust system from Aircraft Spruce and Speciality and they will send you a catalog that will go a long way to helping. Hint, order a couple'a diferent sizes for the muff brkts n clamps n stuff.
Sorry for the long windedness, intro to aircraft hardware is a caution but well worth it
any more info you are pleased to ask for should come with fewer words outa' me
hope this helps.
Skip, A&P, Caretaker of the last production Shovelhead

 

potatohead and last shovel
i need any advice you have i own 95 EVO i havent done anything to it except upgrades and changes that i wantedto do this old shovel is a friend of mine that lives in alaska he is coming home in june 08 me and a couple of freinds of mine stole it from him and want to have it going for him when he gets back he has no idea that we are doing this......motor has been rebuilt........good tranny.......powdercoated frame...... the rest looks like pics......we need all the fasteners to hold one together....i know someone at the local airport...Legend Aircraft that rebuild old planes i will definatly hit him up we have some insight to the wiring and alinghnment of the major components we have a strange belt drive primary that is not like my primo or my bro's bdl ...pics to follow...we still need a lot of misc parts and tips on easy and cheap to get it going not wanting show bike just a putt for a bro.........any advice on timing.....parts locator.....cheap parts.....or gen knowledge would be greatly appreciated.........................
MOJO