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Old May 11, 2024 | 06:56 PM
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I figured I would post a little bit on here about my 76 FXE project to help keep me motivated. A quick backstory, I have a 2019 FLHXS that I’ve done work to and did a custom Tampa bay buccaneers paint job, being a die hard bucs fan I am, I wanted to get a 76 to do a throwback bucs bike to represent their inaugural season.

Purchased this to start the journey. The pictures I’m posting right now are how I got the bike. Running, but not riding. (Shredded rear tire and found out during the tear down that the clutch actuator was snapped in two).

I look forward to people following this with me and giving me some advice/insight going through this.















 
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Old May 11, 2024 | 07:01 PM
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Start of the tear down photos







 
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Old May 11, 2024 | 07:04 PM
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First round of powdercoat


 
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Old May 11, 2024 | 07:06 PM
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Second round of powdercoat and current state of the bike






 
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Old May 11, 2024 | 07:59 PM
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wow nice thread it took me there going to be bright looking bike
 
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Old May 11, 2024 | 08:39 PM
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Ok I'm not a bucs fan so I was trying to picture in my head what a theme bike might look like and I was digging what my brain cooked up. Then I got to the pic of the frame with those wheels and WOW! I like that and can wait to see the end result.
 
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Old May 12, 2024 | 08:10 AM
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This is going to be good, thanks for posting. I like you even used orange masking tape on the foam, lol.
 
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Old May 12, 2024 | 08:14 AM
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Not mine but another theme bike. Better when they were in Oakland.
 
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This is my current, more modern, street glide bucs bike


 
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Old May 12, 2024 | 08:30 AM
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Nice, but posting pictures of Twinkies in the Shovelhead section could be hazardous. I think I hear footsteps.
 
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