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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Iron Chief
I have a '79 Ironhead Sportster and a 2008 Ultra, but nothing looks and sounds as good, to me, as my '82 Electraglide Shovelhead. I agree that you have to love wrenching and know a little something about mechanics and electrical to maintain one of these, but most of the wrenching is getting them to run like you want them to in the beginning. Most of the time now, anything that goes wrong is generally a 30 minute or less fix; and the best part is that I can fix it in a parking lot or on the side of the road - can't do that with the newer computer controlled, fuel injected stuff. Just my humble opinion.


SWEET looking ride. I just wish some of y'all were nearby and could go look at this one with me. I'd feel a lot better knowing there was someone there who knew WTF they were looking at.
 
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