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1980 Harley-Davidson Custom - dakotaclassiccycles

Owner:   dakotaclassiccycles
Year: 1980
Make: Harley-Davidson
Model: Custom
Est.Horsepower: 70
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About my Custom

What once started life as a 1980 superglide has now been given a 2nd chance at life. We built the bike starting with a frame and set of cases from stock and all the rest was fabricated from used parts. Tanks were dished and the frame moulded to give it a look usualy found on choppers. The exhaust was modified with internal flamethrowers in the fishtail pipes while relaceing the wheels with 80 spoke twisted chrome spokes.

The motor and tranny were built to stock specs but now are home to a B grind cam and S&S B carburator. A 3 inch Tech Cycles open belt drive transfer the power to the suicide clutch, jocky shift transmission. The whole process is started solely by the Kick Starter, no buttons here.........

Paint is base coat clear coat House Of Kolor Black and Red with hand laid HOK pinstripeing. This bike was built in 5 days trying to be ready for Daytona bike week 2007 and is a complete blast to ride. Since Daytona it has been ridden over 18,000 miles in all weather types and performes perfectly.

You can check out more of the bikes we are building for the Rats Hole Show 2008 by going to www.dakotaclassiccycles.com

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dakotaclassiccycles
dakotaclassiccycles | New User
Posts: 5 | Joined 12/23/07
Posted: 12/26/07 03:22 PM

Actualy it had a s&s b with the superbowl pump on it during the pix, about 2 weeks ago i got it an e and moved the b to my new 74 ironhead im builkding for daytona. gota admit a E works better than the B.

Dakota
sqdealgeorge
sqdealgeorge | New User
Posts: 5 | Joined 12/25/07
Posted: 12/25/07 08:42 AM

this bike would probably start easier with an s&s e carb accelerator pumps makes kick start bikes easier starting  I'm a man of experience

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