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1979 Harley Davidson Shovelhead swingarm Chopper Build Start To Finish
All the heavy fab, machining and welding were done by a friend at his shop. I did all the easy stuff like tighten bolts, build wheels, built motor and painting. Built mostly by me with a lot of guidance and help from friends. Build time was about 8-9 months.
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A Shovelhead and Motorhead..... both are awesome
Finally someone gets it!!! Motorhead and old school chopped and bobbed iron horse from hell !!!
@c.j.bakker5653
2 жыл бұрын
🤘🤘
Choppers & Motorhead were so meant for each other. Iron Horse, Born to Lose!
Must be cool riding a motorcycle you build with your own hands
great vid thanks, didn't even have to turn the music down! love the gold frame
Love the swing arm. Nice clean look. Well done dude.
Love ❤.. Harley Davidson 🇺🇸... amazing motorcycle... showww my friend 🇧🇷... here in Brazil 🇧🇷😎👍...my favorite..
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers 🥂
SPEED KILLS. Ride Shovelhead and live forever.
Thanks for documenting that build and sharing. Awesome bike!
I used to customise like this when I was a youngster, but now in mid-60s I tend to go for bolt-on, off the shelf parts, because my knees, back, neck, shoulders, hands etc are shot so I can't do it the "proper way" any more. Great job brother.
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Jess hey at least you’re still doing it and having fun! All that matters. I’m Just trying to keep the tradition going
@Jesse-B
4 жыл бұрын
@@benjeffweldingandfabricati251 And doing a damn good job at it I must say. My first chopper in 1974 was a 67 Triumph Bonneville with a 9" over springer and rigid arse end, which had an identical rear tyre to yours... is it a 5.00x16 Avon? and a 3.00x21 front. Now I rip around on a fairly stock 99 road king. It weighs nothing once you're rolling but 340 Kg is a handful for an arthritic old bugger maneuvering it with feet on the ground.
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Jess yeap, those are the tyres. That’s cool man, I’ve had a few triumph choppers too. have a ‘69 T120R in boxes that’s been patiently waiting to get put back together. Gonna go for a bud ekins desert sled look on that one
@Jesse-B
4 жыл бұрын
@@benjeffweldingandfabricati251 There are a few portions of American culture indelibly printed on Australian culture of my era, including (but not limited to) Harleys, blues music, and v8 cars. In the 80s I had a stripped down hotted up 86 cube rigid shovel that could pull a power mono in 3rd gear, jeez I miss those days.
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Jess hell yeah!!
All that and the using a couple lose zip ties for the cables. Gorgeous bike.
Perfect my brotha, absolutely, perfect.........
Just dig that, man. Music, vid, the project. Thanks for sharing.
Nice clean build. Everything looks great. Bet it ride’s good too.
Very classy build, I dig it👍🏻
the two best things in the world: motörhead, an EPIC bike
polished steel >> chrome. beautiful bike
This bike is sick..... nice work!
Nice build mate. I've got an 84 Big Twin Softy Evo Skinny with a similar stance :)
That Sir is a fine bike.
Amazing talent!
First time I enjoyed the background music, hell yeah🤘🏻🤘🏻
Swing arms on these frames is so much cooler than a rigid
@camgnilpe9300
4 жыл бұрын
opinions are like assholes mattysixx!
Great build!!!
Nice build indeed. I kept my sporty and Trumpee and bought a shovelhead roller for $500, at last I found a bargain, they usually elude me.
@camgnilpe9300
4 жыл бұрын
in your fucking dreams!
Super cool, old school....nice job.
A real beaut.
Nice work. Polished is way better than chrome! It's worth all the work.
Nice work man! Came out great
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
6 жыл бұрын
Judson L thanks!
@larrydoss7289
4 жыл бұрын
That is a very nice bike brother
Nice scoot!
Goddamn, that is a sweet build!!
Wow
I build my own also, but you put in much more attention to detail. I'm more swap meet special.
Killer build man!
Hmmm dang man I dont know if I would of done that trade... To be honest there aint much performance difference between the Shovel and the Iron. The Ironheads make really nice choppers especially when I run 4 spark plugs in them they can do circles around a Shovelhead all day long plus I can leave the bar much faster too with much more reliable starting!
That’s awesome ! Love the gold, also Motörhead fucking rules!
That was a great video!
amazing job!! be proud!!! i know i am with my own. :)
How many STAYED for the Motorhead? The chase is better than the catch.
@chrismckell5353
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely did.👍
no front brake...brilliant
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
5 жыл бұрын
Darren Oliverio if you’re scared go to church!
Hey man this build is fantastic and is serving as a model for my own build. I have a 79 FXEF 80 and I'm running pretty much the same setup on the rear with a round swingarm from a 72 flh. I was wondering if you'd be willing to fab me up some rear axle spacers/adapters as well as the shock spacers for purchase?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
Жыл бұрын
That’s hard to do without the bike to get em just right. If you look on lowbrow they have wheel spacer kit that would get you close
I’d ride that. And I’d ditch the short trip tank for some real stretch. Bike’s should ride from here to therre
👏👏🇧🇷🤠✋gostei
It's cool
sweet nothing like a fresh sled check out my pan last winters build
Did he have any problems with the windowed neck like unstable ride? Thanx H.
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 ай бұрын
Nope no problems
Nice build. What are those exhaust pipes?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 жыл бұрын
Paucho
motorhead... song?
@SvenJunior
6 жыл бұрын
the chase is better than the catch - from the ace of spades album
Oh, man, 🤩
Why didn't I ever think to just use the dang dishwasher? Great idea. Duh!
dont seem a very good trade.triumph and a sportster for shovelhead in a box.
Rad!!
Hello stunning build.what is the RAL code for the gold?
This is one of my favorite choppers I've ever seen. Is this the stock rake?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 жыл бұрын
Was like 32? & thanks!
@Wyrdrock
3 жыл бұрын
@@benjeffweldingandfabricati251 thanks! Much appreciated, it looked like it might be a bit less in the video so I was curious
Where is the battery on this bike?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 жыл бұрын
It was a small antigravity under the oil tank
Nice build man! can you tell me what modification was done to the frame? Great stance!
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Tane Morgan not much other than slight rake and windowed neck. Thanks!
What are Your tricks for polishing?? Very nice job
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Whitey Mcproud corse grit like 320 up to 3000 grit sandpaper. Then hit it on the buffer.
Music sounds like Phil Rudd
What width rear wheel did you go with for the back? What tires did you use?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 жыл бұрын
It had a stock 16” shovelhead wheel for a while, switched to a 18” sportster hoop laced to a dual flange shov hub. Can’t remember what tire that was.
@Wyrdrock
3 жыл бұрын
@@benjeffweldingandfabricati251 do you know if the rear wheel was 3" wide or 3.5" wide? thanks!
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
3 жыл бұрын
@@Wyrdrock oh sorry, yeah 3.5” width
@Wyrdrock
3 жыл бұрын
@@benjeffweldingandfabricati251 Thanks! So in the video was it using the 16" or the 18" rear?
Hi Ben! great job!! where did you get those exhaust pipes??????
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
5 жыл бұрын
cicciobau paughco
what kind of polish you use
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Toro Rouge buffing compound bars, green cutting bar then blue polishing bar. I could do more mirror finish if I had a nice buffer to separate compounds/wasn't so lazy.
Are you still riding it in 2019 ?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
baileytom78 yes i am, check out my channel all i do is bike stuff
Does anyone else that voice,(build tho chopper sayth the lord)
No front brake, no leverage narrow bars, suicide shift. Yikes!
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
4 жыл бұрын
Alan Burgess it’s so you can still ride handcuffed, duh
@camgnilpe9300
4 жыл бұрын
you are a 21st century pussy burgess! youand your buddy 21st century pussies will be the downfall of class and cool! FUCKOFF!
Dude really 10 inch wide bars bro really ? What fucking Mag did you ever see that crazy bullshit ?
@benjeffweldingandfabricati251
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Laverty it’s so you can still ride while handcuffed, bro!
Only took me 3 minutes to build mine....lol