I had a 72 Shovel back in the day. An FX with a panhead front end, star hub laced to a 19" rim with custom Lockheed caliper, 5 gal tanks. It had an 80 cu " evo crank with 74 barrels, Crane cam, Accel ignition parts and I modified a Keihin butterfly carb to create a poor man's S&S. Started with a single kick every time.
Mine is an FXE witrh a springer front end and, per the previous owner, supposed to be stroked out to 86 CI. It was in a low side crash before I got it so the forward controls are FUBARed, but the engine runs great. He obviously drained the float bowl before he put it in storage. S&S Shorty E carb and when I disassembled it, it was clean. Put it back on and fired her up. I did have to sort a bit of wiring that somebody started to "clean up" and left half of it disconnected. Still needs brakes, gas tank, and several other items to be roadworthy. Gonna be a fun project if I can ever find the time...
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