Found a couple of my old snap shots yesterday.
While the Honda 750 is my absolute favorite bike, I also like many of the pre-evo Harleys and decided to build one. This winter project started out as a partial basket case that I bought in 1991 off some Navy guy while stationed in Great Lakes, IL. The title, engine and frame VIN numbers showed a 1970 FL Electra glide and I decided to go with the stock FX Super glide styling lines. Plenty of unwanted AMF parts for cheap back then and that’s how it became a FL/FX bitsa bike.
The 74” engine was rebuilt and balanced with 80" shaved flywheels, overbore pistons, Leineweber cam and a S&S super carb. Heads were ported & flowed by Dave Mackie in SoCal. The 4-speed transmission received the Andrews close ratio gear treatment for slick shifting. Other parts were a lightweight Tsubaki primary chain, Barnett clutch, Dyna-S ignition and stock FX exhaust. Lake Shore HD in Waukegan, IL provided the machine work, engine and transmission parts.
Forking by Frank made the longer Kayaba tubes and the stock style banana seat was made by Bob LePera. The stock parts interchangeability of the Harley design helped make this an easy and quick turnaround project. The bike turned out to be a strong runner nipping on the heels of evo owners and I ended up enjoying it for several years. Then it was sold and turned into a 70’s period chopper by the new owner and his son.
Pix were taken in 1993: