POS
1967 FLH
$12,500
Cash or trades of equal, or lesser value with cash
UL/ULH motor or basket case
'60's to '80's Cadillac convertible
1967 FLH Shovelhead. Built it for myself over the course of a year and finished 7/09. I'm selling b/c I have two other bikes and a car I want to finish sooner rather than later. Everything new or rebuilt (except the lower end of the motor and the ratchet top on the trans). It's got about 3500 miles since, and only about 2000 of those on this transmission. I did a 1700 mile trip right when it was done, so this thing is a runner. I built it to be a cool but practical bike: swingarm, passenger pegs and p-pad (not included in sale) for 2 up, saddle bag (cool old bubble bag with custom mount), kick and electric start. It is. If you aren't familiar with these already, this model was only available from '66 to '69, and it's not easy to find at all, much less mostly original and in good shape. The lower end of the motor is similar to the earlier panhead, while the cylinders and heads are shovelheads, which at the time were new and improved. I recently swapped out the magneto (seen in pictures) for a new aftermarket ignition with points. Starts great, runs great, needs nothing.
Original cases and cylinders w/ matching belly numbers and good VIN w/ matching TITLE
Original cylinders beaded, then bored and honed to .060 over by Zippers Performance (www.zippersperformance.com) and fitted to .0015 clearance on new cast pistons, rings, pins. Rods straightened. OEM Heads (later year) got a pretty full treatment at Zippers (glass beaded, new guides, valves and seats recut, decked) (thanks Adam).
Every gasket and seal replaced
Split rocker boxes, w/ OEM rockers gone thru, new chrome and stainless hardware. Stainless oil lines and compression fittings.
- New Andrews J grind camshaft (rest of the camchest is original), respaced
- Hydraulic lifters (disassembled, cleaned, inspected) and chrome blocks
- everything painstakingly broken in and retorqued.
Stock OEM frame and swingarm (new bearings and seals), New shocks and studs. Freshly powder coated. Even the upper and lower front tank mounts are still on the frame and I have the rear tabs in case you wanted to go back to stock. Only add ons to the frame are 2 small tabs for seat mounts and passenger peg mounts.
OEM trees, risers and legs (shortened 1.5") w/ fresh seals, stainless covers. All w/ new powder coat.
Front drum brake w/ New cable, perch and parts.
OEM hubs and rims w/ new seals and sealed bearings. Powdercoated w/ Stainless Steel spokes
Bobbed front and rear fenders; shortened and boxed fender struts, custom side mount taillight and tag bracket
Custom ceramicoated 2:1 exhaust w/ turnout
axed style tank w/ hidden mounts and 55-56 emblems (slugs in frame)
New chrome horseshoe oil tank w/ filter
- Convert to Jockey shift w/ 70-84 mid controls. Passenger pegs and mounts. Hidden kickstand
- New Primo Brute Classic 1.5" belt drive+ pro clutch........ electric start w/ trimmed primaries and New sealed bearing.
- New GB XSO gold o-ring chain
- New set of Firestones, swingarm bearings+races, MC rebuild and New wheel cylinder
- New aftermarket chrome circuit breaker with auto advance and points (replaced Morris magneto in pics).
- New 4" headlight (H-4 bulb), powdercoated, narrowed bars, internal throttle
- Seat pan w/ rigid mounts and wrapped in hand tooled leather
- SU Carb, new manifold seals
- New Glass Mat battery, wiring, circuit breakers and switches
- New Cycle Electric generator and starter, New solid state regulator
- OEM '69 4spd transmission case w/ all new everything (Andrews Gears and shafts, Jims race, bearings, bushings, etc)
- Custom saddle bag bracket and OEM Bubble bag, plus luggage rack that mounts to rear fender (see picture at bottom of page)
Walk around tour
Running+riding
With Timer now installed
Bagger Mode
THE BUILD
Everything new (Jims or Andrews) in the original transmission case (no repairs on case). Not a leaky old 4 speed anymore.
Heads, cylinders, pistons got love from Zippers Performance. Cam chest and oil pump gone through, rods straightened. Cases inspected but not split.
.JPG)
.JPG)
Every nut and bolt apart, back from Paint and powder coat. Forks rebuilt, wheels built with all new parts and stainless spokes, etc. New tires. all new stainless, Grade 8 hardware (some chrome). Etc.
.JPG)
The Imperfections, and I mean "imperfections" (see video below)
small chip in fin on front head missing (presumably from a mousetrap gone awry in the past)
There was a frame repair on the left down tube on the frame long before I got the bike. It's done well, but you can tell when you look at it, which is why I'm pointing it out.
General wear than can occur over the course of 3000 miles on a well kept motorcycle.
Paint is an 8 out of 10. The painter didn't bring his A game:
the panels on the gas tank aren't perfectly symmetrical
some blems in the rear fender
paint flaked off rear Master Cylinder (so it's now basically an old chrome finish), and some on the brake drums.