Beautiful 1959 H-D XLCH Sportster Rarest-close to stock!
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2021
- Wonderful find at Baxter Cycle. An amazing 59 XLCH Sportster, WOW! Only a few thousand Sportsters were made in 1959 and this one is Beautiful. Wahoo!
Video 100 on this channel! 
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I had a 67 stop rocker A 69 mostly stock big cam polished and ported heads and a 63 mostly stock back in the late 80s and 90s this in the nicest Sportster I’ve seen in 30 or 40 years !
This one is was a beauty...Sold to someone in France. Wahoo!
Awesome video no words can describe how beautiful that bike is you are extremely lucky
Beautiful machine. This one was shipped to France. Wahoo!
I have a 1957 sportster that my grandpa bought brand new in 57
I bet that's an amazing bike.
I know it's late for the comment but I do love this bike. What a shame it has left us. I own a 68 xlch. Ive owned it for 20 years. It also has the zenith carb. Its a rider. I wanted to say the zenith is an upgrade because because it has an adjustable main jet which you can do on the fly. Comes in really handy if you are in altitude. I just really enjoy riding this bike. Ive rode it across country one time and it was the most real experience ever.
The late 60's era Sportsters were some of the best looking of bikes. You've really lived a good life if you've rode it cross country. Wahoo!
If you can master the internal throttle set up you will never go back. Super clean looking and super smooth.
I totally agree. Would love that on my personal Sportster. Wahoo!
I have a 1974 XLH LOVE IT
They are truly beautiful bikes...if you don't mind the work. Love mine too!
The carb looks like a Bendix Zenith, but it may be the original Tillotson, I can't tell from the video.
In some ways the Bendix would be an upgrade but the Tillotson had it's supporters. The main issue with the Tillotson was the diaphragm in place of a float & bowl. If the diaphragm got hard it would stick open. When I had the stock one on my 71 I carried a bike spoke to poke the diaphragm through the vent hole on the bottom of the carb. The other problem with the Tillotson was that, because it's the same as a chainsaw carb, the bike would have run upside down. Once, while off-roading, I dropped the bike on the carb (with no air cleaner) and filled the cylinders with dirt as the bike never really wanted to stop.
The other difference (alluded to by another commenter) is that the carb was a "push" carb. The throttle was a worm grip and a SS wire. There was no spring return (which idiots & the government hated) so, cruse control was standard for that carb (probably a motorcycle first, along with anti-lock brakes which were sometimes not appreciated). Because it was a "push" wire, unless you were pretty clever, you had to get a reverse worm grip to swap carbs or ditch the internal wire. If anyone did ditch the internal throttle, they should have kept it in a box. The Sportster handlebars with that throttle bring quite a premium; and even more would be the handlebars on this bike because it undoubtedly has the left grip internal advance for the mag.
You make want to run right out there with my checkbook....don't tell the wife. She's still mad about the 71 Honda SL350 I just bought.
I ran into this bike at Baxter Cycle on a visit to look at a Royal Enfield. Later, I actually met the previous owner who told me that he had purchased the bike 20 years earlier from the widow of the person that had restored it. Also said that in those twenty years he had never ran or rode that beautiful bike once. Really a shame. The bike was sold and shipped to a buyer in France. My hopes are that they get it running and put some miles on it. These Iron head Sportsters are really things of beauty, even more so when they are running and rode. Don't really know much about the carb on this one but do appreciate all the info you posted. I've got a 76 Sportster that I actually put a Mikuni on. That mod was going to be temporary but I like it so much I'm keeping it. The original carb is in a box. Thanks again for your comments. Wahoo!
I take it youve not seen to many early Sportsters in your life let alone been on to many ...very nice restobike
I suppose I've seen a few dozen over the years. Have only rode on a few iron heads, including my 76 sportster, and a few Evo sportsters too. Beautiful bikes...lots of work. They are all great bikes but to my eye the earliest ones are the best looking.
Beautiful bike the year I was born how much
I think this one sold to a collector in France. Not sure what they got for it. Beautiful motorcycle, for sure. Wahoo!
XL = Sportster , CH = Competition Hot ( slang I suspect ) bigger cams , higher compression , smaller countershaft sprocket and left grip should retard the mag so it doesn't send you over the bars - Intended to compete -W- Triumph & BSA's big Scrambler's in the market place - 1959 the Finest Vintage ..... same as me ............. Thanx Keith big fan of your Video's
It really was a nifty bike. Love these old Sportsters. Is 59 a good year? Yes, yes it is. Thanks!
There is one for sale in the south. Running, but the paint is umm confederate flag motif. Wasn't sure what it could actually look like. Awesome
@@eriklambert3809 would love to see that!
@@forgottenmotorcycles I just screen spotted it and can send pics
Would be nice to know how much they want for the old bikes. It’s never mentioned
Will try to mention more of that in the future. Thank you
Come on man. Start it. Hear it. Is it real ?
Would love to of ran this one. Ended up in France, of all places. Wahoo!
1959 XLH’s have aluminum side covers.
This particular bike has made its way to France.
Still looking for a honda shadow like yours. People are really full of smelly stuff. Wasting my time.
It took me months to find the right bike. So many scammers out there, this includes some dealers! Was very happy with what I finally found but even that deal had its problems. Keep up the hard work, it's worth it in the end.
@@forgottenmotorcycles Thanks, i check Craig's and marketplace every day
I think I finally found mine on marketplace. It is work to find a bike.