Work Begins on the 1979 Shovelhead FLH!

Let’s get those 1979 FLH back in the wind at Pops’ Place Garage!

[@raywalker2938]

Sir --Your as real as it gets.I have my 80 FXSB That has been under blankets for 10 years.I am so glad to see Our Shovels get rebuilt and back on the road. Bless you

[@Popsplace42]

Thank you! More coming soon, this one needs an entire brake system overhaul. The bushings in the calipers are worn to the point of not being rebuildable. Can’t wait to bring it back 100%

[@user-cm6oj1sc5t]

Good job!.....Thank you

[@Popsplace42]

Thanks for watching! Full brake rebuild coming next, subscribe and hit that notification bell so you don’t miss it.

[@rjoetting7594]

I love seeing these shovelheads coming back to life.
I have a 78 flh.
I'm swapping in an 80 cubic inch 81 flt motor this weekend.
I will completely rebuild the original 74 top and bottom end and keep it.
Can't wait to see what you do with the 79.
I'm a new subscriber as of today.

[@Popsplace42]

Thanks! I’m getting ready to rebuild the brakes on this one, it needs just about everything. Thanks for subscribing!

[@ingeludvigsen7849]

Amazing. I have a 83 fxwg wide glide . Bought like a basket bike last winter .... Regards from Norway

[@jimhmod]

It's alive!!
An air cleaner may help the Super B run a little better.

[@Popsplace42]

Thanks! Waiting on the carb kit to get here so I can open it and clean it.. then air filter back on to see how she does.

[@o.u.t.olduglytroll3712]

yeehaw!! back from the dead! great job, pops!

[@Lucky..B]

Them petcocks I got where I never trusted them and use small stainless Ball vaulves .

[@theherald3117]

Right on, brother! 👍
That is such a beautiful bike! ❤
Long may she run

[@Popsplace42]

Thanks!

[@frankfurther3828]

I refired one that sat 13 years and then I put 35K miles on it.

[@Popsplace42]

Keeping them alive! That’s great to hear.

[@karlhering594]

When the lever on the petcock is down, that's reserve. Up is on. Also, just behind the right rear floorboard mount- is that a crack in the frame or an optical illusion on the video?.

[@Popsplace42]

Wow, eagle eye there! I went and looked right now, and I see what you’re talking about on the frame. Luckily, after I scraped the paint off down to bare steel, there appears to be no crack. It was just some paint lifting there.

[@josephcivita1450]

Lever pointing down is on. Lever pointing back is off. Lever pointing forward is reserve.

[@o.u.t.olduglytroll3712]

if you watch the vid (at 9:57) you'll see the leak starts at the petcock.

[@Popsplace42]

Yep, I didn’t even notice until I watched the video. 😅

[@o.u.t.olduglytroll3712]

yeehaw!! back from the dead! great job, pops!