Thanks for your video dude brings back memories my first Harley was gifted to me by my uncle who went out and bought two sturgises one he brought to a machine shop race shop and had the bike blueprinted and just made it a real Street machine and he said to himself I'm not doing anything with the second one so that was my 22nd birthday gift and it was a brown I'm blind now so I can't see what color your bike is but yeah mine did have a drag pipes on it it had drag bars on it which I love but otherwise it's probably just like what you have there alone the s&s crank or boy I'm getting confused here but yeah just listening to you and seeing the outline I'm legally blind severely blind of the bike you know brought back memories I thought you might start it but yeah it eventually was stolen I lived in New York City and couldn't park it on the street because of what it was you know just like the top of the line you know motorcycle so I had before I had that bike given to me I was writing around on a 71 Yamaha XS650 so I found the garage to rent by from a friend about two and a half miles from my house so what I would do is I would take my Yamaha to the garage leave the bike there and then take my Harley out and vice versa when I would go home I would bring the Harley to the garage and then I would grab my Yamaha scoot home one day I didn't do that I left the bike out there a little wasn't spend for leaving overnight but I left it out there longer than I normally did and it was gone amazing but yeah my last bike was actually a 79 lowrider with a 79 frame lowrider frame with a 71 or 72 a shovelhead 1200 if I remember correctly wouldn't ask you collaborator that was a pretty cool bike I had a custom painted and everything Chrome but everything that you can possibly Chrome on my Sturgis was was also done that was a real eye-opener people and the double belts were new well not really new but they were new stock that's for sure I think 80 to 82 yeah Miss Riding horribly lovely it's emotional I have so much of my life revolved around motorcycles anyway apparently you're not selling yours so you still riding it and it sounds like you're the original owner and more power to you doing I wish that was me standing there LOL drive safe sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
I love the Sturgis model. My dream is to have an Evo fxr Sturgis. Then I will die happy. I will keep my victory for every day and save the Sturgis for sundays
I had one of these ! What a shame , that the “ Motor Company “ failed at their attempt to do a primary belt drive ! So many men successfully pulled that of with zero issues . I even had a 53’ pan head chopper back in the day with a primary belt - no problems … Thanks for sharing .
My daily ride is an original 1982 Sturgis that I've had for four years. Got it from its second owner, a retired club guy who never rode it much. Smoothest Harley 4-speed ever. The Sturgis was geared taller than any other 4 speed, even the touring FL bikes. I think Willie G. intended it as HD's sport touring bike. The compensating sprocket was like a rubber damped harmonic balancer, and the four rubber segments required inspection/lube/or replacement every 10,000 miles. I think most Sturgis owners back in the day just ignored maintenance of the rubber segments like it was a chain sprocket and the segments dried out and failed. Properly maintained, the Sturgis is an amazing bike. Harley never gets any credit.
@@rudeawakening3833 I'd hazard to guess that it was easier go back to the stock chain and compensating sprocket, if customers were failing to maintain the FXB sprocket. The Sturgis was produced for three years, from '80 to '82. In '83 HD came out with the limited edition Twin Belt Wide Glide, with the factory primary belt, another model based on one of Willie G.'s personal bikes. The Sturgis was dropped in '83 as the FXSB Low Rider went to rear belt drive. I was never sure if the primary belt was discontinued with the FXSB tho.
@@davidsnow2420 Ok - but TO MY POINT : Vietnam vets and the “ graybeard “ old school bikers of the 1960’s and certainly through the 1970’s have SUCCESSFULLY been installing primary belt drives for years and years and EVERYONE loved the smooth shifting , and the lack of oil leaks , and the overall maintenance- free solution to a host of Motor Company issues … ( I appreciate this conversation BTW )
@@rudeawakening3833 I dig talking Harleys too. Back in the day, I had a 93" Shovel in a 1951 wishbone with a Morris mag and a Primo primary belt. The longest I ever rode in one day was 950 miles on that bike from Brooklyn to North Georgia. No issues at all with the Primo, although their set up did initially have a bit of trouble throwing belts, so they came up with the Idler. Phase Three had composite pulleys that would melt, but yeah, I agree that the aftermarket led the way, but they all had their issues, which they (or the customers) worked out over the years. The troubles associated with the Sturgis primary were mainly owner-inflicted IMHO. Set up correctly and maintained correctly, the FXB belt worked really good. When the compensators failed, alot of guys would just toss the rubber segments entirely and weld the pulley solid. The segments on my Sturgis were crunchy and brittle from years of neglect, and I installed a solid Karata front pulley, and rode the bike for a couple of years until I was able to find a NOS set of rubber segments and get it back to stock. The weak link for me in the HD dual belt system was the rear belt. Harley mated a belt pulley to the 4-speed that was much heavier than a tranny sprocket and the extra weight wears out the high gear bushing. Most HD 4-speeds with rear belts are gonna leak tranny fluid. I can live with it for the great ride.
I’m jealous! That’s the year I was born and I definitely want one. I did just buy a 1983 FLHT Classic Shovel and it’s a fantastic bike! Rubber mounted and a 5 speed, like your FXR.
@@magz7274 I’ve got a 93 FLHTP and I almost wish they were reversed the Shovel in my FL and the EVO in my FXR but I’m in the process of putting an S&S top end in my 83 so that should help
I have a 81 FXS the owner manual says the FXB in 1981 has staggered Dual exhaust. 1980 had the 2-1 or maybe it was an early 81 had 2-1 & Late hade Duals. Do you know?
Young and dumb, I sold mine when my wife stopped wanting to ride. Mine had the staggered dual exhaust. I'm still kicking myself!
Thanks for your video dude brings back memories my first Harley was gifted to me by my uncle who went out and bought two sturgises one he brought to a machine shop race shop and had the bike blueprinted and just made it a real Street machine and he said to himself I'm not doing anything with the second one so that was my 22nd birthday gift and it was a brown I'm blind now so I can't see what color your bike is but yeah mine did have a drag pipes on it it had drag bars on it which I love but otherwise it's probably just like what you have there alone the s&s crank or boy I'm getting confused here but yeah just listening to you and seeing the outline I'm legally blind severely blind of the bike you know brought back memories I thought you might start it but yeah it eventually was stolen I lived in New York City and couldn't park it on the street because of what it was you know just like the top of the line you know motorcycle so I had before I had that bike given to me I was writing around on a 71 Yamaha XS650 so I found the garage to rent by from a friend about two and a half miles from my house so what I would do is I would take my Yamaha to the garage leave the bike there and then take my Harley out and vice versa when I would go home I would bring the Harley to the garage and then I would grab my Yamaha scoot home one day I didn't do that I left the bike out there a little wasn't spend for leaving overnight but I left it out there longer than I normally did and it was gone amazing but yeah my last bike was actually a 79 lowrider with a 79 frame lowrider frame with a 71 or 72 a shovelhead 1200 if I remember correctly wouldn't ask you collaborator that was a pretty cool bike I had a custom painted and everything Chrome but everything that you can possibly Chrome on my Sturgis was was also done that was a real eye-opener people and the double belts were new well not really new but they were new stock that's for sure I think 80 to 82 yeah Miss Riding horribly lovely it's emotional I have so much of my life revolved around motorcycles anyway apparently you're not selling yours so you still riding it and it sounds like you're the original owner and more power to you doing I wish that was me standing there LOL drive safe sincerely Bob the blind bedroom guitars
Great bike, rarely seen these days- I love the Sturgism❤️❤️😎
Wow great swap. I have an 82 and love it. Thanks for putting this up.
I love the Sturgis model. My dream is to have an Evo fxr Sturgis. Then I will die happy. I will keep my victory for every day and save the Sturgis for sundays
AWESOME,
I HAVE ONE IDENTICAL, LOVE IT!
I had one of these !
What a shame , that the “ Motor Company “ failed at their attempt to do a primary belt drive ! So many men successfully pulled that of with zero issues . I even had a 53’ pan head chopper back in the day with a primary belt - no problems …
Thanks for sharing .
My daily ride is an original 1982 Sturgis that I've had for four years. Got it from its second owner, a retired club guy who never rode it much. Smoothest Harley 4-speed ever. The Sturgis was geared taller than any other 4 speed, even the touring FL bikes. I think Willie G. intended it as HD's sport touring bike. The compensating sprocket was like a rubber damped harmonic balancer, and the four rubber segments required inspection/lube/or replacement every 10,000 miles. I think most Sturgis owners back in the day just ignored maintenance of the rubber segments like it was a chain sprocket and the segments dried out and failed. Properly maintained, the Sturgis is an amazing bike. Harley never gets any credit.
@@davidsnow2420
Well …
The million dollar question 🙋♀️:
Why haven’t they EVER installed another primary belt ???
@@rudeawakening3833 I'd hazard to guess that it was easier go back to the stock chain and compensating sprocket, if customers were failing to maintain the FXB sprocket. The Sturgis was produced for three years, from '80 to '82. In '83 HD came out with the limited edition Twin Belt Wide Glide, with the factory primary belt, another model based on one of Willie G.'s personal bikes. The Sturgis was dropped in '83 as the FXSB Low Rider went to rear belt drive. I was never sure if the primary belt was discontinued with the FXSB tho.
@@davidsnow2420
Ok - but TO MY POINT : Vietnam vets and the “ graybeard “ old school bikers of the 1960’s and certainly through the 1970’s have SUCCESSFULLY been installing primary belt drives for years and years and EVERYONE loved the smooth shifting , and the lack of oil leaks , and the overall maintenance- free solution to a host of Motor Company issues …
( I appreciate this conversation BTW )
@@rudeawakening3833 I dig talking Harleys too. Back in the day, I had a 93" Shovel in a 1951 wishbone with a Morris mag and a Primo primary belt. The longest I ever rode in one day was 950 miles on that bike from Brooklyn to North Georgia. No issues at all with the Primo, although their set up did initially have a bit of trouble throwing belts, so they came up with the Idler. Phase Three had composite pulleys that would melt, but yeah, I agree that the aftermarket led the way, but they all had their issues, which they (or the customers) worked out over the years. The troubles associated with the Sturgis primary were mainly owner-inflicted IMHO. Set up correctly and maintained correctly, the FXB belt worked really good. When the compensators failed, alot of guys would just toss the rubber segments entirely and weld the pulley solid. The segments on my Sturgis were crunchy and brittle from years of neglect, and I installed a solid Karata front pulley, and rode the bike for a couple of years until I was able to find a NOS set of rubber segments and get it back to stock. The weak link for me in the HD dual belt system was the rear belt. Harley mated a belt pulley to the 4-speed that was much heavier than a tranny sprocket and the extra weight wears out the high gear bushing. Most HD 4-speeds with rear belts are gonna leak tranny fluid. I can live with it for the great ride.
Love em...both. I’ve got an 83 FXR Shovel 👍🏻
I’m jealous! That’s the year I was born and I definitely want one. I did just buy a 1983 FLHT Classic Shovel and it’s a fantastic bike! Rubber mounted and a 5 speed, like your FXR.
@@magz7274 I’ve got a 93 FLHTP and I almost wish they were reversed the Shovel in my FL and the EVO in my FXR but I’m in the process of putting an S&S top end in my 83 so that should help
My favorite Harley of time unfortunately I don’t have one
Very cool nice bike hold onto that one
Amazing bike man. Congrats.
Sounds really good 🙃
Badass man
Nice bike👌👌👌👌
Nice one, keep it original!
holy s@@t great bike
Badass dude
Thanks man!
I have a 81 FXS the owner manual says the FXB in 1981 has staggered Dual exhaust. 1980 had the 2-1 or maybe it was an early 81 had 2-1 & Late hade Duals. Do you know?
You’re not wrong. In 81 it was staggered duals factory and the 2 into 1 was an available dealer installed option, which was the case for this one.
@@magz7274
Nice. I always wondered why some have the 2-1 and some don’t 👍
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How do you like the lectron?
I really like it a lot, straight out of the box. Highly recommend.
You sell your lowrider s?
Yes sir
I have in indonesia
is it for sale
I would sell it at a ridiculously high price, sure.