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Originally Posted by MarkinCA
I don't ride, but my good neighbor across the way from us has a nice HD "shovel" I believe its called, and boy does that bike sound beautiful when he fires it up!
He once told me that he has a can of nitro fuel that he mixes with the regular gas in the tank to kick up the octane a smidge. When he kicks it over, the engine simply purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssss
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That's the shovelhead Harley engine, born when I was, in 1966 and discontinued when I graduated High School in 1985. Beautiful and powerful engine. He must be proud.
I know a vet who has one that he bought for himself as soon as he returned from Vietnam.
Here's a 1967 shovelhead bobber
I tried to ride today but got my chills back from the flu I have been fighting for a week and had to turn around after a couple miles.