Classic Harley-Davidson motorcycle completely rebuilt in 4 minutes | Redline Rebuild - S1E8

Last summer we rebuilt the Ironhead V-twin engine from our Frankenstein 1957 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster as part of our Redline Rebuild time-lapse video series. Now, after a bunch more photos, a few more busted knuckles, and some late nights, we present you with our completed custom ’57 Sportster time-lapse build. She spit some fire and gave Davin’s right leg quite the workout from all of the kick starts, but she’s finally good to go and eagerly awaiting the spring thaw to stretch her legs on the open road.
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[@Hagerty]

Check out part 1 if you haven't already. It's a bit more detailed on the engine rebuild: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKWWeIiwqtSSd68

[@mechanicalking]

Hagerty You guys did Lube the piston and cylinder right? Hard to tell in the time lapse video. I always over Lube stuff :)

[@viajosinver8360]

i love yours vidios, pls up more videos with the motorcycles !!!!!!!

[@user-ib6fi2jx3g]

Концовка Огонь!!!!)))))))))))))))

[@ghosttoast8184]

Thats such a badass bike. Great job! 👍

[@omercoolbuddy]

Hahaha.....Perfect ending.

[@xNewNickx]

The end was hilarious :'D

[@knizama3534]

NewNick :p

[@pd1jdw630]

I was like ahw yeah! Until I saw that snow. Then it was ahw now way!

[@celestinnt]

😂😂😂

[@bobkinney2430]

Only thing worse than the snow.....the oil!! (Not really a Pennzoil fan)

[@ThatDrummerBen]

Simply put, Redline Rebuilds are the best videos on KZbin.

[@KAZVorpal]

Oh yeah? Search for Breast Exam or Pelvic Exam. If you're at least 18 and in the US.

[@TARider2]

It's the video quality and editing that sets them apart. Plus no stupid talking just some nice background music.

[@TARider2]

@@KAZVorpal Haha ok pervert

[@lynskyrd]

what- no chair throwing, no hissy fits, no lectures on bike themes and 'vision', no family intervention moments ??? jeez guys; it's 'just' about building stuff huh?

[@PSExcavationsLLC]

Ha .. guess building bikes is a little different in other states, more dramatic in say NY

[@timvanderstarre9021]

Amercan chopper Lol XD

[@PSExcavationsLLC]

@@timvanderstarre9021 ha yeah that's the one, was a ok show when it started then got silly!..

[@nubreed13]

No doors with massive holes punched through them either

[@amramjose]

Yes, what a pleasure to watch this instead of that "other" show.

[@gregoryhamp4605]

All motorcycle and car shows need to be like this! You get all that you need with no shop drama!

[@Wooley689]

Bike looks great. You got me when the garage door opened, I felt so let down...like you did.

[@couscouswoman]

This is what I call pure engineering. I wish I have that motorcycle. You should be proud you have this skill.

[@jonbrooks6748]

You CAN have it! You might have to shell out 5 or 6 grand though.

[@spidiq8]

Simple, clean & elegant. That's lovely.

[@TheAndre8900]

Not a HD fan in general, but agreed, that's a beautiful ride.

[@brianburdine4620]

Love the simplicity of the bike. You guys did an amazing job! The subtle pin striping really makes it cool.

[@stillthebest9110]

4:20 Who was thinking that he would go through that snow Lol

[@sandycampos127]

Should have just went for it

[@kevinlowe6638]

Yea I bet chains on them sneakers woulda done it.

[@madcapmagician6018]

Heh I know I thought about it.... For a second😆😆😆😆

[@Neildo430ci]

With a few hunderd spikes.

[@jamesford2942]

Don't laugh, I've done it on my 1971 Ironhead Sportster. Wrap a rope through the rear wheel like a tire chain.

[@4486xxdawson]

Man that was one beet piston

[@vector6977]

Yep it ate a valve for breakfast.

[@kevintucker3354]

Hammered man!

[@kogasoldier9379]

More carbon build up in that thing than the upper atmosphere during the past century.

[@gilesseddon3142]

I dread to think what my piston looks like...

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@vector6977 man it sure did damn

[@humanfirst11]

This is something that I would love to watch as a 3-4 part series of around 20 minutes each! That would be awesome

[@Gr8Layks]

Love the ending. It’s tough being a biker up here in the northern reaches of the Wolverine State!

[@b_mb4948]

I wondered what happened to this bike... It's great to finally see it back in one piece!

[@AminHafiz]

The ending scene was funny

[@nicolasdeclerck1495]

Thanks so much hagerty for making rebuild video, you got a high mechanic level. PS: sorry for my english (i'm from France) Special thanks to all hagerty team

[@Hagerty]

Nicolas - Thank you very much !

[@hvacr24]

nope!! what an amazing tear down and rebuild!! snow and bikes, nope amazing job guys!!

[@keeganlangford5580]

Is there anything this dude cant rebuild? lol. Lovin this time lapse stuff, keep it up!

[@fattestroyal198]

The Buick Nailhead 8. Just look at it still going on with repairs about a week before I make this comment. That can change a week from now however.

[@matn7743]

Awesome, absolutely awesome. Really enjoy watching the time-lapse builds and appreciate all the effort that goes into not only the builds, but the videos too. Much respect.

[@umeshofficial13]

That fire in the bike remember me Harley Davidson's first engine making👌😘😘

[@michaelvicario2584]

Mike

[@randylanhart1796]

DAMN THAT REMINDED ME OF MY BUILD ON MY 66 XLCH. 70 OVER MOTOR, ANDREWS R5s ,MAGNETO IGNITION, HARDTAIL FRAME, 16" CONTI REAR, 9" OVER SMITH + FETROW GIRDER, SHOTGUN DUALS AND TOO THINK I BUILT IT IN MY 2ND FLOOR APT DINING ROOM ... AHH THE MEMORIES.....

[@americanwarrior1938]

This is a helluva video production!! And,and the builder is a badass!!!!! The “New Mexico Spaniard “

[@TheDutyPaid]

Been waiting for this so long.

[@Hagerty]

Hope it didn't disappoint!

[@adamspitzer5113]

how long?

[@stefanwinter1377]

Hagerty It really didn't! 😂

[@slowpokebr549]

An Ironhead is the perfect project bike. It's such a simple and elegant design. It's easy to understand, work on and maintain. They are fairly cheap to work on even nowadays. I have a real soft spot for them. I always feel like i'm riding my Schwin Stingray and I'm 10 years old when I'm on my 84.

[@Magnum-hr2vx]

That bike is great. Good to see a simple custom bike.

[@PeteDriver530]

as a proud Sportster owner for 27 years, I really enjoyed this :) 1957 was the first Sportster, it was interesting to see how the tech has stayed the same but improved over the years. the bike looks great!

[@TouYubeKids]

Amazing rebuilt in just 4 mins? Imagine what they can do in 1 hour!

[@GiovaniB52]

This guy is an awsome mechanic ! I see him on other vids rebuilding race car engines, old engines , classic engines .. Wow and now i see rebuild motorcycle engines. Amazing .

[@maggio174]

Different bars and headlight, and u have an ace for sure!

[@Nat-jf2ge]

That bike looks so cool, glad you went and painted it properly and kept the original drum brake.

[@chopperking1967]

That is the nicest look Sportster I've ever seen. Well done.

[@jfs7327]

Brings back memories of using a crow bar and a 2x4 to compress my 900 71 clutch springs. AMC pos needed to adjust the tappets every couple hundred miles and a tear down every couple years.

[@davelowell3008]

Being snowed in myself right now, I enjoyed the hell out of this video.

[@N1RKW]

Timing is everything. (loved the ending, reminded me of rebuilding my own bikes during the winter, back in the day)

[@diederikschouten2556]

Looks absolutely amazing! Truly great job!

[@user-vo1bo1mh3j]

57, детство только начинается)))

[@InTheFleshInc]

That rebuild of the engine in its entirety speed up was epic. I really enjoyed watching it...

[@Mark-sd7fc]

Amazingly awesome video showing how snow sucks!!

[@monsterMike62]

That ending 😎👍🏼, awesome.

[@manbird2184]

Can we just respect the fact that IT SHOOTS FIRE!!

[@BWGPEI]

You made my day when that garage door opened ;-). Exactly what I lived though for many years - but that's Canada for you.

[@victor29681]

Man that bike sounds great. Good look as well. Thanks for the update.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Harleys are the best 1920's technology money can buy.

[@mackdiesel6437]

I could watch that a 100 more times. Awesome build.

[@cb7choler]

Wicked video as always! Thanks for sharing in all the hard work and end results!!!

[@charliedekadens3348]

Fantastic job, beautiful real looking harley, good music rocking along... but alas had to ride off on the snow mobile, great stuff. btw good old sporsters are fine riding and underated. I miss my '74.

[@222foont]

Looks and runs much better! Great job!

[@ClemBreadEater]

I was never really into things like motorcycles and cars until I discovered this channel only 2 weeks ago. Great stuff!

[@pablo390]

The passion you put on the engines is notorious. Congratulations bro, greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[@DonGregers]

If i didt know better i whould think theese guys knew what they where doing! Amazing bike, amazing handcraftship, well done.

[@berube361]

Watching all those kicks was like me the past few days trying to start my freshly rebuilt 1986 Honda cr500 lol. I highly underestimated how hard it would be and didnt do the decomp head mod. Also doesnt help I'm dealing with several injuries so kicking the bike was difficult. Finally got it running after nearly breaking my foot because of the sneakers I was using lol. Great build tho, love these time lapses.

[@kyanfleming7175]

Such a stunning bike a real classic gem

[@joller805]

You are a Master craftsmen sir! I have so much respect and admiration for you. Beautiful work. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@ericheine2414]

Iron American Dream on KZbin. That was a tasty video. You did that bike a big favor. You gave it all sorts of extra love. Ride on.

[@clintpuddister7257]

Had a beauty 69 ironhead almost like this one . Love the part where you ooen the door . felt that a few times in the last 2 weeks

[@bobsandwich2704]

The end was hilarious :'D

[@hafidzgi]

HAGERTY MAKES THE BEST REBUILD TIMELAPSE VIDEO. EVER. EVER. EVER.

[@azzajohnson2123]

The essence of a petrol head. Amazing work. Your channel is getting me through COVID. Hello from Melbourne Australia.

[@danawitherell9185]

Those long forks gave it that iconic easy rider look, shoulda kept em

[@HarleyFirestorm]

That a gorgeous looking iron head, would love to rebuild/customize old bikes.

[@skippygirl959]

This was awesome!!!

[@briandaly162]

That bike is beautiful! Wish I had it!

[@edgarserna5042]

Gotta wait till spring 😆 man you did the paint by hand that bike came out nice

[@gabrieljurjevic3840]

haha had to wait for the end of the snow to roll again. Excellent work!

[@earlystroker]

love the panhead axle plate on hardtail kit !! nice work !! greeting from brittany france

[@Joel-bh5xd]

It looks fantastic, thanks for the upload!

[@kogasoldier9379]

All that work for a sportster? That's true dedication to the craft.

[@ne2i]

At last a bike build without yelling screaming and tools flying! The ending was priceless!

[@paulbecket7399]

thank you for getting rid of that accident waiting to happen front end and I especially like your ending !

[@alexanderspohn]

Running WAY rich there, you blued the hell out of those pipes lol!

[@stephensowell9578]

Shakedown let down. Davin waits for spring. Mouthwatering bike.

[@monsterMike62]

The finale was awesome! Great job!

[@johnwallingford9291]

Real cool, don't know how many times I've did that. Yearly back when I was riding my sporty.

[@DirceuCorsetti]

Damn! I want a making of of this footage. Those timed rigs must be awesome!

[@Hagerty]

One of these days we'll find some time for a BTS video! In the meantime, we already have 4 engines queued up for the Redline Rebuild treatment!

[@Alexander661]

I second that. I’m really curious about the video production.

[@Texasknowhow]

I’m in the same thought - the time lapse rig - can you share the details? It really makes the video nice. Good job guys! Clay

[@amramjose]

Outstanding work, beautiful result.

[@danthemanbender5873]

I love your videos and the WIDE variety of things you guys build. There awesome!!

[@bigredc222]

Beautiful. Thanks for the video.

[@TexasADV]

I love me a good Hagerty timelapse!!!

[@xXxxXx-br4rj]

Excellent video, best restauration i ever saw on KZbin, really professional. Thx and greetings from germany ;-)

[@BastardX13]

My uncle had a 69 sporty. Kicker naturally. It was 1979, I was 11 and wanted to ride it so badly. He said, "IF, you can START it, you can ride it." Knew the "ritual" by heart but, couldn't budge "The Commencement Lever!" Nothing sounds like a shovel.

[@234dilligaf]

Excellent job man! I'm talking about the rebuild AND the video. That was cool beyond words.

[@bigdawg1108]

your videos are awesome!

[@alexanderjurgens9418]

THE MUSIC ON THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD

[@beeamerica5024]

Awesome video great work guys love the old chain drive

[@kevintucker3354]

That piston was hammered on top!

[@gmb9076]

I gotta say... you guys/gals never disappoint 👍

[@rishwanthakula3447]

The exhaust design which is seperate for two cylinders is so cool well done to all the crew😍😍😍😍😍😘

[@richardashwood5771]

Great looking bike. She’s done just right. Clean but not a lot of flash. Man, I love ironheads. My first three Harleys in my younger days were ironheads. I’m extremely happy with my 08 Dyna, but I’d sure like to build another old Sportster.

[@cesarr5006]

Nice job fellows! Much respect!

[@Uncletoast52]

Made it “look” easy. Cool video ❄️

[@dr.fritzprengel2378]

*Excellent video, great work!*

[@Lucky_2109]

Awesome ending!

[@bosse641]

Cool bike right there. Nice.

[@Psprowl91]

Such a sexy bike.. sick rebuild gentleman!! Y’all are incredible!

[@markyg1964]

Enjoyed that, great work guy's

[@Slammintone]

XLCHs Rule! Loved that.

[@danielgreenwood8000]

The ending is just perfect. I feel that 100%

[@TARider2]

Love that custom pinstriping and HD badging. I was thinking it was too plain just in black

[@angelof8586]

Great rebuild, much better looking bike nowadays!

[@chatterjeesidd]

i loved how he left in the snowmobile

[@garygruber1452]

Wow, my last HD rebuild took me 3 months. never thought it could be done in 4 minutes.