Scotty Showing Off his 69 Harley Chopper at the Paradise Road Show

[@cabelo_carburado]

Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷. God bless y'all, and God bless America 🇺🇸

[@pacificmike9501]

Greetings and the best to all of you and yours.

[@mikerapp8163]

Love the documentary of the builds and their builders at this show. Thanks for posting.

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@cameramanmike2072]

👍😊

[@davinshootsfilm7186]

Thanks for these videos Mike! And G’day from Sydney Australia! Seeing the bikes at Paradise is what got me in to bikes and you make me want to make the trip out one year!

[@pacificmike9501]

Sounds good to me. Born Free 2024 will have all those bikes in June.

[@brianvandemortel6710]

Thanks Mike nice ride

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@itsmytimeletsgo]

Great to see choppers for as far as I can see. I am drooling. Think I have an early magnesium rear wheel sort of like that stashed away. Think it was an old alphabet one as I recall. Great to see all those choppers. Just don't get that down my way. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@pacificmike9501]

Well, maybe you can visit down our way in the future.

[@itsmytimeletsgo]

That would be great but unfortunaly can't afford a trip like that, but thanks for the offer. I will just keep watching and drooling over all these choppers. Thanks for letting us all see these bikes and spreading the word out there.@@pacificmike9501

[@kurtruppenthal9506]

That's a cool bike. Funny how all that stuff was common place back in the day. Oh, the stories! Hahaha.

[@pacificmike9501]

Can't help it. It's just fun.

[@Scalihoo]

I bought a 1967 Electraglide from Ghost Motorcycles in Port Washington NY in 1981, I pulled $3300 out of my sock & they accepted my offer. Bike ran like a Swiss watch was 100% stock in appearance. I yanked the pogo stock seat installed a mustang seat & pad & rode the bike all over the east coast, Twice I did 120 MPH with my girlfriend on the back same stretch of road the long slight downhill on Sunrise highway {rt.27} in the Hamptons. I told the part of the story of my 67 electraglide doing 120 & a guy didn't believe me the electraglides were that fast top end ..mine was.. the 1967 motor was a great engine

[@pacificmike9501]

Hard to say what all was in that motor, what the gearing was like for the drive system. I don't doubt you.

[@Scalihoo]

@@pacificmike9501 exactly, the bike was 14 years old when I bought it but I didn't think the motor was ever open up could be wrong

[@pacificmike9501]

Some of the cams from back in the day were pretty interesting. 67's came with Linkert "DC" series carburetors. There were guys that would put Tilotsons on them and make them scream. I never learned that one.

[@leetownsend46]

Sweet ride guys, thanks Mike and Mike!

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You.

[@nonyabiz9487]

Love it! "ZoMbie cyles" makes some of my favorite bikes!

[@pacificmike9501]

Cool.

[@MrBadgas]

Sweet ride. Thank you guys!

[@pacificmike9501]

Our pleasure!

[@lewismocaby3646]

Good lookin flat side he’s got there. That for setup and American are just right on that jewel.

[@pacificmike9501]

Yes, it's fun stuff.

[@theaverage7550]

Great videos...beautiful bikes! Hope you're not being too affected by that nasty weather in California Mike!

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. I try to maintain. Right now, I'm considering building an Ark, with two of each kind of Harley.

[@pacificmike9501]

Maybe see you at Chopperfest.

[@stanleyroberts4381]

Interesting information,68 Harley was electric start only because they said you don't need a kick starter....69, they put the Kickstarter back on for a backup.

[@pacificmike9501]

And most of us added kickstarters on them anyway. Every aftermarket company around carried kickstarter kits.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy P-M, ... Thanks COOP ...

[@pacificmike9501]

And Hello to you.

[@markrumfola9833]

You Guys have the Greatest Lives.

[@pacificmike9501]

We try. There ain't no free lunch. Takes determination. But, it is fun.

[@apaulothegreat1581]

Nice Video looks very family oriented. Beautiful people. Thanks Yall. Have fun.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank you! You too!

[@trevorhalford8410]

... Aww man , im all about learning new stuff. You normally teach us cool stuff, but why wouldn't ya let us know why the 69's are a lot more smoother running engines. 😅 ... Now I can't stop thinking about it... 🤔 But that is a sweet looking motorcycle!👍🏻

[@pacificmike9501]

Good question!

[@everettcalhoun8197]

I can't recall the original production numbers for the 66-69 shovels but they are somewhat rare. You do not see a lot of them come up for sale. Everyone was putting shovelhead tops on their panheads back in the day. Thinking boy am I going to have a fast motorcycle. You put a 40 degree or more rake on a glide your tubes are just going to bounce anyway especially the early Superglide front end

[@pacificmike9501]

Yes they did. They would flex. There were a bunch of 66-69 big twins. A lot of those topends came from the Highway Patrol. They ran them for something like 20 thousand miles and replaced the entire topend. I had a 65 Panhead Harley that had been California Highway Patrol. The guy I got it from in 1974 had gone through the whole bike, but sadly, he raked the frame from the stock 30 degrees to 40 degrees. He also had 12" over tubes. Those tubes just flexed instead of sliding. The lower legs had been turned down and shortened to the point that there was no room for seals. It drove me nuts. I hit a bump on the freeway and one slider collapsed and stuck. As for generator Shovelheads, there were bunches in SoCal. Don't know where they all are today. But I worked on a bunch during the eighties and nineties. Then, there were tons of cone motors until Evos outnumbered everything.

[@everettcalhoun8197]

@@pacificmike9501 True the production numbers in the evo years just dwarfed the shovel and panhead years. Like I think Sonny or someone else said years ago about the evo's. Now anyone with $25,000 and a new leather coat can pretend to be a biker. Still a lot of evo's with 5000 miles on them. Later.

[@pacificmike9501]

I try to be a live and let live kinda guy. They can be whoever or whatever they want. I love my old bikes. They're old like me.

[@everettcalhoun8197]

@@pacificmike9501 I agree. My comment wasn't about excluding anyone but explaining that not everyone has the same background. Hamsters have never been my cup of tea but I will acknowledge they are a positive group.

[@billmillar7234]

Cool bike 😊..... would like to hear it run😊

[@pacificmike9501]

Maybe next time we all get together. I imagine Scotty will be at Chopperfest next Sunday.

[@loddude5706]

A Californian tooth-gap contest!? . . . Whoa, English dentistry sez - 'Do hold my Pimm's old son'. (Having no heart to leave, not even in San Francisco, I must adapt . . . apols. to Frank & Tony) # 'I left my teeth, . . on Langar's runway, . . Spread on the ground, . . . they smile at me' . . . # UK 'Summer Teeth' are different to the US version, ours means 'amazingly, some are still there'. Naturally enough, those that do remain, each retain their obtuse angles & compass heading. So. Greetings from the land of the buckshot bite-radius, crunchy apples & whistling dialog! Y'all : )

[@pacificmike9501]

Guess I shoud'a kept my mouth shut.

[@loddude5706]

''B'dum - tish!' Have fun out there : )

[@pacificmike9501]

"Thank You, Thank You very much."

[@deanmead7135]

Absolutely love your videos Mike!! I’ve been watching your videos for sometime now, but this is the first time I’ve commented. Do you have it a shop website? Thanks so much for all the great videos!

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you enjoy our videos. Our website is pacificmike.com

[@michaelkoxsolapov8523]

Interesting stories😀Life. Me teeth is out😀No more.Fuc.n alcohol-Caribbean RUM and Jim Beam🥃

[@pacificmike9501]

It's an ongoing story between Scotty and I. Guess it got a bit out there.

[@michaelkoxsolapov8523]

Two Jentlemen Talking.@@pacificmike9501

[@MicahBell_1860]

I'll go rhythm

[@pacificmike9501]

Okay.

[@nealmarsh1196]

Enjoying your videos. Learning a lot. I have a 67 flh I am reviving. Where would you recommend I purchase the su carburetor and manifold. I have located a few on ebay but haven't made the purchase yet

[@pacificmike9501]

Used ones on ebay. Try for new ones at American Prime Manufacturing 562-889-8665

[@nealmarsh1196]

Will do. Thanks Mike.

[@cameramanmike2072]

👍😊

[@chuckasarus]

Hi Mike it looks like you have some great weather for the show. I have a quick question for you. I’m setting the timing on my 1979 FXS with a timing light. When the engine is running about 2,000 RPM I have the timing line dead center with the hole. Is this correct or should it favor to the left or right of the hole?

[@pacificmike9501]

It's very close. Hard to do with a timing light. But, see how it runs. It's pretty rare that an older bike is 100 % stock. You're either there or very close.