Harley Davidson Museum - Part 13: Shovelhead Cutaway and Manufacturing

Shovelhead Cutaway. Fritz and I started comparing notes to see if we had enough spare junk parts to build something like this for ourselves. I have melted heads, questionable tappet blocks, fly-wheels with a loose rod, and trashed pistons and cylinders. That almost everything, right?









This was a pretty cool demo of the automated frame welding.


Here's a little display on the airbox forming process.


WOW! Look at this rat's nest that goes into a brand new touring bike.