The Story of my Harley FLHC

I purchased the bike from a relative in 1989. The bike was in near perfect shape as you can see from the photos. It rattled and shaked as it rolled down the road, like most Harley's, however it was a great bike.

Over the next few years I slowly stripped the faring, luggage and miscellaneous chrome parts off the bike to help reduce it's weight. I also started working on replacing miscellaneous internal engine parts to help quite down and smooth out the V- twin. At that point, the bike was a perfect highway bike. I would regularly take it on long trips rarely having any mechanical problems. When I did have a mechanical problem, it would be something small and easy to fix like a bolt coming loose. I even rode the bike from Portland, Oregon to Dayton, Ohio and back in a week. After that trip I replaced the crank, pistons and many internal bearings and bushings.

By this time the bike ran better than when it was new. That is when I was rear ended at a stop light by someone in a moving van! I was squashed between the van and the car in front of me. As you can see from the photo the bike was totalled.

I decided to purchase the bike back from the insurance company and rebuild it. I had invested too much money and time making the bike run just the way I wanted it to and didn't think I could find a replacement. So, I pulled the motor and transmission out of the old bike and started making a new one. By the time I was done I had a new pouder coated frame, front and rear suspension, gas tanks, fenders, dash, and many other miscellaneous parts. It took me about a year to totally rebuild the bike.

While rebuilding the Harley, I purchased an old Honda to ride. Somehow, don't ask me how... I got interested in racing Motorcycles.

I got so hooked on racing that I even sold my 1963 Chevy Impala to purchase a new racing bike! Somehow racing seems to have dulled my interest for the Harley. I still ride it but not every day like I did.