Harley model history

[scumdog]

ive only seen one AMF harley in person... frickin ugleeeeeeee! didnt even look like a harley. yick!

What model??
AMF made Sportsters, Supeglides, etc etc just like Harley still make.

[Troll]

ive only seen one AMF harley in person... frickin ugleeeeeeee! didnt even look like a harley. yick!

Are you a hog member? most of them don't know what a shovel head or iron head even looks like

you have only ever seen one AMF bike in person???? where the hell have you been burying your head for the last 30 years

AMF made some of the best looking harleys ever

the 1980 FXWG wide glide with flames on the tank was a design classic

Shovelheads were always a better looking bike than the FXR evo that replaced them

[Headbanger]

Thats just your opinion, 90 percent of shovels looked like crap in comparison to the bikes based around the EVO.

Hell, The AMF year bikes look like they got their "look" by accident, They just bolted guards and tank to a frame, whack on a tank, There ya go, One pig ugly awkward lookin Harley.


Of course, Thats just my opinion.

Willie G saved HD, even if it was just for the aging yuppies.

Hell, I wonder how many AMF bikes were even imported into NZ?, Bugger all I would expect, Its no wonder most people have never seen one.

[scumdog]

Thats just your opinion, 90 percent of shovels looked like crap in comparison to the bikes based around the EVO.

Hell, The AMF year bikes look like they got their "look" by accident, They just bolted guards and tank to a frame, whack on a tank, There ya go, One pig ugly awkward lookin Harley.


Of course, Thats just my opinion.

Willie G saved HD, even if it was just for the aging yuppies.

Hell, I wonder how many AMF bikes were even imported into NZ?, Bugger all I would expect, Its no wonder most people have never seen one.

Just about all Shovels and Iron-heads left on the roads in NZ nowadays are AMF ones, after all, for a while that was all you could get in NZ (and cost primo).

Hell, go to any rally and there is one or two (or more) there if you look.

Most look like "a Harley" - no uglier, no flasher than any present Harley, a lot looked like the earlier Evos but with a 'funny' looking engine.

[Headbanger]

Just about all Shovels and Iron-heads left on the roads in NZ nowadays are AMF ones, after all, for a while that was all you could get in NZ (and cost primo).

Hell, go to any rally and there is one or two (or more) there if you look.

Most look like "a Harley" - no uglier, no flasher than any present Harley, a lot looked like the earlier Evos but with a 'funny' looking engine.

Jeezus, How am I meant to wind him up if you interject?

Muhahahahaha

there is still bugger all pre-evo Harleys in NZ.

[sunhuntin]

this one... a sprint. couldnt get a decent shot cos it was jammed in amongst a shitload of wrecks at a bike shop just north of welly. it might not actually be an amf... cant recall right now.

troll... given that im only 22, for some of those 30 years i didnt exist, lol. and no, im not a hog member, but my love of harleys and bikes in general isnt any less. my favourite, as previously stated, is my partners 65 panhead decker. i can name any engine [pan, knuck etc] up til evo. then i get fuzzy cos my preference is for the older bikes.

i dont actually think ive seen a shovel on new zealand roads... but then ive seen so many bikes they all blend. seen about 5 flatheads over the last few years though, including one silent grey fellow [my friend who was with me will attest i was nearly in tears at the sight of him... a dream come true. my favourite of all harleys.]

first pic is the sprint, second is my partners two bikes, the front is a last year shovel with custom paint [fell in love with that bike first... and went over most of ontario on the back of it.] the pan is in the back and partly obscured. spent 3 days cleaning it, and found some blue LED under the hardbags caked under several inches of dry mud.

[Headbanger]

Thats well before AMF, early 60's.

And there are a number of Shovels in Wanganui, You have definitely seen a few of them, Though they tend to be from their last few years of production, and hence not AMF bikes, The last of the Shovels was in 85.

Have a look at the pic I have attached, Its in AMF colours, and is I believe the first design they came up with when they took over.

[sunhuntin]

ah well, there ya go then! LOL. so, any of you edumacated lot got pics of amfs then? i prefer the harley harleys, not the half branded.

like the colors... hate the seat, lol.

[scumdog]

The Sprint is not a 'real' Harley - it was made by Aermachii (sp) who also made NZ Airforce trainers and was only marketed by H-D.

Were sort of 125 -350cc range and designed for off-road.

And you SHOULD have seen a few Shovels by now if you look around AND know what to look for

[sunhuntin]

saw one at southwards... lol. dont recall seeing one on the road, but, as i say, ive seen so many bikes in the last few years, only the indians and flathead harleys really stand out in my memory. and yes, i know what to look for.

[Headbanger]

The one in Southwards belonged to a good friend of mine, He bought that bike new when he was in Aussie. After that it lived its entire life in Wanganui.

Wasn't even allowed to breath near that bike, Watching him kickstart her was always interesting.

Looked better when it was white with blue flames.

[Troll]

...troll... given that im only 22, for some of those 30 years i didnt exist...

maybe if you are only 22 you should engage your brain before you rubbish other peoples bikes

enclosed is a picture of one ugly shovel as you describe them in this case its mine

[sunhuntin]

maybe if you are only 22 you should engage your brain before you rubbish other peoples bikes

enclosed is a picture of one ugly shovel as you describe them in this case its mine

look here, i said the one ONE i had seen was ugly... that doesnt mean that they all are. and as i turned out, i had my bikes mixed up and the one i thought i saw was aermacchi... get your facts right before commenting, ok? if you would like to prove me wrong on this, go back and find the quote where i said that all of em were ugly?

[Virago]

maybe if you are only 22 you should engage your brain before you rubbish other peoples bikes...

Maybe you should grow some thicker skin...

[Headbanger]

maybe if you are only 22 you should engage your brain before you rubbish other peoples bikes

enclosed is a picture of one ugly shovel as you describe them in this case its mine

Sorry to hear about your ugly bike.