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There was no magic in fixing 69 and 70 Sportsters other than push it home. Then they came out with all electric and no kick starter. You had to remember to park on a hill.

Definately an iconic show. Never saw the series but saw the "movie" at least three times through my teens on tv. Pretty sure the image of the "lonewolf, independant, confident biker out on the road" is a part of my subconscious. As far as the HD in the series goes, can you IMAGINE how many sporties this show sold for HD? But I'm glad I wasn't old enough to have one when this show was on, from everything I've ever heard I saved myself a lot of grief in not owning one. And as an aside, my first bike was a 71 Bonnie, and I'm pretty sure I could have traveled the length of the U.S. reliably. And it was easily as fixable as the Sporty, if not easier.



My Sportster XLH dropped a valve into the piston at 500 miles then when it was "fixed" they pinched the rubber overflow pipe under the engine.Blew all the oil out of the oil tank and just about seized the engine.Filing the [beautiful looking]2.25 gal. tank every two days just commuting to work became a pain quickly too.I traded it in on a car the car yard sold it to a guy.Apparently it blew up again on this guy according to the salesman I ran into later and the car yard had to get the crappy H D dealer[the only one in town]to fix it again for the guy.Another guy I knew bought the 1974 XLCH and had a ton of trouble with his too. Not stuff you could fix with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver.
Bronson was a great show though!

Dinosaur.

"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland

"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson

"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville