Started a new thread cause others might want to join in:
Pretty interesting topic considered that the winter is coming and this might be a great project bike...

Not only victory put think of all the guys that go metric.
potato... potato... it all sounds the same from far enough away.

with a larger bike the size of the components would be scaled larger... 5 gallon gas tanks would be possible.

Ahhh, the infamous Sportster-Glide. And I would be the first in line.

However, there are other considerations--like the future and EPA numbers. I'd like to believe that with a more modern engine, direct injection and accompanying CPU, a bigger Sportster engine would be easier to modernize than something with roots in 1936.

I have seen Sportsters using shovelhead cylinders to get the inches, along with double plugs and even individual carburetors. And remember, the land-speed record of the era was a Lake City Gargantuan motor that went 265 MPH on the Salt Flats.

And comparing apples to apples, any modification you can do on a big-twin can be done to a Sportster. And yikes, I have the receipts to prove it...

Ya' know, I've been whining about this mythical Sportster for about three years now. I wonder if it's time to build it. The issue for me is the use of modern parts, of which I know squat. After all, I'm going to ride it, not look at it.

My vision has a shovel (or S&S clone) jammed into a smaller frame. I'd like the brick-abrack chromed, but the engine done up in black and bare metal, like the original. Perhaps using a flat side engine. But from there on, I want 'modern.' Like a better ignition and EFI.

Is there a company you guys know about that builds/modifies shovels to look old and run new? Are there frames made that provide suspension but are more compact than those from a dresser? Remember, the Super Glides of that era were just stripped down dressers with the exact same transmission.

I want the overall bike to have the profile of a Sportster (and handle like one) when you first see the bike from a distance.

Oy, is my wife going to be ticked...