Hayley, that's the way to do it. And that bike will be bog stock original until the day you die. (or you sell it ?)
If I try to think carefully about just why I like these bikes there's never just one reason. The bikes are an infuriating combination of very good (for it's time) design features and really poor execution in some areas.
In today's world of 124 CID monster engines i's easily forgotten just how impressive the low down torque Ironheads produce. For it;s day the XLCH really didn't have an equal. And it LOOKED like a Hot Rod. No mistaking this as anything other than a big boys toy.
And the truth is these bikes lend themselves to be modified. They make an ideal canvas on which people can paint their own ideas.
Me ? I just love the fact that I can build an engine that eats Vincents for breakfast.