So smitten was he that he offered the Pan’s owner his nice running Evo-powered hard tail (www.barnettsmagazine.com/component/k2/item/2907-shaun-ponte-hardcore-evo.html) straight across for the Pan. The deal was done and the next day Shaun shows up at Tropical Tattoo with his van containing the Panhead. He rolls it out and goes to start it. After kicking it for a bit the engine struggles to life smoking, spitting, and farting while the assembled crowd laughs and laughs. “You got screwed” was the crowd’s reaction.

Here we are almost a year later and just look at the transformation of the formerly clapped-out Pan’s rebirth as a one-kick bar hopper.