OEM Gas tank
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OEM Gas tank
Hey I’m looking at getting a new set of tins for my ‘97 Dyna and wanna make sure they are OEM. From my understanding their should be the HD shield stamped inside the gas inlet somewhere, the ones I’m looking at has something else. How else can I tell if it’s OEM and did HD ever use someone else to do their tanks, I’ll post a picture later.
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Doesn't matter who makes genuine Harley stuff - that is what it is! We know who makes some of their parts, but the full extent of what they buy in isn't known. If any of their tanks are made outside, they will be made to meet Harley specs and will carry routine Harley markings.
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tJust my 2 cents but, I've found that V-twin Mfg makes tanks exactly to OEM specs. I ended up having to replace the tank on a 95 dyna wideglide and I got it from them and it was exactly like the oem tank. I'm suspicious that they made the stuff for Harley at one point and time. If your not dead set on paying extra for that bar and shield marking, they are the way to go.
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As far as making stuff for Harley. As far as your suspicions are concerned, You're dead wrong. I first started dealing with Ted in 1969 when he and his father were selling old parts out of his barn on his property in upstate NY. In those days there were very few aftermarket parts available. You had to make your own. The only aftermarket parts available were from AEE, Custom Cycle Engendering, and an outfit in Chicago that I forget their name. But Ted had all the old stuff and you had to go and dig it out, sometimes go up to the loft and find stuff, if he'd let you. Then you had to promise him that you wouldn't cut the stuff up and customize it. Which is exactly what I did. Then he would ban me from buying his stuff. Then we would talk, and he would let me buy more stuff only to ban me again.
He is a Great guy to deal with. But no he did not make stuff for HD. He was a collector. Until he opened V Twin. Then he had his stuff made over seas and went into a partnership with Wyatt Gatling. ( That's just a company name on paper and he may own that business as well)
Quite a bit of the Harley stuff is not made here in the US. And some of the stuff are parts sourced overseas, and assembled here in the US and marked as either USA, or assembled in the US.
If you cant tell the difference between junk and good parts by examining them, then pay the "hundred dollars" the HD stands for, and be happy the you have a genuine HD box. but that too may be made outside of the US as well.
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I'm not impressed by parts "made to Harley specs." I don't know if they still do but for years Harley had their spark plugs made by Champion to Harley specs and they were garbage. The Harley plugs made to Champion specs to fit Harley's were far superior.
As far a gas tanks go, all you have to do is hold the tank to tell if it's factory or after market. The factory tanks always felt heavier and sturdier. The gauge of the metal is obviously heavier.
Also reference to V-Twin Manufacturing/Tedd Cycle, I'm not sure just how much of their stuff they actually manufacture. I'm pretty sure most of their stuff is knock-offs of other people's designs made in China, Taiwan, Korea or elsewhere. Hence the nickname "Tiawan Tedd's." OCC is a huge customer of Tiawan Tedd's.
As far a gas tanks go, all you have to do is hold the tank to tell if it's factory or after market. The factory tanks always felt heavier and sturdier. The gauge of the metal is obviously heavier.
Also reference to V-Twin Manufacturing/Tedd Cycle, I'm not sure just how much of their stuff they actually manufacture. I'm pretty sure most of their stuff is knock-offs of other people's designs made in China, Taiwan, Korea or elsewhere. Hence the nickname "Tiawan Tedd's." OCC is a huge customer of Tiawan Tedd's.
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Be careful with V-TWIN stuff, More than a few times I had to modify their "made to HD specs" stuff to get it to fit on a stock HD. Just sayn...
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Hammertime1978 is right about about giving them a try. They do have some great stuff at great prices. And even stuff no body else has.
As far as making stuff for Harley. As far as your suspicions are concerned, You're dead wrong. I first started dealing with Ted in 1969 when he and his father were selling old parts out of his barn on his property in upstate NY. In those days there were very few aftermarket parts available. You had to make your own. The only aftermarket parts available were from AEE, Custom Cycle Engendering, and an outfit in Chicago that I forget their name. But Ted had all the old stuff and you had to go and dig it out, sometimes go up to the loft and find stuff, if he'd let you. Then you had to promise him that you wouldn't cut the stuff up and customize it. Which is exactly what I did. Then he would ban me from buying his stuff. Then we would talk, and he would let me buy more stuff only to ban me again.
He is a Great guy to deal with. But no he did not make stuff for HD. He was a collector. Until he opened V Twin. Then he had his stuff made over seas and went into a partnership with Wyatt Gatling. ( That's just a company name on paper and he may own that business as well)
Quite a bit of the Harley stuff is not made here in the US. And some of the stuff are parts sourced overseas, and assembled here in the US and marked as either USA, or assembled in the US.
If you cant tell the difference between junk and good parts by examining them, then pay the "hundred dollars" the HD stands for, and be happy the you have a genuine HD box. but that too may be made outside of the US as well.
As far as making stuff for Harley. As far as your suspicions are concerned, You're dead wrong. I first started dealing with Ted in 1969 when he and his father were selling old parts out of his barn on his property in upstate NY. In those days there were very few aftermarket parts available. You had to make your own. The only aftermarket parts available were from AEE, Custom Cycle Engendering, and an outfit in Chicago that I forget their name. But Ted had all the old stuff and you had to go and dig it out, sometimes go up to the loft and find stuff, if he'd let you. Then you had to promise him that you wouldn't cut the stuff up and customize it. Which is exactly what I did. Then he would ban me from buying his stuff. Then we would talk, and he would let me buy more stuff only to ban me again.
He is a Great guy to deal with. But no he did not make stuff for HD. He was a collector. Until he opened V Twin. Then he had his stuff made over seas and went into a partnership with Wyatt Gatling. ( That's just a company name on paper and he may own that business as well)
Quite a bit of the Harley stuff is not made here in the US. And some of the stuff are parts sourced overseas, and assembled here in the US and marked as either USA, or assembled in the US.
If you cant tell the difference between junk and good parts by examining them, then pay the "hundred dollars" the HD stands for, and be happy the you have a genuine HD box. but that too may be made outside of the US as well.
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