65 Pan Swingarm - round or square?
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65 Pan Swingarm - round or square?
I'm looking at a 65 pan to bring it back to stock. Found one but it has a lot of non-stock parts, although there are some in boxes included with the bike, such as an oil tank for one. I have a question about the swingarm on this year panhead. Is it round or square? Looking at the pic I saw it can't be stock because it has a disc brake on front and rear. I am also wondering about the bottoms of the forks, which in the pic sent me seem a bit thin. Thinking these may also have been changed out to accommodate the disc brake. Front wheel and fender are not stock but rear fender is, although there are short shocks to lower it. Stock shocks come with the bike. One other question - on some of the images I've seen on stock 65 pans, most have a smooth cam cover. This one has rigids. Did they make both for that year or has this one been changed out?
Although I want to bring the bike back to being close to stock, I want it to be a rider. Therefore, the disc brakes maybe a good idea. Also, it has a belt drive, new electric starter and inner and outter primaries to fit the belt drive. The oil tank on it is custom. Is that because the stock tank won't fit with the new electric start of belt drive?
Thanks for any answers.
Although I want to bring the bike back to being close to stock, I want it to be a rider. Therefore, the disc brakes maybe a good idea. Also, it has a belt drive, new electric starter and inner and outter primaries to fit the belt drive. The oil tank on it is custom. Is that because the stock tank won't fit with the new electric start of belt drive?
Thanks for any answers.
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A 65 stock Pan would have front & rear drum brakes and a round swing arm. I think the square swing arm & disc brakes started in 1970 with AMF. 63 thru 65 also had an external Y shaped oil line running from the bottom end to each head. I think the flat gear box cover stated with the 66 Shovel head. My 63 Pan does have the ribbed cover. Stock 65 would also have a manual advance distributor. I'm pretty sure the mechanical advance stated with the 66 Shovel as well.
Hope some of that helps,
Enjoy!
Hope some of that helps,
Enjoy!
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A 65 stock Pan would have front & rear drum brakes and a round swing arm. I think the square swing arm & disc brakes started in 1970 with AMF. 63 thru 65 also had an external Y shaped oil line running from the bottom end to each head. I think the flat gear box cover stated with the 66 Shovel head. My 63 Pan does have the ribbed cover. Stock 65 would also have a manual advance distributor. I'm pretty sure the mechanical advance stated with the 66 Shovel as well.
Hope some of that helps,
Enjoy!
Hope some of that helps,
Enjoy!
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Thanks for the info. I've been looking for a pan and found this one. Guy wants $8500 which seems extreme to me. I've seen pans rebuilt, complete and running for about that. He says this one isn't running, been sitting for 3 years. Says it just needs the battery and electric starter hooked up but it ran when he stopped riding it 3 years ago. He was going to do more work on it but never has. I'm thinking I'll offer him $5K but I'm sure he won't go for that. What do you guys think it is worth? I've tried to attach pics. Refer to previous posts. Thanks.
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You'll have to excuse me. I'm trying to figure attachments out. If you take my links from file and end at jpg, paste it in a new browser page, they come up. Don't include the [IMG] at the front and back. If there is an easier way to do this, I'm all ears.
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