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Old 01-21-2019, 09:08 PM
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I have a 12 hole domed metal cover that I need help identifying. The man I inherited it from had 45/Servi-Cars/Police Specials.

I have a 12 hole domed metal cover that I need help identifying. The man I inherited it from had 45/Servi-Cars/Police Specials.
 
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Doesn't look like a Servi-car, more likely from something earlier, possibly a different brand. IMHO it's part of a pressed steel primary casing, not a cast alloy one, which may help narrow things down - a little!
 
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Not 45/Servi for sure, unless some kind of odd aftermarket piece. 45's had a small cover that allowed for clutch adjustment, no derby cover. Any 45 you see with a full derby, after market primary chain cover.

As grb stated, maybe something much older.
 
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Hummmm, pans and knuckles were 10 hole.
 

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K model sportsters 1954-70!
 
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K model sportsters 1954-70!
They don't have a separate derby cover, just a one-piece alloy chain-case.
 
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Default 12 hole metal some kind of cover!

Thanks guys for the quick response. I think Joe may be right about Sportster. I found a 12 hole gasket in a Midwest catalog & the a picture of a Sportster picture with a 12 hole domed cover. Thanks so mucho!
 
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Thanks guys for the quick response. I think Joe may be right about Sportster. I found a 12 hole gasket in a Midwest catalog & the a picture of a Sportster picture with a 12 hole domed cover. Thanks so mucho!
Interesting. Any chance of a pic or link, so we can see the bike?
 
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I'd like to see it also. I found the gasket earlier but could not find an example of the bike it fit on. Every bike pic I can find agrees with grbrown.
 

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It's Inside the Primary Cover





 

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