Side case
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Side case
Does anyone know why my side case is not ribbed? Every picture I see of '57's, they have ribbed ones. Possibly from a different year? I'm trying to get a picture up here, but I'm still kinda computer illiterate.
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Nope you have a later style cam cover is all. Wanna say 65 was first year for the smooth side but I am not completely sure about that.
BTW, nice looking chop. If you get the chance check out www.hydra-glide.net. Great forum for older bikes.
BTW, nice looking chop. If you get the chance check out www.hydra-glide.net. Great forum for older bikes.
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I know '63 still had the ribs. Thanks for the compliment panz4ever, I just picked it up not long ago because I love the basic old school look. I'm still going to make it my own by changing the back fender, sissy bar, solo seat with springs, for obvious reasons, and probably new tank. And I definately can't live with the color. Probably going with basic black.
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Just a thought since you are doing a couple of changes. Ya might think about the exhaust. Like the shotgun type set up as you have but making right turns can cause some pipe scraping on the front exhaust. Think Pauchgo makes a similar set up with the only difference being the front exhaust goes between the lower right portion of the motor and the top of the frame (basically stock configuration for the first part of the system)
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Just a thought since you are doing a couple of changes. Ya might think about the exhaust. Like the shotgun type set up as you have but making right turns can cause some pipe scraping on the front exhaust.
Think Pauchgo makes a similar set up with the only difference being the front exhaust goes between the lower right portion of the motor and the top of the frame (basically stock configuration for the first part of the system).
Means two piece pipe instead of a single but unless you motor is a 103 cu in yamazaki killer, any loss of performance is minimal.
Think Pauchgo makes a similar set up with the only difference being the front exhaust goes between the lower right portion of the motor and the top of the frame (basically stock configuration for the first part of the system).
Means two piece pipe instead of a single but unless you motor is a 103 cu in yamazaki killer, any loss of performance is minimal.
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You mean you can see the scrapes from that picture? You're right it will bottom out if I'm not real careful. I'll definately look into that. Thanks for the advice.
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It may have been a stock cover a previous owner ground down and polished. A 65 smooth cover is slightly different. Only way to tell for sure is take it off and look at the casting numbers on the inside.
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FilthyLucre may be correct about the possibility of your cover being a stock one that was ground down. Ive had the four ribs removed from my 1964 cover. And a genuine 1957 H-D cover would also have originally had four ribs.
The 1965 Panhead and the 196669 Shovelheads all originally had ribless covers and they are all beefier in construction than the 1964 and earlier Panhead covers and also the Knucklehead covers. And the 196569 covers also have some extra material near the centre lower edge. However, the outside of the 65 cover is slightly different to the 6669 covers because it is drilled to accommodate gear cover oil passage bolt #25218-63. Anyway, heres a photo of a 6669 cover for comparison with yours:
Regarding the 1957 FLH, The Legend Begins records that 164 were built although the book also declares the info is not to be regarded as totally accurate. And those 164 bikes were originally handshift models. The footshift version of the 1957 FLH was technically identified as an FLHF and there were 2,614 made. The second F in FLHF denoted the footshift and although that second F appears on the 1957 season order blank it wasnt stamped on the left crankcase as part of the model designation. Eric
The 1965 Panhead and the 196669 Shovelheads all originally had ribless covers and they are all beefier in construction than the 1964 and earlier Panhead covers and also the Knucklehead covers. And the 196569 covers also have some extra material near the centre lower edge. However, the outside of the 65 cover is slightly different to the 6669 covers because it is drilled to accommodate gear cover oil passage bolt #25218-63. Anyway, heres a photo of a 6669 cover for comparison with yours:
Regarding the 1957 FLH, The Legend Begins records that 164 were built although the book also declares the info is not to be regarded as totally accurate. And those 164 bikes were originally handshift models. The footshift version of the 1957 FLH was technically identified as an FLHF and there were 2,614 made. The second F in FLHF denoted the footshift and although that second F appears on the 1957 season order blank it wasnt stamped on the left crankcase as part of the model designation. Eric