74ci or 80ci ?
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74ci or 80ci ?
Have a 78 FXE motor in a 77 FLH frame and the PO said the motor was rebuilt to Police spec (no paperwork ) . Any way to tell from outside appearances or do I need to pull the heads ?
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No way to truly know, now that it's been rebuilt. First two digits of the VIN on the motor will tell you what it was originally:
1A = Model Designation
1A = FL-1200 6E = FXEF-80
2A = FLH-1200 7E = FLHS-1200
3A = XLH-1000 9E = SS-250
4A = XLCH-1000 2F = FXS-1200
5A = GE-750 3F = SXT-125
6A = SS-350 Sprint 4F = SS-175
7A = SX-125 6F = SS-125
8A = M65-S 7F = XLCR-1000
7B = ERS 2G = XLT-1000
8B = MSR-100 3G = FLH-80
2C = FX-1200 5G = FLT-80
3C = SX-350 Sprint 6G = FXE-80
5C = MC-65 7G = FXS-80
6C = SR-100 7T = SST-250
1D = LE Sidecar 8F = SST-350
2D = X-90 9F = SX-350
3D = Z-90 9G = FXWG-80
5D = SX-175 1H = FXB-80
6D = SX-250 2H = CLE Sidecar
7D = MX-250 3H = FLH-80 Classsic
9D = FXE-1200 5H = FLHS-80
4E = XLS-1000 6H = FL-80
5E = FXEF-1200 7H = FLH-1200 Police
8H = FLH-1200 Shrine
9H = FLH-80 Police
1K = FLH-80 Shrine
1A = Model Designation
1A = FL-1200 6E = FXEF-80
2A = FLH-1200 7E = FLHS-1200
3A = XLH-1000 9E = SS-250
4A = XLCH-1000 2F = FXS-1200
5A = GE-750 3F = SXT-125
6A = SS-350 Sprint 4F = SS-175
7A = SX-125 6F = SS-125
8A = M65-S 7F = XLCR-1000
7B = ERS 2G = XLT-1000
8B = MSR-100 3G = FLH-80
2C = FX-1200 5G = FLT-80
3C = SX-350 Sprint 6G = FXE-80
5C = MC-65 7G = FXS-80
6C = SR-100 7T = SST-250
1D = LE Sidecar 8F = SST-350
2D = X-90 9F = SX-350
3D = Z-90 9G = FXWG-80
5D = SX-175 1H = FXB-80
6D = SX-250 2H = CLE Sidecar
7D = MX-250 3H = FLH-80 Classsic
9D = FXE-1200 5H = FLHS-80
4E = XLS-1000 6H = FL-80
5E = FXEF-1200 7H = FLH-1200 Police
8H = FLH-1200 Shrine
9H = FLH-80 Police
1K = FLH-80 Shrine
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JD 1917 to 1929 and VL 1930 to 1935 had actual police internal parts ( big valve heads and cams / carbs ) in the engines and special clutch discs nothing else I have ever seen - the F in the chassis letters was for foot shifted police with out it was a tank shift, as most were until the evo came along 1984, then it was all foot shift from then on no tank shift available from Harleys evo police parts book anyway
Mr. Joe12RK, could you help me make sense of this VIN please?
6E52411H9(5). Same VIN on motor and frame
6E52411H9(5). Same VIN on motor and frame
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6E = FXEF-80; superglide with electric start, fat bob tanks, 80 cu in motor
H9 = 1979 and if you saying it may be H5 that's 1975, but they didn't make an 80 inch motor in 1975, so go with the H9
H9 = 1979 and if you saying it may be H5 that's 1975, but they didn't make an 80 inch motor in 1975, so go with the H9
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The 5 in parenthesize is because there looks to be a partial '5' just after the 9. Can't really see in the pic, but quite obvious in person. It must be a dent that just happened to land next to the 9, thank you.
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