Nice bike enjoy it...

 

What a great find. I wish I had kept my 69' as an around town and parade bike.

 

Beautiful bike. Your right the front bumper is off a 68 or latter and the eagle emblem much latter. It may have been repainted. Looks nicer than the factory paint jobs. Looks pretty correct for a 67 except for the extra chrome. You will enjoy the heck out of it. I picked up a 68 seven years ago and it has turned into one of my favorites. I would have prefered a 67 but I couldn't find one. The only VIN number on a 67 will be on the motor in the format 67FLH1234 or 67FLH21345. For an odd year the first number after the flh will be odd unless there are 5 numbers than the first two numbers are odd. The belly numbers are in the format 167-1234 and the right and left side should match each other but not the VIN. The belly numbers may be 166-1234 if it is an early 67 model. These numbers show that the cases were machined and bored as a set.

 

BoomerBob,
You had a really nice looking bike.
Did it run as good as it looked?

 

Thank you FilthyLucre, I will check the numbers tonight. Too bad the case numbers can't be checked to the frame. It starts pretty well with the electric starter, but just for kicks (haha), what is the magic ritual for kicking it over?

 

There should be no VIN numbers on the frame. A 67 will have a key lock in the neck, no reinforcement plate on the left rear downtube. It will also have a date stamp on the right side of the top motor mount near the rear tank mount. It will be a letter and number, such as B7 for February 67.

My 68 is a one kick, hot or cold. The secret is having the timing perfect. The upright distributer is easy to set for advance static timing. In a nutshell, you set the point gap, align the advance mark in the view port, hold the the point cam in full advance and rotate the base until the points just break on the small cam lobe. You can check it with a light but it is much easier to static time it and just as accurate. Here is a service bulletin.

Every Harley I've ever owned had there own unique kicking ritual. My 72 you had to flood the hell out of it. My 68 a couple of turns on the throttle then kick once. My 75 you had to kick it over several times with the ignition off, then set the throttle halfway and turn the ignition on then give it a vigerous kick.

 

Beautiful bike. Flatside shovels are the nicest looking bikes.

 

Thank you! Yes. It did run as good as it looked!

I rode her for 12 years. Most of those were without an electric start.

When I had the heads polished it no longer started up on the first or second kick. It really bummed me out at the time and it really didn't run any better either.

I rebuilt the top end 3 times and the bottom end twice. She wasn't fast buy she was reliable.

Like I said; I really wish I had kept her. She was a goodun'.

Boomer

 

Thank you for the info, I bought it and a service manual. I will have more questions, I'm sure.

 

What did you pay? I'm going to look at a 68 today.