A buddy is building an ironhead the engine is 76 w/ kick & electric start He bought a starter but obviously wrong one He has solenoid With that said Is it possible that there are two applications or starters for this year Any help would be appreciated Thank You In Advance

 

'76 XL could have a Prestolite or Hitachi starter. Some '74 to early '76 XLs had the Hitachi. When they are compared to each other, the Prestolite will be longer.

 

There were two different starters,Prestolite and Hitachi.
Not sure if both were used in '76 or not, you'd have to refer to a parts book.
I have a '70-'78 service manual that shows both starters but it doesn't tell what years had which.
Pretty sure the prestolite was the earlier version but not sure when they changed.

 

HI, whats all the fuss, call a hd dealer, have them look up the part #, then go get one.

 

dealers won't want to mess with it, they don't belive in anything older than an evo

 

Aint that the truth. Luckily we have a shop in my area that works mainly on the older bikes

 

HI, call "sporty specialties" in cali, the guy knowes his sporters.

 

I have a 1976 Sporster, mostly redone, and if my memory serves me there were starters for Kick Only and for Electric Start. The bikes with kick start only had smaller batteries, starters, etc.

I hope I am not misinforming you. A good local shop may be more helpful than a dealer. I think Custom Chrome has starters for those bikes.