Don't kill me please...

Since this was started as a 1958 XLH post, I haven't got one but can show you shots of my 58 XLC... It's got the high level set of pipes mentioned ealier in the topic, I believe it was the only set that ever was in G.B. (on a 59 CH) and it only took me 16 years to wrench it out of its owner...





Patrick

 

All y'all newbie riders look at the sparseness of these machines. Nothin' there that ain't needed, just like a muttersickle orter look!

 

If one wanted to build such a machine, where does one find the parts to bore and stroke an Ironhead to 90ci?

 

Another beauty Patrick. Thanks.

racer, historian, collector, rider

Museum owner????

I didn't catch the Turnip play on the Trumpet logo. Had a few triumph twins myself in the 60s and the 70s.
Scourge of the streets, they were. At the strip though the HDs ruled.

That AMA museum site is real nice, and well layed out.

"the sparseness of these machines" as Skip puts it is a big part of the appeal to me.
Takes me way back in the memory banks. My first bike, a 64 Ch in 65, was only a motorsickle, nothing more.
My first brand new machine, a 67 Triumph. Then we carried wrenches, always.
And the pavement was not the only place to ride.

That 66 XLRTT is what I would have wanted my 64 to be, but hell I was 15, young and dumb and full of

Maybe now I could get one, sell my SuperGlide and my house.

mud

 

Hi all,

Bored/Strocked Sportys...

Nothing new there, one of the 1st to make bits for that was Dytch, he had the H-D sub contracting foundry company, MC, cast std. barrels with more meat and height to them, then S&S did sets, they still carry some pistons, 3"3/16 with the pin location much higher and held in place by the oil ring, called 3700 series. This allow any amount of stroke, up to 5" to be fitted onto more or less std CH cases (just need some alloy welding on the cyl. bases to make them wider)

One can recognize Dytch cylinders easily, they look very std but are marked Front and Rear where the H-D part # normally is cast, on the left of the cylinder flanges. That XLRTT of mine is actually 74 c.i., 3" 3/16 bore by 4" 9/16 stroke (that's the original KH side valve stroke lenght), all early 60's Dytch bits... look at these pistons!!!



Patrick

 

Here's one source SK::

king of cubes

mud

 

another source:

truett and osborn


mud

 

Hey, I joined this forum because I saw this question. My 1961 XLH had a center stand when I bought it in '69, and I'm certain it was a factory item. If I can find it, I'm going to put it back on.

 

Hal Robinson, who once did illustrations and cartoons for Easyriders magazine, used to say that the CH on his magnito equipped Sportster stood for "Charley Horse".

 

Hey mud and pinion, I found the thread about J H and was blown away, I bought an old scrapbook and have been trying to find info on this fella. It has plenty of pics of the sporty and an old blown Vincent. There are also numerous pics of bonneville including one of Burt Munro. Any info would be appreciated as there is not much online. Oh and by the way I am building a 42 flattie.