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techtalk:ih:body01a [2021/05/14 18:11] hippysmack [Frame Interchange] |
techtalk:ih:body01a [2021/05/14 18:11] hippysmack [1957-1966 XL, XLH / 1958-1969 XLC, XLCH Sportster (Short) Frame Pics] |
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| Disclaimer: This page is not meant to date frames as to say the frames presented are the actual factory made part. Rather, it is an attempt to show period specific model information. Due to the limited amount of frames made from the factory and 60+ years of use, replacement parts and/or modifications are surely to be found on current frames. However, due to the prevalence of modifications by previous owners, pure factory versions of old frames are rare and sometimes valuable. | Disclaimer: This page is not meant to date frames as to say the frames presented are the actual factory made part. Rather, it is an attempt to show period specific model information. Due to the limited amount of frames made from the factory and 60+ years of use, replacement parts and/or modifications are surely to be found on current frames. However, due to the prevalence of modifications by previous owners, pure factory versions of old frames are rare and sometimes valuable. | ||
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| + | From Moon Wolf on modifications. ((Moon Wolf of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1674349)) \\ | ||
| + | Modifications were very common (on these bikes). I would guess about half the frames you run across have the ears cut off. \\ | ||
| + | In the sixties and seventies, everyone was running chopper seats and the ears got in the way of the flat look we were after, so we hacked them off (sorry). \\ | ||
| + | In those days, we were anti-brackets and anti-protuberances of any kind, so in many cases the large tank-mounting-boss below the ears went with it. \\ | ||
| + | (along with the front boss for the damper, crashbar mounts and so on) \\ | ||
| + | The guys that did so weren't idiots, they were just doing what kids do. Modifications often started the day you brought your new bike home. \\ | ||
| + | As for me, I know that in 1969, when I bought my 1961 XLH, it took me about four weeks to make it into a near perfect XLCH clone. \\ | ||
| + | (fenders, tanks, shocks, headlight, and magneto and then another year to turn it into a full blown chopper) \\ | ||
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