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Herb.
I tried to contact you by the private message service on this forum but it would not take my message, so I am using this open forum.
In your recent article in our magazine titled “Cracking the H-D Code” You mentioned a rare 80 cu inch option available in 1929 for the JDH you stated that the designation for this was an L at the end of the serial number.
I own a 1929JDL motor that has an L after the motor number. Having read your article I compared the flywheels on this motor with those of another 29J only to find that they were different castings, the distance between the centre of the pinion shaft and the crank pin is 2 and 1/8 inches giving a stroke of 4 ¼ inches the stroke for a 74 cu inch JD should be 4 inches .The fly wheels look like they are OEM Harley.
Was the 80 cu inch option also available on JDLs ?
Any information you can let me have on this would be greatly appreciated.
Any input from other forum members would also be appreciated.
Regards Pete Reeves 860
I tried to contact you by the private message service on this forum but it would not take my message, so I am using this open forum.
In your recent article in our magazine titled “Cracking the H-D Code” You mentioned a rare 80 cu inch option available in 1929 for the JDH you stated that the designation for this was an L at the end of the serial number.
I own a 1929JDL motor that has an L after the motor number. Having read your article I compared the flywheels on this motor with those of another 29J only to find that they were different castings, the distance between the centre of the pinion shaft and the crank pin is 2 and 1/8 inches giving a stroke of 4 ¼ inches the stroke for a 74 cu inch JD should be 4 inches .The fly wheels look like they are OEM Harley.
Was the 80 cu inch option also available on JDLs ?
Any information you can let me have on this would be greatly appreciated.
Any input from other forum members would also be appreciated.
Regards Pete Reeves 860
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