Electric starter identification | Indian Chief 1946

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  • Igor
    New Member
    • Apr 2026
    • 24

    #1

    Electric starter identification | Indian Chief 1946

    Does anyone have any idea what brand this electric starter is?

    It is 12V and features a combined starter/generator unit. You operate by it using the horn button.

    Unfortunately, the starter/generator has burned out.
    I'm torn between keeping this setup or converting it back to original (while maintaining a 12V system).

    If anyone has any advice or experience with this starter kit, I'd love to hear it.
    Thanks in advance.
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  • tomfiii
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 311

    #2
    Maybe an starter-generator.

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    • PaulCDF
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2019
      • 1366

      #3
      Igor; any pictures from the Right side? Can see a kicker arm in the photos is it a working kicker or a "faux"? Does not look like Kiwi or Wombat. Maybe Fusco or a Timmerman though I have never seen either.
      Last edited by PaulCDF; Yesterday, 03:29 PM.

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      • Igor
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        • Apr 2026
        • 24

        #4
        Originally posted by PaulCDF View Post
        Igor; any pictures from the Right side? Can see a kicker arm in the photos is it a working kicker or a "faux"? Does not look like Kiwi or Wombat. Maybe Fusco or a Timmerman though I have never seen either.
        Hi Paul, thanks for the reply. Yes, the kicker is fully functional, not a faux one. Here are some photos of the right side! Let me know if this helps identify the setup.

        The Chief was imported from New York to The Netherlands in 2012. I don't know if the starter kit was already on the bike then or installed later here in Europe.
        Since the kicker fully works, any idea which kit this could be?
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        • Igor
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          • Apr 2026
          • 24

          #5
          Originally posted by tomfiii View Post
          Maybe an starter-generator.
          Hi Tom, thanks for your reply, yes indeed, it's a starter-generator.

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          • pisten-bully
            '46 Chief rider
            • Jul 2010
            • 1655

            #6
            Are the fasteners metric?
            Pisten Bully is Harry Roberts in Vermont.

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            • Igor
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              • Apr 2026
              • 24

              #7
              Originally posted by pisten-bully View Post
              Are the fasteners metric?
              Thanks, good question Harry!
              I checked the bolts and they are imperial/SAE, not metric, except for the threaded holes marked in the photo, which are metric.
              These are intended for metric bolts so you can easily press/pull the plate with the bushing out of the primary cover.
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