I'm just getting round to putting a 1961 Duoglide Panhead together - I'm trying to get it a little closer to standard but not aiming my sights too high. When I bought I was a bit dazzled and as Sportsters have been more my thing I didn't clock all of the issues. The bike was advertised as an ex Police bike possibly - well it has a hand shift with police inscribed on it. It does not have the square oil tank or any sirens ( I have one now).
One of the things I want to put back to original is the cylinders - the bike has good 61 cases with matching belly numbers so all good there. The heads though were off a 48 and I have replaced these with some off a 61. I am still looking for some 61 cylinders, the ones on it are repo. This is where my knowledge starts to break down - cylinder identification and date codes have been a bit of a minefield.... my understanding is that I am looking for a date code with x-1 or x-o (x being the month 1 and 0 equating to 1960 or 1961; though could also be 50 and 51?). I think that I am also looking for cylinders with that date code with a drain internally at the bottom of the cylinder) any thoughts on the cylinders appreciated.. I have put an ad in the wanted section for set of 1960 - 61 cylinders - sadly not takers yet - message me if you have some in reasonable condition - ( don't mind re-sleeving and minor repairs to fins),
The other thing that I'm looking to understand a bit better is the regulator mount - the bike came with a solid state one which was really unseemly. I've managed to get hold of a mount however am not sure how and where it mounts - also can a 12v regulator be mounted to this rather than the 6v one - any photos of how this is supposed to be mounted on a Duoglide would be appreciated - i'm not seeing much in the online workshop manuals.
One of the things I want to put back to original is the cylinders - the bike has good 61 cases with matching belly numbers so all good there. The heads though were off a 48 and I have replaced these with some off a 61. I am still looking for some 61 cylinders, the ones on it are repo. This is where my knowledge starts to break down - cylinder identification and date codes have been a bit of a minefield.... my understanding is that I am looking for a date code with x-1 or x-o (x being the month 1 and 0 equating to 1960 or 1961; though could also be 50 and 51?). I think that I am also looking for cylinders with that date code with a drain internally at the bottom of the cylinder) any thoughts on the cylinders appreciated.. I have put an ad in the wanted section for set of 1960 - 61 cylinders - sadly not takers yet - message me if you have some in reasonable condition - ( don't mind re-sleeving and minor repairs to fins),
The other thing that I'm looking to understand a bit better is the regulator mount - the bike came with a solid state one which was really unseemly. I've managed to get hold of a mount however am not sure how and where it mounts - also can a 12v regulator be mounted to this rather than the 6v one - any photos of how this is supposed to be mounted on a Duoglide would be appreciated - i'm not seeing much in the online workshop manuals.
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