Triple Trees!

[Robert Luland]

Time for my the mind bending question of the week. Just got a set of triple trees in that I want to use on my 60 pan. They have the casting bosses for the 58 and down headlight bracket but if you looking right at them only the right side is drilled and tapped. I compared these to a later lower that doesn’t have the bosses yet there’s a hole drilled and tapped in the same place. What could have possibly bolted up to this? Man you could write a small book just on triple trees and what every hole is for and when. Bob L

[cdndewey]

Interesting question Bob. I just went and checked some of the trees that I have and here is what I found. My 58 up Servi-Car tree has just one tapped, my 62 FL has both tapped, my AMF adjustable tree has just one tapped and my 78 FLH has both tapped.

[Chris Haynes]

What the important thing to look for is the location of the fork stem. Swing arm forks have an oval shaped boss the stem mounts in and rigid frames have a round boss.

[Robert Luland]

Come on Chris. Be a nice kid and ansewer the queastion.

[koanes]

Looks like the upper tree in your picture has been modified for a custom headlight bracket.

[Chris Haynes]

Looks like the upper tree in your picture has been modified for a custom headlight bracket.

Yup.......

[Robert Luland]

Looks like the upper tree in your picture has been modified for a custom headlight bracket.

That's not the hole I'm talking about. Yes I agree with your thought but the hole I'm refering to is the one on the right side head light braket boss and it also is on the later tree. MoCo was cheap. They didn't drill and tap any thing unless there was a reason. There had to be some thing that was intended for that hole and I'm going to find out. Bob L

[Chris Haynes]

That hole could be for the horn.