'hennesse wrote:ER MEINKE, who"]Hi Dave - regarding the notch in the headlight bracket; years ago I had a complete NOS early tach kit, and am about 99% certain it had a paper template as part of the instuctions that properly positioned where to put the notch and the size of it. Remember, these are my almost 70 year old brain cells trying to function, but if you throw this out there it might jog someone else's memory also.
thefrenchowl wrote:The mystery deepens!!!
The outline is another pointer to possibility of owner's filed...
That cast outline makes it that different filing hands would always find the right location, depth and width...
Patrick
Magneto Sportster wrote:Whether done with the cast outline, or possibly with a paper template as Roger suggested on the earlier versions, it would explain why there is no perceivable difference (at least in the 10 or so examples I have seen in person) between headlight brackets that were altered when the owner added an accessory tach kit vs. a bike that came from the factory with the tach installed. This explains a lot!
hennesse wrote:Magneto Sportster wrote:Whether done with the cast outline, or possibly with a paper template as Roger suggested on the earlier versions, it would explain why there is no perceivable difference (at least in the 10 or so examples I have seen in person) between headlight brackets that were altered when the owner added an accessory tach kit vs. a bike that came from the factory with the tach installed. This explains a lot!
OK, let's add some more fire to the fuel. The Legend Begins for 1963 and 1964 lists as optional for the XLCH: 92050-62 Tachometer Kit (not attached)
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