Redpan wrote:I don't get it.
The "XLCA" is the illustration from the lubrication section of the 1959 Service Manual. Your Webmonster surgically removed the arrows and numbers from the original, and created an April Fools Day hoax. The 1959 Service Manual probably wasn't released exactly on April 1, 1959, but it was 60 years ago.
- 1959 Service Manual Lubrication illustration
- 1959-xlh-lube.jpg (61.79 KiB) Viewed 13427 times
Totally unrelated in Mick's 1960 XLA - however, in gray primer paint, it kinda looks like the "XLCA". There were 400+ XLA created for the US Army in 1957. See our Gallery section for an example.
In the late 1950s and 1960s, there were XLA and XLB Sportsters in South Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries in that area of the world. The XLA and XLB appear to be stock Sportster XLHs on the outside. We have found no documents except for a few photographs of these bikes used as Police or Military Police in those countries. Whether these were sold directly to the foreign governments or through some US Government department is unknown.
The XLAs and XLBs are very rare. The only thing more rare would be the "KL" - a one-of-a-kind Harley prototype, based on the 1953 K chassis, but with an all-new
overhead valve engine. There was only one made, and I don't think it exists anymore.