Re: Magneto Sportster's new 1953 K project (input appreciate
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:11 am
Stan, I noticed that the kickstand you have is painted black. Do you believe this was painted from the factory? Dave
Harley K Model Motorcycles
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panic wrote:Important: cosmetic minutia
Irrelevant: how the engine runs
A K engine built with those parts will have low CCP, knock badly at the correct spark setting, run hot, and low power.
People with parts manuals never make mistakes?
If you say so
starcain wrote:I didn't see a voltage regulator in your pictures. The 1952s and 1953s used the smaller regulator that has a crimp-on cover instead of a screw-on cover and the terminals are straight instead of angled. If you don't have the earlier one you might want to start looking as these are also kind of hard to come across.