At 16:10 Quit calling them Road Kings! For f’cks sake! Road Kings were not produced until 1994! Knuckleheads were produced from 1936-1947. They were sometimes called a slang term “full dresser” meaning it was fully dressed out which means fully accessorized. There were two model designations for the engine displacement, in which is engraved by the factory on the left side engine case, at the base of the cylinders. This is true for all Harley year numbers, like that Shovel head (where you didn’t know what year it was) until the Evolution engines came out. Example: 40 EL1839 means the engine is a Knucklehead 1940, 61 cubic inch displacement, number 1839 built for that year, meaning the low number was built near the beginning of the model year about 2-3 months in. None were built between 1943-45 because of the steel required for the full American war effort of WW2. No civilian bikes were produced except for US police and Servicar (a factory trike used for US postal service) and home based Army dispatchers. After the war production resumed for 1946-47 for the Knuckleheads, example 47 FL 5302 which means it was built in 1947, 74 cubic inch displacement, number 5302 built that year with the higher number meaning it was built near the end of the production year. The smaller displacement engines 61” were built until 1940 and 74” 1941-42 and 1946-47. There ya go I just schooled you so you don’t call any antique Harleys a f’ cking Road King anymore! 😮😅 Now you know so go ahead and surprise the next owner of an antique Harley and tell them what year their engine is. 🎉
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At 16:10 Quit calling them Road Kings! For f’cks sake! Road Kings were not produced until 1994! Knuckleheads were produced from 1936-1947. They were sometimes called a slang term “full dresser” meaning it was fully dressed out which means fully accessorized. There were two model designations for the engine displacement, in which is engraved by the factory on the left side engine case, at the base of the cylinders. This is true for all Harley year numbers, like that Shovel head (where you didn’t know what year it was) until the Evolution engines came out. Example: 40 EL1839 means the engine is a Knucklehead 1940, 61 cubic inch displacement, number 1839 built for that year, meaning the low number was built near the beginning of the model year about 2-3 months in.
None were built between 1943-45 because of the steel required for the full American war effort of WW2. No civilian bikes were produced except for US police and Servicar (a factory trike used for US postal service) and home based Army dispatchers. After the war production resumed for 1946-47 for the Knuckleheads, example 47 FL 5302 which means it was built in 1947, 74 cubic inch displacement, number 5302 built that year with the higher number meaning it was built near the end of the production year. The smaller displacement engines 61” were built until 1940 and 74” 1941-42 and 1946-47.
There ya go I just schooled you so you don’t call any antique Harleys a f’ cking Road King anymore! 😮😅 Now you know so go ahead and surprise the next owner of an antique Harley and tell them what year their engine is. 🎉