I am yrying to adapt a 1988 TLE sidecar to the new 2017 police sidecar chassis. This requires a rear mount boss that accepts a stand off (goes between it and the rod end). It has left-handed threads a little larger than 1” in diameter. None of these are available for purchase, so I want to have them made (unless I can find a used set). Does anyone know:
-The left hand thread designation for the large end of the stand off? (Male counterpart for connecting to newer boss.)
-The overall length of the front and rear stand offs? Harley says the front is longer.
Lee, there is a guy in Colorado, one of the main cities along the I-25 corridor, that bought up a HUGE collection of used Police bikes with all their TLE sidecars, and he has been selling them, or advertising them for sale on Craigslist, and possibly on e-bay. Ads have been up for more than a year, and his collection of these bikes and sidecars is about 20+ of each. You may want to do some searching for this guy, look at all ads on CL and e-bay, for what is being sold in Colorado, as he most likely has the item, and information you need.
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Thanks, I’ll try him to see if he has parts. Most or all of his sidecars were pre-2002, put on newer bikes. I’ve tried a dozen different parts outlets, and none of them have these. What I really need are the dimensions of the large fitting (like 1-1/8”-20 x 6”; just an example, but close).
If the mount is disassembled, you should be able to take the pieces to a machine shop and they can often do size and thread pitch measurement to determine what the dimensions are.
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