Free Tech Articles
We offer free technical articles on this page to help you maintain, build or restore your bike.
These articles are either written by our technical experts, extracts from Harley Services Bulletins (or "Service Shop Dopes" as they were called in the early days) or selections from the original user manuals.
Glossary of terminology
- BT: Big Twin
- Flathead: A type of engine with Side Valves.
- Knucklehead: A type of engine with Over Head Valves.
- OHV: Over Head Valve
- SV: Side Valve
Technical articles
- Harley model numbers (Original article, added 12/23/03, revised 08/23/04)
- Taking care of chrome (Service Shop Dope 1937, added 05/28/04)
- A note on rebuilding spoked wheels (Service Shop Dope 1941, added 05/28/04)
- Rebuilding M Linkert carburetors (Service Shop Dope 1942 & 1949, added 05/28/04)
- Tire pressure (Service Shop Dope 1946, added 05/31/04)
