58 and up regulator Harley Motorcycle 1936-1964 Discuss 58 and up regulator in the MOTORCYCLES forums; Hi list, I was wondering if someone could give some insight/opinion as to why HD chose the area near the rear exhaust pipe to stick the voltage regulator on post ...

[joe]

Hi list, I was wondering if someone could give some insight/opinion as to why HD chose the area near the rear exhaust pipe to stick the voltage regulator on post 58 machines. A Pan is such a pretty engine and the voltage regulator looks out of place - they didn't even try to make the regulator look good (IMHO). Was there really no other place to tuck it in?

Joe

[flat-happy]

hello joe-----i'm restoring a 58 here in gallatin tn and wondered the same thing. i liked it better when you could build them the way you wanted to. no money in that now though. i think it should have been mounted on the generator for better cooling

[cdndewey]

On the Police bikes they hang it on the left side over the coil....at least that's the way my 62 is.