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Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby GaryM2 » Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:25 am

Can anyone tell me why this pedal would sell for $ 465.00.????


Harley Knucklehead Flathead Panhead JD VL Transmission Kick Start KICKER PEDAL https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3375838531
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby Magneto Sportster » Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:32 pm

Because it's original and someone has an original bike that is missing the correct kicker pedal?
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby hennesse » Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:40 pm

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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby Mutt » Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:58 pm

Wonder what my NOS one would bring
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby hennesse » Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:53 am

Considering these pedals started out in 1916, did they change over the years? They probably had cadmium plated parts at one point, but did they change to zinc plating in the 1960s / AMF era? Were they ever all parkerized?


For those of us on a more modest budget, how can we make a repop look most like an original? There seem to be two kinds of repops available - V-Twin (~$45), and a generic chrome one (~$25).

The V-Twin one has the 33192-16 and axle cover 33201-17 Parkerized. The 33213-31, 33215-30, and associated bolt and washer are chrome. Everything else is zinc. It has acorn nuts instead of the 7620s, and has an extra washer under the 7620/7021.

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So (am I correct?), we need to cad plate the 33203-17 rightwards to the 33210-29, and Parkerize everything else, replacing the acorn nuts with regular nuts (except I think the 33190-17 axles are 10-32 not 10-24, I'd have to check). Are the shapes/sizes of everything else reasonably close?
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby Mutt » Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:11 pm

yes, depending on the years, the finishes changed and changed back again, during the war rubber was deletes and steel was used, then back to cad and parkerized

The one in my pic is correct for 50s,60s and early 70's
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby Ferrous_Head » Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:00 pm

I can only guess this is another example of people wanting to keep their bikes looking like well used examples - not restored or factory fresh. Put just the one new part on a bike that's 60+ years old and it looks very much out of place. To some people anyway.
It's a bit hard to make new rubber parts look that od.
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Re: Crazy eBay auction - Foot kicker pedal

Postby strong56KH » Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:34 pm

This website: https://deluxehdrestorations.com sells them in 3 different finishes. The cad and park one is finished like the factory one for 1950's-60's. The factory pedals had a good quality hard rubber that could withstand a lot of wear. I have tried the aftermarket ones and they are a soft rubber that wears quickly on the edges and tears easily on the corners.
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