From:marty megregian e-mail:indianfourdoc@aol.com
Subject:RE: RE: Oil Filters Date:Tue Nov 6 20:58:13 2007
Response to:1785
Dave, mine is mounted under the left floorboard on the frame rail. Not visible at all, and easily changed for concours events. Plenty of clearance on corners. Marty

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Dave ,
I have oil filters on my KJ and De Luxe both down on the inside right hand side and out of the way of cooling for cylinders , see pic of it under my KJ photo's , very handy and although when I fitted it a ''few years'' ago I said I'd fit some nice plumbing with nickled lines etc , but haven't quite got round to it yet , it is easily accessible and doesn't make a mess on the bike when I unscrew the filter when a change of oil and filter is needed but however it is fitted , as long as it works I think it a good addition to the Henderson , or any other four ,
happy riding and long life to your engines !! Ken

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Indnrdr -

I bought one of Old Iron's Indian Chief Oil Filter kits. I got some 1/8" x 1/2" aluminum bar, and made the inserts like you made for your bike for mounting on the front cross-tube.

After trial-mounting - at first, I could not understand why you have scratches in your fender - it seemed to have plenty of clearance. But, after looking at it for awhile, I figured that it must be from hitting potholes - when the front end flexes - the wheel could be drawn back far enough to cause interference.

So I trial-mounted it on the right downtube - as high as possible and still allowing to get the filter off - since the bracket was made for 1-3/8 - same for Indian as Hen. It fit OK, but was kinda close to the "hot" end of the cylinders, and made the piping kinda ugly.

Then I trial-mounted it to the left downtube, and it is on the "cool-end" of the cylinders, hides behind the generator, and makes piping more "Streamline"-d.

I agree - your mounting is more asthetic, but given the fender clearance problems, doesn't the left downtube make more sense?

Or am I missing something?

Dave