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| Industry News | | | Harley Model Codes (no Buells or V-Rods) | Posted by outramb |  The first letter of the model designator reveals the engine series:
G - Servicar three wheeler, 1932 to 1972
E - Overhead valve 61 cubic inch "big twin" (Engine/trans separated)
F - Overhead valve 74 or 80 cubic inch "big twin"
K - Side valve 45 and 55 cubic inch sports bike that replaced the WL in
1953 and was replaced by the sportster in 1957. It had many design
features that were carried over to the Sportster.
U - Side valve 74 or 80 cubic inch "big twin"
V - Side valve 74 cubic inch made prior to 1936
W - Side valve 45 cubic inch made 1934 to 1952
X - Sports and special construction. Applied to 1918-1922 opposed twin
Sport, 1944 military opposed twin, and 1957 to present Sportster.
There were others, such as the J series (a very nice looking bike that was about the hottest thing around in the 20's) but you're not likely to see them in daily use anymore.
Second Character
L - high compression. Omitted on low compression early models, and not indicative of compression on current models.
Remaining Characters
Model descriptions, eg WG - Wide Glide. Some generalizations:
A - Military (Army) version (except GA, Servicar without tow bar)
B - Battery start (early models), Belt drive (some later models)
C - Classic, Competition, Custom, various others meanings
D - Dyna, the newest frame and engine mount design
E - Electric start
F - Foot shift (when the standard was hand-shift)
H - varied between High performance and Heavy duty. The early FLH for
example produced 5 more HP than the FL and was used primarily for
touring and sidecar applications
LR- Low Rider (though many Low Riders don't include LR in the model ID)
P - Police version
R - Rubber mounted engine (some models) racing version (other models) e.g.
the FXR is a lowrider with rubber mounted engine, WLR is the flat
track racer that was very hard to beat in the 30's, 40's, and 50's
ST- Soft Tail
S - (without following T) Sports version eg FLHS is an FLHT without the
touring package
T - Touring
WG - Wide Glide
Models by Category
Sportsters: Models beginning with X are Sportsters. These descend from the K series, 1952-56. The XL series started in 1957. They are "unit construction" (engine & transmission share a common case). X was in the normal series, following the U and V used for flathead Big Twins. L stood for high compression (7.5:1 in 1957). In 1958 came the XLH with H meaning Higher-power or High-compression (9:1) or Hot. Also in 1958 was the XLCH: The C in XLCH was intended to mean "Competition", but the late Hal Robinson used to claim the CH on his bike stood for "Charley Horse" because it was highly modified and had enough initial ignition advance to kick back rather severely.
The Sportster engines were originally actually 53.9ci. (883cc) but were designated as 55ci. This was upgraded (in 1970?) to 61ci (1000cc), redesigned in '73 but still 61" and stayed relatively unchanged untill the 74" evo version. The 883 and 61" were both produced the first year of the 883. Options for Sportsters abounded but these same letters have been used since 1958 in various combinations, plus the XLCR (a "cafe racer" style, with bikini fairing) and the XLT (Touring, with bigger tank, thicker seat, and hard bags straight off the FLHS), both produced 1977-1978 only.
Big Twins: Models beginning with F are Big Twins. These all descend from the 61E in 1936. Knuckleheads 1936-47, Panheads 1948-65, Shovelheads 1966-84/85, and Evolutions 1984/5-present. The Evolution (block head) was introduced in '84 on the Soft Tail and Tourglide Ultra, with the last Shovel built in mid '85. Until 1978, these were mostly 74's (~1200cc). In 1978, the 80ci (~1340cc) was introduced.
In 1971 was the first FX model, with an F engine and assorted Sportster (X) parts, notably forks - these were initially Super Glides. In 1974, FXE was Electric start. In calendar 1977 came the FXS Low Rider, with shortened shocks and scooped seating position. Also in 1978, the FX Super Glides got belt final drive. 1979 brought 80ci Shovelheads and the FXEF Super Glide Fat Bob (not Boy), for bobbed fenders and fat tank. In 1980, FXWG (Wide Glide) andthe FXB Sturgis with belt drive (primary and secondary).
1984 brought the Softtail FXST, with the look of an old hardtail but some suspension for comfort.
In 1991 came the FXD Dyna Glide series, starting with another Sturgis model. This brought many frame and engine mounting changes, a relocated oil tank and moved crossover pipe.
Touring: In 1980, the FLT designation was introduced for the Tour Glide. This model introduced the vibration-isolation mounted engine (rubberglide) and also a slightly different frame from other FLs and a fixed fairing. FXR (originally called Super Glide II) arrived in late 1981. The R had rubbermount engine and 5-speed tranny, as opposed to rigid-mount and 4-speed in other models. FXRS maybe meant Sport, with cast wheels and a small sissy bar. The Sport Glide FXRT (Touring) arrived in 1983, with the fixed fairing and air adjustable anti-dive forks.
Beginning Letters
The only really reliable letters now are at the beginning of the model: X=Sportster, F=Big Twin, FL=Big Twin with big forks, FX=Big Twin with Sportster-style (smaller) forks, FXST=Softtail, FXD=Dyna Glide. At times, different models have even shared the same letter-designation; witness the FLHTC Electra Glide Classic/Ultra Classic Electra Glide in 1993 models.
Unique Designations
THE BASICS FROM THE PAST :
E the basic version of the big twin
EL the E with more power
F basic, enlarget from 61 to 74 big twin
FL the F with more power
FLH still more power built as pan shovel and evo
K sidevalve middleweight circa '52
KK tuned version of K
KH the K stroked from 45 to 54
KHK tuned version of the KH
XL basic sportster
XLC stripped Calif. model
XLH higher performance XL '58
XLCH high performance XL (w/ kicker)
FX original Super Glide form F and X parts
FXE original Super Glide form F and X parts
with electric start
Sportsters
XLR hot stripped XL
XR-750 iron and alloy 750 racing only
XLCR road race style XLH
XR-1000 alloy XR top end and dual carbs on the XLH cases
XLT XLH with larger tank
XLX stripped XLH
XLS fancy XLH
XLH most current Sporty 883 and 1200
XL '96 1200C (Custom) and 1200S (sport) Sportsters
Lowriders
FXS the original Low Rider
FXEF the first Fat Bob F=Fat
FXWG FL forks w/o covers and 21" front wheel aka Wide Glide
FXB original sturgis B=belt drive
FXR Super Glide II original rubber mount
FXRP P=police equip
FXRS FXR with cast wheels, extra trim aka Low Glide
FXSB Low Rider with belts
FXRDG FXRS with solid disk rear wheel
FXRT R=Rubber mount T=touring aka Sport Glide
FXRC Low Glide Custom w/ wire wheels
FXRT/P FXRT P=police equip
FXRD FXRT w/ trunk aka Grand Touring
FXRS-SP Low Rider Sport edition
FXRS-CONV Low Rider w/ detachable windshield and bags
FXDB Dyna Glide, latest chassis ('91 Sturgis) two-point engine mounting
FXDC FXDB with goodies C=Custom (NO 21" front wheel)
FXD Dyna Super Glide
FXDS-CONV Dyna Glide w/ detachable windshield and bags
FXDWG Dyna Wide Glide
FXDL Dyna Low Rider
Softails
FXST original Softail
FXSTC Softail Custom
FXSTS Springer Softail
FXSTSB Springer Softail Badboy
FLST Softail with 16" front wheel
FLSTC Heritage Softail
FLSTF Fatboy
FLSTN Fatboy/Heritage with different goodies(N for Nostalgia)
Electraglides
FLT Tour Glide, has frame-mounted fairing
FLTC FLT with extras (C for Classic)
FLTC U FLT with even more extras (U for Ultra)
FLTC U I FLTC U with fuel injection (I for Injection)
FLHT Electra Glide, has fork-mounted fairing
FLHS FLT with windshield and less goodies S = Sport
FLHTC FLHT with extras (C for Classic)
FLHTC U FLHT with even more extras (U for Ultra)
FLHTC U I FLTC U with fuel injection (I for Injection)
FLHR Road King, factory customized FLHT | |
| Industry News | | | A Brief Harley Davidson History Time Line | Posted by phrawgh | 1903 Harley Davidson is founded
1903 The first Harley-Davidson motorcycle is manufactured
1905 The "Silent Grey Fellow" nickname coincides with the new standard grey color.
1907 The first Harley-Davidsons sold for police duty
1909 First "V-Twin" engine
1912 First clutch mechanism
1914 Stepstarter and internal expanding rear brake
1915 Three speed transmission
1916 The first issue of "The Enthusiast" publication
1922 74" Twin engine debuts
1928 Front wheel brake appears
1929 WL 45" Twin engine
1932 45" Servicar
1936 80" Side Valve Twin engine and the first "Knuckle Head" 61" engine
1937 William A. Davidson dies
1941 74" OHV Super Power engine
1942 Walter Davidson dies at age 65
1943 Bill Harley dies at age 66
1947 74" OHV Big Twin engine
1948 74" "Panhead" engine is introduced
1949 The Hydra-Glide debuts
1950 Arthur Davidson dies at age 69
1957 XLH Sportster
1958 The Hydra-Glide turns into the Duo-Glide
1959 XLCH Sportster
1960 The "Topper," a fiberglass motorscooter, was introduced.
1960 Harley Davidson teams up with Italian manufacturer Aeronautica Macchi
S.p.A. to produce a line of smaller bikes including the Shortster and Sprint
models.
1965 The Electra-Glide debuts
1965 George Roeder sets a world land speed record (177.225 m.p.h.) for 250
cc motorcycles on a much modified Harley-Davidson Sprint.
1965 After being privately held for over 60 years, Harley-Davidson goes
public.
1966 The introduction of the Harley Davidson "shovel head" engine
1967 Electric start Sportster
1969 Merger with American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF)
1971 FX 1200 Super Glide
1972 1000 cc XLH/XLCH Sportster
1972 First disc brakes on a Harley
1977 FXS 1200 Low Rider and FLHS
1978 75th Anniversary models
1978 FLH 80 Electra-Glide
1978 First electronic ignition on a Harley
1979 FXS 80 Low Rider
1980 FLT rubber mounted engine
1981 Senior executives at Harley-Davidson purchase the company from AMF.
Harley-Davidson once again becomes a privately owned company.
1983 President Reagan imposes additional tariffs on all Japanese motorcycles
700 cc or larger.
1983 The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) is established.
1984 The Introduction of the "Evolution" engine
1984 First Softail models and Air Assisted Anti-Drive
1986 By offering common stock and subordinated notes, Harley-Davidson once
again becomes a publically owned corporation.
1987 In an unprecedented move, Harley-Davidson petitions the ITC for early
termination of the five year tariff imposed in 1983.
1988 Patented "Springer" front-end returns
1990 Dyna model is introduced
1991 All Harleys change to five speed transmission
1992 All Harleys adopt a belt drive
1993 "90th Anniversary" homecoming
1995 First fuel injection models
1998 95th Anniversary
2003 100th Anniversary
2007 Sportster goes fuel injected making all Harleys fuel injected
2008 105th Anniversary | |
| Cool! | | | HOGS4SALE.com | Posted by phrawgh |  HOGS4SALE.com features new Harley Davidson motorcycles for sale and used Harley Davidson motorcycles for sale throughout the United States. HOGS4SALE.com has assisted many individuals in both buying and selling motorcycles in all fifty states and in most major cities throughout the USA. | |
| Legal | | | House endorses repeal of motorcycle helmet law for most adults | Posted by phrawgh |  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— State House members are revving up for another run at repealing Missouri’s mandatory helmet law for most adult motorcyclists.
The House gave initial approval Wednesday by voice vote to legislation that would allow people age 21 and older to ride motorcycles without helmets. Another vote would send the bill to the Senate, where its prospects are much dicier.
Although some motorcyclist enthusiasts have pushed for years to repeal the helmet requirement, their efforts typically have stalled in the Senate, where one or two opponents can more easily block bills than in the House. | |
| Legal | | | Motorcycle Builder Given More Time To Work On Case | Posted by phrawgh | A Brevard County judge granted attorneys for famed motorcycle builder Billy Lane more time to work on their case.
Lane, 37, faces DUI manslaughter charges in connection with a Labor Day crash that killed motorcyclist Gerald Morelock.
Lane's lawyers said they just got the case six weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Morelock's family filed a civil suit against Lane for pain and suffering. A hearing in that case is set for Monday. | |
| Bullshit | | | 7-Year-Old Dirt Biker Arrested | Posted by phrawgh |  Baltimore's mayor says she plans to look into the arrest of 7-year-old boy.
Police say Gerard Mungo was riding a motorized dirt bike on a city sidewalk.
The boy's mother says he was sitting on the bike with the motor off, when an officer grabbed him by the collar and pulled him off it.
Police eventually confiscated the bike, arrested the boy and took him to the police station.
There, he was handcuffed to a bench and interrogated before being released to his parents.
The incident is generating more criticism of a department already under fire for what critics call unnecessary arrests.
The police commissioner says the city has had problems with dirt bikes, but calls the arrest inconsistent with his view of neighborhood problem solving.
Mayor Sheila Dixon says "as a parent," she's "bothered by it." | |
| General | | | Biker Rival Charged In Murder Of Hells Angel | Posted by phrawgh |  One day after a bizarre shooting in Vaughan left a member of the Hells Angels biker club dead at a local strip club, information is becoming available about the man charged with his murder.
Police spent Sunday combing for clues outside Pro Club, where David Buchanan was killed early Saturday at his 32nd birthday party. Some fear the incident could be proof of a growing turf war across the province.
Late Saturday, Frank Lenti, Pro Club manager and full member of The Bandidos biker club, was arrested in connection with the shooting, which also wounded two other Hells Angels members, one of whom remains in serious condition.
Lenti's motives aren't clear at this point, but both men are said to have been major players in the biker scene. Police are wondering what Buchanan and his group were doing at a rival club in the first place.
"Obviously that's something we'll be determining over the course of the investigation, and it is early in the investigation," said York Regional Police Chief Armand La Barge.
Police are now reviewing surveillance video from the scene, while they go over the somewhat lengthy history of Lenti's involvement in the biker world.
The 59-year-old has been linked to several other biker clubs over the last 30 years, and made headlines in 1995 when he was almost killed in a car bombing.
Lenti is charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons offences in Saturday's incident. He appeared in court Sunday morning and remains in custody prior to his second appearance, which will be Monday.
"Obviously we'll look at the impact of him being in custody and off the street and we'll be looking at the broader implications," said La Barge. | |
| Industry News | | | Motorcycle airbags part of safety trend | Posted by phrawgh | MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Jeaneen Parsons' husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky.
The couple emerged from the accident with a few road burns and frazzled nerves. The passenger's leg was shattered.
Marifran Mattson lost part of her left leg when the motorcycle she was on was struck by a semitrailer in 2004 near Crawfordsville, Ind.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was seriously injured June 12 when a car turned into the path of his motorcycle June 12. Roethlisberger, who wasn't wearing a helmet, suffered a concussion, broken nose and jaw and damaged teeth. | |
| Events | | | Largest Motorcycle Ride in the World Starts in Chattanooga | Posted by phrawgh |  Thousands of bikers gathered in Chattanooga today for the largest motorcycle ride in the world. The 13th annual Trail of Tears ride is sponsored by the Christian motorcyclists Association. CMA is trying to raise awareness about the grueling march that killed thousands of Native Americans nearly one hundred seventy years ago.
"Golly mighty, it just thrills me, just to see them come by and, golly, waiving," Alva Crow says.
Crow is a Cherokee Indian who is blessing the Trail of Tears riders. Crow says he's there to make sure the bikers have a safe trip.
"[I'm here to] help the bikers have a good ride, a safe ride, a beautiful ride," Crow says. Bill Cason is the ride leader and the originator of the trial of tears ride. He says the ride gets bigger every year.
"If each one goes back home and tells what this is about, that's how this ride has grown," Cason says.
35-40,000 will be riding by the time they reach Florence, Alabama.
"It's great to see all these lines of bikers down through here," Crow says while gesturing towards the long line of motorcycles.
Proceeds from the ride will go to scholarships for Native American students.
Crow says he couldn't happier with the Trial of Tears ride.
"It's celebrating the life of Native Americans," he says with a huge grin.
Mayor Ron Littlefield called for riders to start their engines, and newly elected Sheriff Billy Long swapped his patrol car for his motorcycle.
Long says Chattanoogan's should be pleased with today's turnout.
"We'll this is one the biggest rides in the nation and they'll be proud it starts right here in Chattanooga," Long says.
Crow says he has the same message for everyone supporting the trial of tears ride.
"Have a great day! It's going to be beautiful," Crow says enthusiastically. Organizers expect to raise sixty thousand dollars in scholarship money for Native American children. They expect as many as one hundred thousand cyclists to take part before the ride ends in Oklahoma. | |
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