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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 10:24 AM
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I saw this outside Rapid City HD last summer and would love to know the name and year of this bike. Of all the bikes I saw on that trip, this is the one I keep coming back to. Thanks folks…


 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 10:28 AM
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It`s a Mongrel Glide
The frame is FXR
The front end is FLH
 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 10:49 AM
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What year is that engine and frame?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 10:58 AM
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no guarantee that they were "born together"
But the EVO engine FXR chassis was `84-94 then a gap with a very few made in 99
Trans end cap indicates `87 up but that too could have been changed
Evo engine is `84 - `99
`82 & `83 FXR frame had a Shovel engine
 

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Hard to tell year as it is heavily modified to Owner's taste, but as said 84-94 FXR for sure. They never came with a wide glide front end, so that has been changed with a bunch of other stuff.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 11:19 AM
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Engine is a later top breather.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by North of You
What year is that engine and frame?
Post 88-90 by the trans side cover, earlier was a smaller rectangle looking thing. Forget what year exactly it swapped. Rest is a swap meet special.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 12:07 PM
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Frankenbike. Unless you talk to the owner all you can be sure of is that the bike did not come with that front end. My guess is the engine is a retrofit as well but who knows?
 
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Thanks guys. I love how the owner put in the work and made it his own. And ‘Mongrel Glide“ cracked me up…..
 
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Post 88-90 by the trans side cover, earlier was a smaller rectangle looking thing. Forget what year exactly it swapped. Rest is a swap meet special.
The "oval" trans cover started in `87 p/n 37103-87
 
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