Kickstart EVO
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From: NJ
RE: Kickstart EVO
No more rare than a 85 FXST EVOwith kick start and chain drive,also bought new
ORIGINAL: pjb
I bought the FXWG in 85, and not the softail, because I wanted the belt drive. Now I'm glad because softails are everywhere and the evo FXWG with kicker is somewhat rare.
I bought the FXWG in 85, and not the softail, because I wanted the belt drive. Now I'm glad because softails are everywhere and the evo FXWG with kicker is somewhat rare.
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From: Russellville, Arkansas
RE: Kickstart EVO
I don't swear to this since this occured 25 years ago and I am only pulling this from my memory.
I believe it was in the fall of 1983 and I was at the Ford Dealership getting something done to my truck. A guy pulled up on a Softail and he came inside.....I asked him, "Is that the new Softail?" He said, yes it was.
I left and walked by the bike.....but I would almost swear it had the Shovelhead in it. I know it had the old ugly air cleaner on it and not the round one. That was the first Softail I ever saw...but all the others were EVO's though.
Supposedly, there never were any Shovelhead Softails. Perhaps, they made just a few before they switched to the EVO. This was in late 1983, before the EVO.
I might be mistaken.....but I KNOW it had the old ugly air cleaner cover.
I believe it was in the fall of 1983 and I was at the Ford Dealership getting something done to my truck. A guy pulled up on a Softail and he came inside.....I asked him, "Is that the new Softail?" He said, yes it was.
I left and walked by the bike.....but I would almost swear it had the Shovelhead in it. I know it had the old ugly air cleaner on it and not the round one. That was the first Softail I ever saw...but all the others were EVO's though.
Supposedly, there never were any Shovelhead Softails. Perhaps, they made just a few before they switched to the EVO. This was in late 1983, before the EVO.
I might be mistaken.....but I KNOW it had the old ugly air cleaner cover.
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From: Texas! Ya mean there's someplace else?
RE: Kickstart EVO
ORIGINAL: EVOrider
I don't swear to this since this occured 25 years ago and I am only pulling this from my memory.
I believe it was in the fall of 1983 and I was at the Ford Dealership getting something done to my truck. A guy pulled up on a Softail and he came inside.....I asked him, "Is that the new Softail?" He said, yes it was.
I left and walked by the bike.....but I would almost swear it had the Shovelhead in it. I know it had the old ugly air cleaner on it and not the round one. That was the first Softail I ever saw...but all the others were EVO's though.
Supposedly, there never were any Shovelhead Softails. Perhaps, they made just a few before they switched to the EVO. This was in late 1983, before the EVO.
I might be mistaken.....but I KNOW it had the old ugly air cleaner cover.
I don't swear to this since this occured 25 years ago and I am only pulling this from my memory.
I believe it was in the fall of 1983 and I was at the Ford Dealership getting something done to my truck. A guy pulled up on a Softail and he came inside.....I asked him, "Is that the new Softail?" He said, yes it was.
I left and walked by the bike.....but I would almost swear it had the Shovelhead in it. I know it had the old ugly air cleaner on it and not the round one. That was the first Softail I ever saw...but all the others were EVO's though.
Supposedly, there never were any Shovelhead Softails. Perhaps, they made just a few before they switched to the EVO. This was in late 1983, before the EVO.
I might be mistaken.....but I KNOW it had the old ugly air cleaner cover.
6th Gear
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RE: Kickstart EVO
My '85 superglde has a kickstart (chrome-liiks great): I use the key to start almost all of the time but the kicker is great if your battery goes dead. My bike kicktarts easily: one or two attempts unless it's sat for a while.
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From: Russellville, Arkansas
RE: Kickstart EVO
I purchased a Harley book today....and this picture caught my eye. The motorcycle in the picture is definately a Softail with the ugly air cleaner. If you zoom in real close, you can tell it is the Shovelhead as well. I knew I saw one years ago......and the one I saw looked just like this one. Interesting......
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From: Texas! Ya mean there's someplace else?
RE: Kickstart EVO
That's theframe I remember seeing advertised in Easyriders rag years ago. Appeared for a short time, then was gone. Couple years later it reappears as an official HD product. Wonder what the boys got paid for selling the patent to HD? I remember some talk about the earliest shocks cavitating. That'd be an interesting ride!
