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From: Bedford UK
Do you have any pics of the batwing mounting? Do you know the "cutoff" year of the batwing that fits our bike? I like the RK style windscreen but the protection of the batwing for long distance.......best of both worlds.
I plan to adapt the the twinkie quick-release tourpack hardware, since I'm going to a late model seat. I have a stock 2009 seat sitting in the garage and the origanal seat is trashed and the pan is cracked. With the 09 seat the origanal TP/Rack mount cant be used. I wonder if the RK quick release windscreen hardware can be adapted to my bike? Project for a later date, maybe when snow comes.
I plan to adapt the the twinkie quick-release tourpack hardware, since I'm going to a late model seat. I have a stock 2009 seat sitting in the garage and the origanal seat is trashed and the pan is cracked. With the 09 seat the origanal TP/Rack mount cant be used. I wonder if the RK quick release windscreen hardware can be adapted to my bike? Project for a later date, maybe when snow comes.
My batwing is glass-fibre, but I know the late 80s Glide I got the tourpak from had a plastic batwing, with integral dashboard, similar to modern Glides, so the switch-over must have been mid-late 80s. I have never seen an FLHS batwing kit, so don't know if they were glassfibre like mine or plastic.
Last edited by grbrown; Jul 18, 2011 at 05:46 AM.
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From: Queens, NYC
I have 3 Evo models and get all types of questions, last one was "Is that a street bob" for the bobber I build on a Soft tail frame.
GBrown- That batwing sits on top of the windscreen? I have a 95 police RK with the dash up top. I was told that they dont make batwings to fit?
GBrown- That batwing sits on top of the windscreen? I have a 95 police RK with the dash up top. I was told that they dont make batwings to fit?
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From: Bedford UK
No, its the same as a shovel batwing. There are two steel uprights, mounted off the sides of the triple-trees, same way as the RK oval windshield. The batwing is mounted off the uprights, two points each side, and my windshield is mounted at the top of them. The batwing and windshield don't touch each other.
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From: Aruba
I think it's hilarious when people ask me if my bike is new/couple of years old. My reply is, look at the motor which normally gets a response something like, yes, it's really clean. Mentioning the word Evo gets nothing until I tell them the bike is over 18 years old. Then they finally figure out why the lines on the bike don't look the same as their Twinky.
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From: Lake Butler, FLA
Everytime I ride
I get the same questions everytime I ride my 86 flht, (what yr, model, etc). On the tank it says King of the Road and on my tour pac it say King TourPack. My bike came from the factory with chrome lower forks extra chrome on engine including the outer primary which is stock etc. I have added a lil extra chrome doodads, a cv carb and changed to a newer style exhaust pipes with Larosa muffs. Other than that the drivetrain is stock and runs strong as any other on the road. Would not trade for a new bike for nothing!
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I get two types of questions about my bike. People either think it's a real old Panhead, because it's done up sort of '50's style. These folks are disappointed when I tell them it's a '94. They believe it looks old, but can't tell an Evo from a panhead.
The other type ask me if it's a new bike, and are astonished when I tell them it's 18 years old, with 165,000 miles on it.
Then there are the well meaning folks who look at my blued headers (I run no heat shields on them), and inform me that my jetting is way off, and I'll burn up my engine. Their jaws drop when I explain that those pipes are blue because they're 15 years old, have 140,000 miles on them, and you're looking at the pipe, not the heat shields that are used to hide the blueing. The engine is jetted just fine and has run just perfectly for the last 75,000 miles thank you very much.
The other type ask me if it's a new bike, and are astonished when I tell them it's 18 years old, with 165,000 miles on it.
Then there are the well meaning folks who look at my blued headers (I run no heat shields on them), and inform me that my jetting is way off, and I'll burn up my engine. Their jaws drop when I explain that those pipes are blue because they're 15 years old, have 140,000 miles on them, and you're looking at the pipe, not the heat shields that are used to hide the blueing. The engine is jetted just fine and has run just perfectly for the last 75,000 miles thank you very much.
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From: Upstate New York
In 1956, the "King of the Highway" group included: super deluxe buddy seat, rear bumper, rear bumper grill, oil filter ***'y, compensating sprocket, chrome crossover pipe and dual mufflers, front hub cap, directional signals, front bumper, cigarette lighter, buddy seat rail, chrome luggage carrier, chrome boot guard (?), plastic saddle bags and solo windshield. It added $191.50 to the price of your 1956 Harley panhead.
This was the start of the "factory equipped dresser", and was the "top of the line" option group available. Over the years, as the batwing fairing and tour pack were developed, they were added to the "King of the Highway" group.
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From: Bedford UK
I had a sort of reverse experience, when my bike was still quite new (didn't have the batwing or tourpak then). Stopped for petrol (we don't get 'gas' here in the UK!) and was filling her up when an elderly gent got out of his car and came over. Told me he had ridden one 'just like that' when he was in the Army! Apparently he had been a despatch rider during WW2 and some of them we were issued with side-valve Harleys, although he plainly didn't see the difference.
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