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Old Apr 11, 2019 | 07:15 AM
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Saw this for sale, Cleveland area. I don't know the seller or much about this early FX.
I don't know why the ad refers to it as a Night Train either. But it's a cool bike.
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/...861325782.html
 
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Old Apr 11, 2019 | 07:18 AM
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Looks like a nice find.
 
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Originally Posted by OldMike
Saw this for sale, Cleveland area. I don't know the seller or much about this early FX.
I don't know why the ad refers to it as a Night Train either. But it's a cool bike.
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/...861325782.html
That's what they were called. Harley just reused the name. Cool it still has the boattail.

Harley also reused the graphics on the 35th anniversary Super Glide.

 
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That boattail is fiberglass, and is usually cracked at the seat pan.
We restored one some years ago...glassed a metal plate into it.
 
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The black version, as listed in the ad, was referred to as a Night Train, because it was black. Get it? Marketing at it's finest.

Fair price for what it is, I don't need it, but wouldn't mind taking it for a spin.
 
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Boat tail Harleys are pretty rare, but someone would have to "really want one" to spring for $15,000.
 
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That '06 FXDC re-creation of the '72 Boat Tail sure is pretty.
 
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I remember guys couldn't take those boattails off fast enough back then. Now, they're rare.
 
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I remember guys couldn't take those boattails off fast enough back then. Now, they're rare.
The Dyna Fat Bob rear fender may have also fallen victim to similar removals..
 
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I remember guys couldn't take those boattails off fast enough back then. Now, they're rare.

That's what makes em rare.

As I like to say: If it says collectable on the box, it ain't.
 
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