had a big dog run right into the side of my old Scout II. yrs ago. I was almost stopped and he just keep coming and boom,, couldn't really believe it....

 

"...Took 12 shots with a .45 colt revolver to finish him off and he was already almost dead..."

Trap and shoot wild hogs all the time. Don't remember it taking more than 2 shots at even the largest hog.Them Pot bellied hogs must be tough to hit running around the house.

 

FL = FLORIDA lol. (lol = Laugh Out Loud)

Just Kidding (J/K) I have no idea. I have a FXDF and have no idea what it stands for.

 

That picture if the hog is decent in size but the men in the picture are about 10 feet behind it giving the illusion it is bigger than it really is. Also i am almost certain that hog was not killed in the USA. that picture has been floating around hunting forums.

 

Buc, you should start a separate string for your question. Probably get more and better answers. Dennis

 

Thinking that hitting a hod is going to hurt a tad. And it's not him I'm thinking about! Hog flies into the pipes......can we smell bacon?

 

The first letter of the model designator reveals the engine series:
First character:
G - Servicar three wheeler, 1937 to 1972
E - Overhead valve 61 cubic inch "big twin" (Engine/trans separated)
F - Overhead valve 74,80 or 88 cubic inch "big twin"
FL - 80 to 88 cubic inches and a fat front tire. (Also 74" 1941-82)
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 1930-36. (Also 1935-36 VLH, VHS 80)
W - Side valve 45 cubic inch made 1937 to 1952
X - Sports and special construction. Applied to 1918-1922 opposed twin
Sport, 1944 military opposed twin, and 1957 to present Sportster.

The second letter of the model designator reveals the Front end (except sportsters):
X - Narrow tire and sport forks.
L - Wide front tire and Hydra-Glide front forks.

The third letter of the model designator reveals the frame style:
D - "Dyna" frame (with the rubber mounted motor)
HT - "Highway Touring" frame
ST - "Softail" frame

The next letter(s) indicates the model bike within the frame family:
A - Military (Army) version (except GA, Servicar without tow bar)
B - Battery start (early models), Belt drive (early 80's) Black paint.(1995-6 model, the Bad Boy)
C - Classic, Competition, Custom, various others meanings.
D - Dyna, the newest frame and engine mount design.
DG - Disc Glide
E - Electric start
F - Foot shift (when the standard was hand-shift) and now "Fat BoyŽ"
H - varied between High performance, hand shift and Heavy duty.
I - Signifies Fuel Injection.
L - Big fat front tire
LR- Low Rider (though many Low Riders don't include LR in the model ID)
N - Nostalgia
P - Police version
R - Rubber mounted engine (some models) racing version (other models)
ST- Soft Tail
S - Springer
S - (without following T) Sports version
T - Touring
WG - Wide Glide
X - Sportster or sportster-type front end and Skinny front tire.

 

As far as hitting things, I never have, but a kid in my jeep club hit a deer on his ninja doing bout 60 on a backroad, split the deer in half, dropped the bike and slide like 100 feet. He took pics on his cell. i'll try to find them.

 

hey Bucsbabe, go back the General Harley-Davidson forum page and look on the left side you'll a box "New Thread" and ask your question as a new topic. There are lot of knowledgeable folks here, in fact I bet one has the whole H-D alphabet somewhere. Welcome to the forum and I hope you have some thick skin cause at times one needs it. Again, welcome.

 

All Harley models begin with the letter F with the exception of Sportsters. They start with the letter X. The second lettter "L" means it has a large front wheel/tire, whereas "X" has a skinny tire. So all big twins will begin with either FL or FX.