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Oct 30, 2012 | 09:41 AM

alcotune

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Wrong Model Name

Does it irritate anyone else when people don't know the name of their bike? Or even worse, when a dealer/salesman don't know the proper name.

I've been looking through classified ads (not HD Forums) for a Road Glide and lost count of how many people have Electra Glides or Road Kings posted up as Road Glides.

Another note, there are Heritage Softail Classics, Heritage Softails & Softail Deluxes, these are not all the same and the names aren't interchangeable. Please learn the model name of your bike.

It may be expected from an "outsider" but I find it hard to take someone seriously when they don't know the model of their own bike.

/rant

Oct 30, 2012 | 10:43 AM

RHPAW

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Originally Posted by alcotune

I've been looking through classified ads (not HD Forums) for a Road Glide and lost count of how many people have Electra Glides or Road Kings posted up as Road Glides./rant

Then why complain here? I know what you mean though...many wild goose chases have resulted from someone with an "old Harley Panhead" for sale cheap, and it turns out to be anything from a Sprint to an un-badged Honda. I even had a retired guy tell me my Sprint was "fake", because he worked at the factory for 30 years, and they never made that bike there.

Oct 30, 2012 | 10:54 AM

patrickd

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I suppose if I'm looking to buy a specific model and some asswipe is wasting my time it would bug me. Other wise if some idiot wants to think his Road Glide is a Road King what do I care? I'm too busy riding my Wide King Glide anyway.

Oct 30, 2012 | 10:58 AM

Very High Plain Drifter

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I think the Super Dyna Sporty Glides are the ones to have.

Oct 30, 2012 | 11:07 AM

dpk20x

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How about the ones who think they own a Screaming Eagle cause they have slip ons or a hi flo AC?

Oct 30, 2012 | 11:13 AM

baust55

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Any Honda Davidsons sighted ?

I have had severl side walk comandos argue my shovel was a sporty .

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Oct 30, 2012 | 11:33 AM

groupw

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Originally Posted by Very High Plain Drifter

I think the Super Dyna Sporty Glides are the ones to have.

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.... though, the 'experts' uniformly recognize that it was the injected Super Dyna Sporti Glide that really kicked ***.

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Oct 30, 2012 | 11:43 AM

piasspj

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Maybe the bikes your finding are actually Road Glides but a previous owner got smart and got rid of the fugly fairing.

A common trick is to include many names (or more popular model names) just to get more people to notice their ad.
What I hate is when I've advertised something for sale and people keep calling asking if it is a different (usually higher end) model. For example advertise a Camaro and you will get 50 calls asking if it a Z28 for every call inquiring about a base level Camaro.
And people who call asking what type of bike it is (crotch rocket, touring bike, cruiser). Even though you have correctly listed the model in the ad.

Oct 30, 2012 | 11:58 AM

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MADHOG

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You can call my bike an Electra Glide, or you can call it an Ultra, or you can call it a Limited but you doesn’t hasta call it a “Electra Glide Ultra Limited FLHTK Touring Bike”