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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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Hey guys, when thy start making the nighttrain?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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Sash that was hard!. took me 10 sec's to google it and find the answer.
thy furst make it in 98.
 
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Sash that was hard!. took me 10 sec's to google it and find the answer.
thy furst make it in 98.
o.k thanks dude.
never mind the thread title (first year for highttrain)
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Actually, the first Night Trains were built in 1971 and 72. They did not resemble the current breed tho. They also did not sell well.....



http://www.caimag.com/wordpress/2008...t-tail-harley/
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Isn't that a 71' superglide in the picture?
 
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Believe so, but the Train was the same design. I can't find a pic of one tho.....
 
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Maybe you meant one like this TX


 
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The bike shown is a Super Glide. An ad agency came up with the name Night Train according to research that I did a while back on this topic. It was not an official Harley Davidson name until it was released first in Europe in '98 and then in the US in '99. Of course, I am only quoting information from non-official sources.

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I thought they were called "BadBoys" first in '95 but with a springer front end.
 
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Originally Posted by cwsharp
The bike shown is a Super Glide. An ad agency came up with the name Night Train according to research that I did a while back on this topic. It was not an official Harley Davidson name until it was released first in Europe in '98 and then in the US in '99. Of course, I am only quoting information from non-official sources.

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Maybe because of the similarities with the badlander seat
 
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