Are the Night train's a Wide Glide ?
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Apparently the person that asked the question. You must as well since you not only spent the time checking the post out but also spent the time responding to it.
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i know that the dyna wide glide, and all dynas 06 and newer had 49mm fork tubes, where the softail front tubes were 41mm. but what the difference between narrow and wide glide front ends is the triple trees, or the spacing between the fork legs and tubes.
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OK your right,,,,wasn't thinking straight. Two totally different bikes. And three gallons smart a$$.
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he uses that response alot everyone else jus ignors him
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I thought that a Wide Glide is a Dyna and that the difference is the way the engine was mounted. I know that there is a big difference between the hubbys Dyna Wide Glide and my Heritage Softail. I do not think that the NT is a Wide Glide.
I asked the gods for a wide glide one year for Yule, I got a woman instead of a Harley... Be careful what you ask your Gods for...
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This is correct, the somewhat confusing element is HD has a specific model called the "Wide Glide" that has a wide glide front end (wide forks), but other HD models also have a wide glide front end; for the 2010 model year these are the Dyna Fat Bob and the Softail Custom. Previous model years having the wide glide front end include the Softail Standard and Softail Night Train. The wide glide front end was derived from the FL front end with the "tins" removed, back in the bobber/chopper era, so in fact any FL front end may be regarded as a wide glide also.