Proto - First Softail
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From: Sawdust City
Proto - First Softail
Don't know if this has been posted before or not-
Here's a pic from the Museum of the first Softail. note the Suspension is under the seat.
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http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...q4&fr=chr-tyc8
Here's a pic from the Museum of the first Softail. note the Suspension is under the seat.
Read the article
http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...q4&fr=chr-tyc8
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man that pulled some heart strings my best buddy bought a used 84 that year from a banker it was fairly rare to see one the engine serial #s had a bunch of stars in it not numbers he rode it to Sturgis that year and was treated like the new kid on the block it was a black one and I fell in love with it I finally got mine 6 months later it was an 85 model last year for chain drive kicker and 4 speed trans oh the memories we rode them to Sturgis in1988 and arrived on 8-8-88 Thanks FLH80 I'll post some pics and put them in my alblum
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Pretty cool. I bet this is the one Harley came up with. Shocks working in compression versus expansion like they do on a Softail or a Buell.
That's got to be a prototype from the very early 70s. Note the juice brake and the old style master cylinder.
That's got to be a prototype from the very early 70s. Note the juice brake and the old style master cylinder.
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Very interesting article. I didn't realize Softails were as "young" as they are. I always thought they were introduced in the 70's. I will go back and revist my Harley history books :-)