Touring models ?
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Touring models ?
What frames are the same.
I know Street Glide is the same as Road glide. I believe Electra Glide is the same platform.
Asking for a good reason. I would like to put a 26 or 30 on a roadglide project this winter.
I see street glide and road glide. Are the top holders of value.. The Electra glides seem to be lower priced. They have more options so why I don't know.
What about an Ultra Classic?
Or are all the Touring models on the same platform. Do all the parts bolt up to the Touring model Frame.
I see some cheaper Ultra Classics out there. Can I make them into a road glide? Im going to throw most of the stock stuff in the trash.
Also are all the batwing fairings the same size on all models using them?
I know Street Glide is the same as Road glide. I believe Electra Glide is the same platform.
Asking for a good reason. I would like to put a 26 or 30 on a roadglide project this winter.
I see street glide and road glide. Are the top holders of value.. The Electra glides seem to be lower priced. They have more options so why I don't know.
What about an Ultra Classic?
Or are all the Touring models on the same platform. Do all the parts bolt up to the Touring model Frame.
I see some cheaper Ultra Classics out there. Can I make them into a road glide? Im going to throw most of the stock stuff in the trash.
Also are all the batwing fairings the same size on all models using them?
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the touring bikes all share the same frame. the difference is how they are 'dressed up', batwing fairing, sharknose, no fairing, tourpak, etc....
and yes, you can convert a eg to a rg, or even a roadking to a eg, to a rg..... there are more than a few posts floating around where people have done that, and they share their parts list. the hardest is the roadking to fairing as there is a different wiring harness involved since the roadking has the speedo on the tank and not the fairing....
and yes, you can convert a eg to a rg, or even a roadking to a eg, to a rg..... there are more than a few posts floating around where people have done that, and they share their parts list. the hardest is the roadking to fairing as there is a different wiring harness involved since the roadking has the speedo on the tank and not the fairing....
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Also some models are more popular with new bike buyers than with people who will only buy secondhand. We ain't all the same!
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Go to the Harley website, click "motorcycles", the click "touring"... those are the touring chassis bikes. The basic frame is the same. different models will have different bars, seats, accessories, even different shocks. The most significant differences are that a few have partially water cooled engines but even that doesn't change the frame. but that's the beginning and end of the differences. If it has a batwing fairing, they are all the same within a given model year.
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What frames are the same.
I know Street Glide is the same as Road glide. I believe Electra Glide is the same platform.
Asking for a good reason. I would like to put a 26 or 30 on a roadglide project this winter.
I see street glide and road glide. Are the top holders of value.. The Electra glides seem to be lower priced. They have more options so why I don't know.
What about an Ultra Classic?
Or are all the Touring models on the same platform. Do all the parts bolt up to the Touring model Frame.
I see some cheaper Ultra Classics out there. Can I make them into a road glide? Im going to throw most of the stock stuff in the trash.
Also are all the batwing fairings the same size on all models using them?
I know Street Glide is the same as Road glide. I believe Electra Glide is the same platform.
Asking for a good reason. I would like to put a 26 or 30 on a roadglide project this winter.
I see street glide and road glide. Are the top holders of value.. The Electra glides seem to be lower priced. They have more options so why I don't know.
What about an Ultra Classic?
Or are all the Touring models on the same platform. Do all the parts bolt up to the Touring model Frame.
I see some cheaper Ultra Classics out there. Can I make them into a road glide? Im going to throw most of the stock stuff in the trash.
Also are all the batwing fairings the same size on all models using them?