According to this site, the old 4-speed solid mount frame was discontinued in 1985:
http://www.stcharlesharleydavidson.c...110190-H060067
They show the tour glide with the same old style frame as the electra glide, but they also show the 1980 Tour Glide had the 5-speed rubber mount transmission:
http://www.stcharlesharleydavidson.c...100138-H120041
SO my conclusion is the website has problems, and the 1980 tour glide got the rubber mount/five speed combination.
Thanks, Dave, for putting this all together.
Joe

 

Thanks for everyone's input.
I really wanted to keep the thread to the Electra Glide and explain how the other touring models were based on the Electra Glide. I didn't go into any details or pictures of the other touring models except for the Tri Glide. I think just showing a Tri Glide is enough to show it's really just an Electra Glide on 3 wheels.

 

I just talked to an older gentleman that I know who was a mechanic at a Harley dealership from the mid '70's through mid '80's. He confidently recalled that the Tour Glide model received the rubber mount/5sp combination in 1980 (it was a big deal at the time) and the Electra Glide received it later. I hope this helps your thread Dave, thank you for doing it!

 

One more thing: the 3 speed + reverse was an option for sidecar bikes with hand shift (and trikes). They were available up to late 78/early 79 models when they changed the transmission case and top. Most Electra Glides came with the 4-speed tranny that was used forever.

 

Post stated 1966 is the first year of the Shovelhead engine.
Only the pic was a 1969 ...

 

I originally had the wrong year for the shovelhead but I edited my original post. Actually I've been editing it all along with the advice of everyone else.

 

Ok - ty, tyvm ...

 

2002 added the Delphi EFI system as an option. The swingarm design is new and also re-positioned the rear brake pedal.

 

Your entire premise is wrong. You start this thread by claiming that the current "Electra-Glide" touring model bikes today are based of the old 65-84 4-speed FL/FLH Electra Glide. Nothing could be further from the truth. Harley was still making real Electra Glides when they brought the FLT out in 1980 and they didn't call the new bike an Electra Glide then, they called it the FLT Tour Glide. The modern touring Harleys of today all evolved from the Tour Glide. When customers wanted a more traditional headlight/windshield Harley gave them an old looking nacelle and windshield and called it the FLHT. After Harley scrapped the old FL/FLH solid mount frame platform in 1984 Harley attached the Electra Glide name to their current touring lineup even though they are in no way derived from the bikes that came before because they wanted to lend a little old-school gravitas to the new bikes. You, like HD MoCo today, are trying a little too hard to connect the current touring bikes with the old-school past and it shows.

 

Jakedaniel you have some good points. The '65 Electra Glide doesn't share any parts with the 2016 Electra Glide. They are completely different cycles. When they came out with the Tour Glide it was different from the Electra Glide. It had a different frame. It had a fairing mounted to the frame. It was not an Electra Glide. In later years the Electra Glide got a frame similar to the Tour Glide. Is the new Electra Glide the same cycle as the '65 Electra Glide? No not at all. With all the changes the Electra Glide is a completely new motorcycle. Some changes were gradual some very abrupt. I don't want to get into an argument about which is the "real" Electra Glide. On the Corvette forums some try arguing that the new Corvettes have a unibody and have no resemblance to the older Corvettes. Who says they are both Corvettes? Chevrolet says they are both Corvettes and they make the Corvette. I am also on a forum for the Jeep CJ. There the debate of what is really a Jeep CJ is more vocal. When AMC bought Jeep they made changes. Again when Chrysler bought Jeep. The point of my thread is to follow the changes of the Electra Glide. . . Changes that Harley Davidson has enacted. Are those changes enough to say it's no longer an Electra Glide. It's a completely new motorcycle but Harley still calls it an Electra Glide.