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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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I've wondered and so far no one has been able to come up with the answer, so I am trying it here---
----What do the letters"FLH" in the model "FLHTCU" stand for?
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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I think this should help:

Harley model designations are a sequence of letters and numbers, combined in limited ways. The sequences can be long, as in the2006model designation FLHTCUSE.
The first letter may be one of the following:

E, J, K ('50s small twin), F, U, V (Big Twin), D, G, R, W (Small Twin), X (Sportster), or V (VRSC)
Letters are appended singly or in pairs, as follows:

B (Belt Drive), C (Classic or Custom), D (Dyna Glide), DG (Disk Glide), E (Electric start), F (Fat Boy (1990-present) or Foot-shift (1972 and prior)), H (High compression), L (Hydra Glide forks), LR (Low Rider), P (Police), R (Race or Rubber-mount), S (Sport or Springer), SB (Single belt final drive), ST (Softail), T (Touring), WG (Wide Glide), I (Fuel injection), SE (Screamin’ Eagle), U (Ultra)
Custom Vehicle Operations models can also have a number (2,3,4) added.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:23 AM
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http://home.ctlnet.com/~mcarroll/harleyalphabet.htm


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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Default RE: HD trivia question

Easiest answer is this link: http://milehigh-harley.com/harley_blog/?p=165

Or the ones above that were posted while I was looking the link up!



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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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https://www.hdforums.com/m_64811/tm.htm
 
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Thanks guys for the fast responses and links. No more questions on the letters now.

This site has some great HD experienced riders,and folks that are more than willing to freely share their knowlege with others.

Thanks again
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