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Old May 4, 2010 | 06:50 PM
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Could someone help me out....Im trying to find out what these models are...I know they are Sportsters...but what are they? (sorry for the stupid question) I think they are all touring models...but which ones?
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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Are you serious???? You "know they are all Sportsters"???? Two of them have the word Road in them, two of them have the word Glide in them and one has the word King. At one point (1949) one of them carried the word Hydra and later (1958) the word Duo, which in (1965) was changed to Electra, got it??
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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OOOPS, sorry I added one to your list (FLH) and skipped one that has the word Tour and glide from 1980.
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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FLT = Tour Glide
FLHT = Electra Glide
FLHR = Road King
FLTR = Road Glide
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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Old May 4, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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Thanks....now I know...
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by barrachuck
Thanks....now I know...
and NONE of them are Sporsters!
 
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Old May 4, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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So much for the phrase "There's no such thing as a stupid question."
 
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