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Old 05-11-2007, 03:07 PM
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I was curious if the only difference is appearance and the handlebars.
 
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Default RE: difference between softail standard and a nightrain

you'd think very little difference. check the specs on the harley site - likely some difference in seat height..
 
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The biggest difference...not as many people have a Standard.

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I'm not sure which ones, but all but 4 Softails have a different cam that shifts the peak tork down a few hundred RPM's and reduces it by some 4 ft/lb. The Night Train is one of the 4 that are spec'ed to be only 1 ft/lb less than than the A engined bikes because of the power used up by the balance shafts.
 
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The softail standard has the silver motor, I chose the night train for the black motor.
 
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Default RE: difference between softail standard and a nightrain

Question for you that I haven't been able to figure out.

It seems that a lot of night train owners swap out a lot of the wrinkle black parts (primary cover, rocker covers, etc.) for chrome. Isn't the point of buying a night train getting the blacked out motor, etc? Am I missing something?
 
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The softail standard has the silver motor, I chose the night train for the black motor.
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I was curious if the only difference is appearance and the handlebars.
One of em is cool.
 
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I've seen several people who "chromed out" their night train.Makes no sense to me.Bars, seat,risers, wrinkle black oil tank,engine, tranny, primaryand a few other parts.

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Can't agree more

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