Electra Glide over the years
#41
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
Last edited by Joe12RK; 07-08-2016 at 08:20 AM.
#42
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 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.
#43
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!
#44
#46
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.
Last edited by Durango Dave; 07-23-2016 at 03:22 PM.
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#49
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 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.
Last edited by jakedaniel; 09-01-2016 at 06:44 AM.
#50
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.
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