Secret Code Question
Harley...@earthlink.net
er...@remove.znet.com (Eric Dreher) sez:
>XL = extra little
>FX = Fucking Expensive, but getting bigger
>FLH = Fucking Huge
>FXSTC = Fucking Xpensive, so Shine The Chrome
>FLSTF = Fucking Large, but Sucks on The Freeway
>
>You get the idea.
SHIT! Ya beat me to it Eric!
Harley Rulz!!!
79' FXEF (Shovel 'n lovin'it!)
EK III rides with me...
Preacher
Rob Van Hoose wrote:
>
> I've been seeing a little code in the signature file of many HD owning posters
> in this group as well as wreck.moto.
>
> Keeping in mind that I'm pretty new to motorcycling (and don't have the bank
> account to be allowed near a Harley dealer), will someone please explain how
> to translate the little code letters for various HD models. i.e. FLXHMFPDQ,
> etc., etc.?
>
> Oh, and please be gentle.
Go to Harley's web site <http://www.harley-davidson.com/> and find the
"alphabetical soup" section. It explains every letter designation as far
back as they used them.
For a quick lesson on the later models:
1st letter designation:
F=Big Twin (Hog)
X=Small Twin (Sporster)
2nd letter designation (on big twins):
FX=Big twin/small fork tubes (or Sport version)
FL=Big twin/large fork tubes (or Touring version)
second letter designation (on small twins):
XR=Sporster (small twin) Racing version (XR750, XR100, etc.)
XL=Small twin/small fork tubes (Sport version, remember the L=Sport
version from the big twins?)
Following letter designations (Big twins):
ST=Softail
R=Rubber mount (swingarm models)
D=Dyna (convertible, superceeded the R designation)
P=Police Special
WG=Wide Glide
STC=Softail "Classic" (on FL's)
STC=Softail "Custom" (on FX's)
STF=Softail Fat Boy
STN=Softail Nostalgia
STS=Softail Springer (Sport version=FXSTS)
STS=Sottail Springer (Touring version=FLSTS)
STSB=Softail Springer "Bad Boy"
I'm sure I missed a few and probably flubbed a couple too, but this
should give you the general idea. So if you see a .sig with "FLSTC" you
can assertain that it is a Big Twin (F) Touring model (L) Softail (ST)
Heritage Classic (C). Or a FXRP would be a Big Twin (F) Sport model (X)
Rubber mount (R) Police Special (P)....
Preacher
Chuck Lanter
Hi ya Preacher, how ya been? Don't see ya much in RMH these days.
Chuck Lanter HSB#11
96 FLSTN
96 R850R
82 CX500 Turbo
Frank Carlsen
oL iH
Reply to an old one.
Not coded, but dammed hard to figure out, but if you look at the Harley
Davidson web page
'http://www.harley-davidson.com/products/motorcycles/alpha/', you can see a
description of all the letters and what they mean in different periods of
the Harley history.
What a mess
Frank