Harley Davidson Models & Letter Codes

    1ST LETTERENGINE SERIES/TYPE
    EOVERHEAD VALVE 61 CUBIC INCHES BIG TWIN (SEPARATE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION) *KNUCKLEHEAD
    FOVERHEAD VALVE BIG TWIN, 74+ CUBIC INCH ENGINES. *KNUCKLEHEAD, PANHEAD, SHOVELHEAD, EVO, TWIN CAM & MILWAUKEE-EIGHT
    GSERVI-CAR (THREE-WHEELER) 1937-1973. GE WAS ELECTRIC START 1963-1973
    JF HEAD (IOE, OR INTAKE OVER EXHAUST) 61 AND 74 CUBIC INCH ENGINES
    KFLATHEAD, SIDE-VALVE 45 AND 55 CUBIC INCH ENGINE 1952-1956. *PRECURSOR TO THE SPORTSTER  RELEASED IN 1957
    USIDE VALVE BIG TWIN, FLATHEAD, 74 AND 80 CUBIC INCH
    VSIDE VALVE 74 CUBIC INCHES 1930-1936
    WSIDE VALVE 45 CUBIC INCHES 1937-1952
    XSPORTS AND SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE PRECURSOR WAS THE K-MODEL IN 1952, WHICH BECAME XL (SPORTSTER) IN 1957
    VREVOLUTION ENGINE, DUAL OVERHEAD CAMS & LIQUID-COOLED *VROD
    2ND LETTERFRONT END SIZE *EXCLUDES SPORTSTER & V-ROD MODELS
    LWIDE FRONT TIRE AND HYDRA-GLIDE STYLE FRONT FORKS
    XNARROW TIRE AND SPORT FORKS
    3RD LETTERFRAME STYLE *DIFFERENTIATES TOURING, SOFTAIL, OR DYNA MODEL (4TH AND 5TH LETTERS FOR SOFTAIL AND ENGINE SIZE FOR XL)
    DDYNA
    STSOFTAIL
    HHIGHWAY
    TTOURING
    883SPORTSTER
    1200SPORTSTER
    4TH LETTERSPECIFIC MODEL FEATURES (5TH LETTER FOR SOFTAIL, AFTER ENGINE SIZE FOR SPORTSTER)
    AMILITARY
    BBELT DRIVE FOR INITIAL 1980’S MODELS, BLACK PAINT FOR THE BAD BOY IN 1995-1996
    CVARIOUS MEANINGS INCLUDING CLASSIC, COMPETITION (XLCH), CUSTOM
    DDEUCE
    DGDISC GLIDE
    EELECTRIC START
    FFAT BOY MODEL
    HVARIOUS MEANINGS INCLUDING HAND SHIFT, HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HEAVY DUTY
    IFUEL INJECTION
    LLOW OR LOW RIDER
    LRCAN DENOTE LOW RIDER
    NNOSTALGIA, IRON (XL883N, SPORTSTER 883 IRON), DELUXE
    PPOLICE MODEL
    RROAD KING, RUBBER MOUNT (FXR)
    SSPRINGER
    S (WITHOUT THE FOLLOWING “T”)SPORTS VERSION
    SCSPRINGER CUSTOM
    TTOURING
    VSEVENTY-TWO (XL1200V, SPORTSTER 1200 SEVENTY-TWO)
    WGWIDE GLIDE FRONT END