Harley-Davidson

The Harley-Davidson Motor Company {{nyse|HDI}} is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, making it one of the two remaining American mass-producer of motorcycles (along with Victory Motorcycles). The company emphasizes heavy bikes designed for cruising, bikes known for their distinctive exhaust noise.

Model designations

Harley model designations are a sequence of letters and numbers, combined in limited ways. The sequences can be long, as in the 2006 model designation FLHTCUSE.

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The first letter is one of the following:

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:F (Big Twin), M (Military), X (Sportster), or V (VRSC)

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Letters are appended singly or in pairs, as follows:

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:B (Belt Drive), C (Classic or Custom), D (Dyna Glide), DG (Disk Glide), E (Electric start), F (Fat Boy), H (High compression), L (Hydra Glide forks), LR (Low Rider), P (Police), R (Race or Rubber-mount), S (Sport or Springer), SB (Single belt final drive), ST (Softail), T (Touring), WG (Wide Glide), I (Fuel injection), SE (Screamin? Eagle), U (Ultra)

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Custom Vehicle Operations models can also have a number (2,3,4) added.

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Note that these conventions for model designations are broken regularly by the company.

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