My old Panhead is a 1961 FLH, the "high performance" model (higher compression and and a higher performance camshaft and valve springs). Here we are in 1968 (I bought the bike in 1967)--a young thin-whiskered lad aboard his first Harley. This ex-police motorcycle set me back a princely $565, but it only had 6400 miles total.
Here we are about 1986. The bike was totaled in a wreck in 1971, and the 1972 disc front brake was added during the rebuild. The green paint dates from 1969 and remained after the rebuild. The current paint was done in 1991, a deep metallic maroon with deep red accents. My father passed away in 1990, and I added the red in his memory, a near-match for the color of his last Harley.
My Pan, August 2010--notice the old "Panheads" always mark their spot; oiling for the primary chain is total loss.
FL is a model designation used on motorcycles manufactured by Harley-Davidson from 1941 to present. Mostly applied to Harley's large-framed bikes, including the current Touring series, the FL designation is also used with their Softail series, especially on Softails with traditional styling, 16-inch front wheels, and either Springer forks or large-diameter telescopic front forks.
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