The 1965Harley - DavidsonFL Electra - Glide motorcycle was the last Harley gibe with the august Panhead engine and the first big Harley with electric commencement . That combo has made it a extremely coveted collectable .
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For Harley - Davidson , 1965 marked the end of an earned run average . The Electra - Glide , with its electric starter , made its debut , but it would be the last twelvemonth for the noted " Panhead " V - twin that was enclose in 1948 .
That locomotive had take in some modifications over the old age , a significant one coming in 1963 with extraneous petroleum channel that improve lubrication to the cylinder heads .
Along with the galvanic starter came 12 - V electrics to supercede the old 6 - volt arrangement , which in bout brought a bigger battery hidden beneath a large battery case on the right side . That , along with the bold " Electra Glide " hand on the front wing , puddle it well-to-do to distinguish this model from former FLs .
The Electra - Glide pictured in this clause has the standard fumes arrangement that had both cylinders exhausting to the right into a singlemuffler ; optional was a threefold - silencer system where the fumes from the front piston chamber exited to the right field , while that from the rear cylinder exited to the leftfield , both displace in their own distinctive " fishtail " muffler .
Also optional was the older script - shimmy / invertebrate foot - clutcharrangement that was so popular with police departments .
Though a curb weight of more than 700 lbf. restricted performance somewhat , the Electra - Glide was a popular tour mount in its twenty-four hour period , as the electric starter relieve the problem of having to kickstart the self-aggrandizing V - Twin Falls – which had become no easy job .
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The 1965 Harley - Davidson FL Electra - Glide featured an electric starter , a 12 - volt electric system , and an optional duple - mufflersystem . The erstwhile handwriting - shift / groundwork - hold organisation was also available .
