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At that time it was the cheapest Harley ever: 22,550 marks with standard, 235 marks more with metallic paintwork. The two-tone version cost 23,375 marks.

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New cam profiles in the V-two-cylinder engine enabled more valve lift and longer overlap times.

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The Americans were allowed to call themselves progressive on one point: the secondary drive, where Harley (exception: Sportster models) relied on timing belts as an alternative to chain and cardan.

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The mounting of the windshield in struts, the elongated holes of which allowed continuous height adjustment (maximum about ten centimeters), was also cleverly done.

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In order to further improve comfort for long journeys (you have always sat comfortably on a touring Harley), the seat contour and upholstery material have been changed.

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On the Electra it was so smooth and comfortable that a super tourer with a four-cylinder engine could not have done better at the time.

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Back to the roots, back to the origins, was the motto for the appearance of the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Sport.

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With the chassis, braking system and drive, the well-known V-engine with exactly 1338 cm³ displacement, it was more like: full speed ahead.

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The brake system may have been the best that Harley had ever built into series machines in the company’s 85-year history, but until then it never did justice to the addition of sport.

Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Sport archive images

The 88 model

Harley-Davidson went back to the origins of the new models in 1988. Forwards by stepping backwards – also with the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Sport? We fished the most beautiful pictures of the classic from the slide archive.

It was and is still today a symbol, figurehead and for many the epitome of a Harley-Davidson par excellence: the Electra Glide. In 1988 all Harley fans had reason to be happy – the new Harley Davidson E.Lectra Glide Sport looked exactly like the original Electra Glide from 1965.

Back then it already had two luggage cases, a large luggage rack and a transparent windscreen instead of bulky handlebar covers as standard. The addition “Sport” in the model name brought tears to your eyes. No: The Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Sport from 1988 did not belong on the Nordschleife or in Hockenheim. Rather, it was one of the classic touring motorcycles, and in the Harley range at the time it was actually the cheapest of all: 22,550 marks with standard, 235 marks more with metallic paintwork. The two-tone version cost 23,375 marks.

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