Will It Fit My Bike?
Harley changed the Touring platform in a way that trips up almost everybody buying parts. This page explains it in plain English so you can order once and get it right.
Short version: tell us your year and model and we'll confirm it before you spend a dollar. Call or text 409-926-0404, or email Douglas@InfiniteBagger.com. We answer these questions all day and we'd rather answer yours than process your return.
The one thing you need to know
In mid-2023 Harley launched a new Touring chassis with a new engine. Everything before it is one platform, everything after it is another, and a lot of parts do not cross between them.
The confusing part is the timing. The new platform arrived first on the 2023 CVO Street Glide and 2023 CVO Road Glide, which were revealed in June 2023 and hit showrooms that July. Then the standard Street Glide and Road Glide moved over for the 2024 model year.
So a 2023 bike might be on either platform depending on whether it's a CVO. That is where most wrong orders come from.
Why the industry says "2023.5"
Harley never used the term. It isn't in the launch announcement and it isn't on a title or a VIN. Vendors invented "2023.5" to describe that mid-year split, and it stuck.
Riders more often call the new bikes center-cooled, because the new engine moved the cooling to the center of the bike. If you're in a forum and someone says "center-cooled," they mean the 2024-and-later chassis, plus those 2023 CVOs.
We label our parts with real model years — 2024-2026 — because that's what's on your registration.
The two engine generations
| Gen 1 Milwaukee-Eight | Gen 2 Milwaukee-Eight | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years | 2017 through 2023 (non-CVO) | 2023 CVO, then 2024 and later |
| Also called | — | Center-cooled, "23.5+", VVT |
| Cam proximity sensor | No | Yes |
| Engine cover interchange | Does not accept Gen 2 covers | Does not accept Gen 1 covers |
That cam proximity sensor is the practical difference. The Gen 2 engine has a sensor on the cam area that the Gen 1 engine simply does not have. Any cover that goes over that area is generation-specific — there is no adapting one to the other.
Older still: 2014 through 2016 Touring bikes run the Twin Cam engine, which is a third platform again. Chassis parts often cross from 2014 forward. Engine parts do not.
Your model code
Harley's model codes are the fastest way to be certain, and they're on your title and your VIN paperwork.
| Code | Bike |
|---|---|
| FLHX | Street Glide |
| FLHXST | Street Glide ST |
| FLHXSE | CVO Street Glide |
| FLTRX | Road Glide |
| FLTRXST | Road Glide ST |
| FLTRXSE | CVO Road Glide |
Fairings are not interchangeable either
Separate from engines, the two bikes wear different front ends, and this matters for anything mounted to the fairing.
- Road Glide has the frame-mounted sharknose fairing. Our Road Glide front fairing wind deflectors are cut for the sharknose specifically. They do not fit a Street Glide.
- Street Glide has the fork-mounted batwing fairing. Our Street Glide fog lamp and turn signal brackets mount to the batwing. They do not fit a Road Glide.
A part that fits one is not a part that fits the other, even in the same model year.
Trikes
Most of what we sell is built for two-wheel Touring bikes. Trike fitment is the exception, not the rule, and we call it out on the individual product page when a part is confirmed for a Tri Glide. If a product page doesn't say Tri Glide, assume it doesn't fit and ask us first.
How to check any part on this site
Every product page on this store has a Fitment block that lists the exact years, the exact model codes, and an explicit "does not fit" line. If you read that block and you're still not sure, that's what we're here for.
Send us your year and model and we'll confirm before you buy.
Call or text 409-926-0404 · Douglas@InfiniteBagger.com
Getting this right the first time is cheaper for both of us than a return.