S.B.,
I was doing the purist thing in those days. Nothing but an XLCH would do. Liquid cooled, two strokes, and electric starts were not for me. Really liked the looks of the Night Train tho, that's about as close as I would have gotten to a Glide. We used to take pride in the starting ritual of the kick start only Sportster. The fact that I kept the bike in the house for fear it would be stolen, and had to place cakepans with kitty litter under the cases to catch the oil drips, brings a real smile to my face these days!
Those were the (Good?) old days! LMAO.
Savage