How do you tell the different families of Harley Davidson motorcycles apart?

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There are several "families" of Harleys. Sportster, Dyna, Softail, Touring and VRSC. Can anyone tell me how to tell them apart by looking at them?
I actually sell Harleys, I just wanted to see what kind of answers I would get.
 
There really isn't a difference. They just keep making the same cake and redecorating it. Todays 883 sportster is the same 40 Hp as the 1930 900 knucklehead. Nothing really changes except the marketing of a modern day antique. They are all the same gutless overpriced fashion accessory marketed to people who know no better.
 
Well from around 1903 they were dinosaurous ancient, then around 1933 they were dinosaurous knuckle, then around 1955 they were dinosaurous panhead, then around 1966 they were dinosaurous shovel, then in 1984 they were dinosaurous evolution, and in 1999 they introduced dinosaurous twin cam.

Actually they have only slightly improved since the almighty rode a dinosaur.
 
Cycleshopwest listed them for you, with the exception of the Sportster.
This one is also easily identified by it's unit construction (engine/trans same case) and the right side final drive.
 
Dyna frames have the rear shock absorbers mounted on the side of the frame, where they are clearly visible. Softails have the rear shocks mounted underneath the frame so you can't see them, and the frame looks like a rigid frame (with no swingarm). Touring bikes have a fiberglass fairing on the front, and hard saddlebags on the rear (except Road King Classic, or any touring bike with the Classic designation). VRSC has a radiator hose that travels vertically between the cylinders on the right side of the bike (or curb side of the bike) and a radiator between the front down tubes of the frame.

EDIT - thanks for the help FC, it's been a long couple of weeks and I'm just not back in the game yet...
 
http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/2009_Motorcycles/2009_Motorcycles.jsp?locale=en_US#/family/sp

The differences are in the descriptions
 
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