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A softail (shortened form of soft tail) motorcycle intentionally looks like vintage motorcycles with a rigid hard-tail frame that has a triangle of steel tubes at the rear axle, as on a bicycle frame, but on a Softail these tubes are actually a triangular swingarm, with the shock absorber(s) hidden, as opposed to clearly visible regular twin ...
100th Anniversary H-D Dyna Low Rider (FXDL), 2003 2005 Dyna Super Glide Custom Controls of a 2008 Harley-Davidson FXD Superglide Dyna Wideglide TwinCam 88. Design work began on the replacement for the FXR chassis shortly after the first FXR bikes were sold. [10] The Dyna chassis was introduced in 1991 with a limited-production FXDB Sturgis ...
The Fat Boy was one of numerous Harley-Davidson models built on the Softail frame. After 1994, the exhaust was made seamless. In 1996 the master cylinder and switch gear were revised. In 1999 a new 1,450 cc (88 cu in) Twin Cam engine for the 2000 model year was used. This necessitated a bespoke engine variant and changes to the frame.
The Evolution Big Twin saw a fifteen-year run in Harley-Davidson's Dyna, Softail, FXR, and Touring frames, although a limited number of Evolutions were used in the 2000 model year CVO FXR4, and 1999 FXR2 and FXR3 models. While the main case was only slightly modified from the previous Shovelhead engine, the top end was significantly improved.
Introduced a new touring frame with rubber-mounted engine, five speed transmission, steering geometry with a low rake angle and the fork mounted behind the headset. The Tour Glide had a frame-mounted fairing. FLTR/I Road Glide 82 cu in (1,340 cc) (1998) 88 cu in (1,450 cc) (1999–2010) 88 cu in (1,450 cc) (2010–2016)
1947 Harley-Davidson mod. WL 739 cc engine Harley-Davidson 45° V-twin, Sportster Evolution engine. Sportster motorcycles are powered by a four-stroke, 45° V-twin engine in which both connecting rods, of the "fork and blade" or "knife & fork" design, share a common crank pin.
From left: William A. Davidson, Walter Davidson Sr., Arthur Davidson and William S. Harley In 1901, 20-year-old William S. Harley drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches (116 cc) and four-inch (102 mm) flywheels [8] [9] designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame.
Early Harley-Davidson Shovelhead engine on a motorcycle frame. The Shovelhead engine was created as the previous Panhead engine was becoming obsolete, with many Harley-Davidson owners demanding more power to compete with the more modern motorcycles. [2]