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Carbon fibre, titanium, and magnesium are used in a few very expensive custom frames. The frame includes the head tube that holds the front fork and allows it to pivot. Some motorcycles include the engine as a load-bearing stressed member ; this has been used all through motorcycle history but is now becoming more common.
The Softail is the most popular Harley-Davidson model family for heavy customizing and is often used for show bikes. Many aftermarket manufacturers around the globe have specialized in Softail parts & accessories like wheels, fenders or tanks to change the look of the custom motorcycle. [13]
Harley-Davidson CVO ("Custom Vehicle Operations") for motorcycles are a family of models created by Harley-Davidson for the factory custom market. For every model year since the program's inception in 1999, Harley-Davidson has chosen a small selection of its mass-produced motorcycle models and created limited-edition customizations of those platforms with larger-displacement engines, costlier ...
The Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, is a V-twin softail cruiser motorcycle with solid-cast disc wheels. [2] Designed by Willie G. Davidson and Louie Netz, Harley-Davidson built a prototype Fat Boy in Milwaukee for the Daytona Bike Week rally at Daytona Beach in 1988 and 1989. [3] [4] Fat Boys produced from 1990 to 2017 are coded FLSTF, and FLFB ...
First model in the Softail series. FLSTC Heritage Softail Classic 81.8–85.4 cu in (1,340–1,399 cc) OHV Evolution 1986–1999 Second entry in the Softail family. Springer Softail 1988–2006 The third version of the Softail series sporting the retro Springer frontend. FLSTF/FLFB Fat Boy: 1990– Softail Standard 1998- FXSTD Softail Deuce
American IronHorse was an American motorcycle manufacturer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area that was founded in 1995 [1] by Tim Edmondson and Bill Rucker. [2] At one time, AIH was the largest factory producer of custom motorcycles in the USA. [3]
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Saturday, December 14, 2024The New York Times
A 1977 Harley-Davidson XLCR with seven-spoke alloy wheels manufactured by Morris [8]. High-performance motorcycles began to use cast alloy wheels (usually aluminum but sometimes magnesium) as early as the Münch Mammoth, with its single cast-elektron [9] rear wheel which was shown at the Intermot motorcycle show at Cologne in late 1966. [10]