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FX/EF Super Glide Fat Bob®
On this page I collect Harley-Davidson Super Glide pictures and provide some background information about the various FX Super Glide models. It is 1971. Willie G. Davidson feels like creating a different motorcycle. He notices that with stadard bikes customers are looking for style and are less interested in power. And then the FX Super Glide is introduced. An epoch-making motorcycle, the first factory custom. Three decades later, that first Super Glide forms the heart and soul of todays Dyna Glide. A long low custom style. A powerful engine in rubber mount. The FX was introduced for the model year 1971. The letters FX come from FLH and XLH: an FLH frame and engine combined with an XLBH fork and front wheel formed the Super Glide. ![]() FX ![]() FX
In 1974 the FXE (E= Electric start) was introduced.
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In 1979 the Super Glide got a bigger (Fat) tank and new (Bobbed) fenders, which explains the name Fat Bob. The FXEF
(F for Fat) is born...
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Since 1986 the Fat Bob is based on the FXR (R= Rubbermount) frame. The engine now has a
5-speed gearbox.
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In 1996 the SuperGlide gets an FXD (D= Dyna) frame and engine.
![]() FXDX ![]() FXD 100th Anniversary ![]() FXDX 100th Anniversary ![]() FXDXT 100th Anniversary ![]() FXDi ![]() FXDXi ![]() FXDi In the year 2006, Harley-Davidson Motor Company celabrates the 35th Anniversary of the Super Glide with a limited (3500 copies) edition of the first manufacturer built custom bike ever. Although the FXDi Dyna™ 35th Anniversary Super Glide resembles the original Super Glide from 1971, many design changes have been applied to the 2006 Dyna™ range. A new 6-gear "Cruise Drive" transmission has been mounted, the clutch has been re-designed and the Twin Cam 88 engine has been improved. 35th Anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Super Glide! ![]() FXD ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDC ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDC ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDC ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDC The 2014 Super Glide® Custom is the last "Super Glide". Starting in 2015 we only see a "Fat Bob" line-up. ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDF ![]() FXDF In the model year 2018, the FXD frame is replaced by a newly designed Softail frame. Also, starting in 2018 instead of a Twin Cam engine the new Milwaukee-Eight® 107 engine is used. ![]() Softail |
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