FXEF Super Glide Fat Bob®FX models PageOn 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 XLH fork and front wheel formed the Super Glide. 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&trade 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.. FXDi FXDXi FXDi FXDXT 100th Anniversary FXDX 100th Anniversary FXD 100th Anniversary FXDX In 1996 the SuperGlide gets an FXD (D= Dyna) frame and engine. FXD FXR FXR Since 1986 the Fat Bob is based on the FXR (R= Rubbermount) frame. The engine now has a 5-speed gearbox. FXEF FXEF 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... FXEF In 1974 the FXE (E= Electric start) was introduced. FX FX |