FXEF Super Glide Fat Bob®

FX models Page


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 XLH fork and front wheel formed the Super Glide.

35th Anniversary of the Harley-Davidson 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..



FXDi35

FXDi
Dyna™ 35th Anniversary Super Glide, 2006
1450 cc




FXDXT

FXDXi
Dyna Super Glide Sport, 2004
1450 cc



FXDi

FXDi
Dyna Super Glide, 2004
1450 cc




FXDXT

FXDXT 100th Anniversary
Dyna Super Glide T Sport, 2003
1450 cc



FXDX

FXDX 100th Anniversary
Dyna Super Glide Sport, 2003
1450 cc




FXD

FXD 100th Anniversary
Dyna Super Glide, 2003
1450 cc



FXD

FXDX
Dyna Super Glide Sport, 1999
1450 cc



In 1996 the SuperGlide gets an FXD (D= Dyna) frame and engine.

FXD

FXD
Dyna Super Glide, 1996
1340 cc



FXR

FXR
Super Glide, 1994
1340 cc




FXR

FXR
Super Glide, 1992
1340 cc



Since 1986 the Fat Bob is based on the FXR (R= Rubbermount) frame. The engine now has a 5-speed gearbox.


FX/EF

FXEF
Super Glide, 1984
1340 cc Evolution
( early 1984 models came with ShovelHead )




FXEF

FXEF
Super Glide, 1980



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

FXEF
Super Glide, 1979
1200 cc


In 1974 the FXE (E= Electric start) was introduced.


FX

FX
Super Glide, 1973
1200 cc




FX

FX
Super Glide, 1971
1200 cc





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