What is the difference between Wide Glide and Super Glide?
The Wide glide has a more comfortable touring centric stock seat. The Wide Glide will also fit you better if your’re 5’10” or taller. if you’re much over 6′ the Superglide feels a bit cramped with the stock setup of seat bars and controls. You can easily upgrade to dual discs on the Superglide, not so easy on the WG.
When did they stop making the Super Glide?
The new engine was a 1,584 cc air-cooled V-Twin. The FXD Dyna Super Glide was discontinued after the 2010 model year, leaving the FXDC Custom as the only version of the Dyna Super Glide in the 2011 Harley line up.
What is a Harley FXDX?
The Harley-Davidson FXD Dyna Glide motorcycles belong to the FX series of custom Low Rider bikes. The Dyna was the motorcycle maker’s first computer-assisted designed bike that featured a new engine suspension system. That allowed the engine to vibrate at idle but smooth out while cruising.
Why did Harley-Davidson discontinue the Dyna?
So why did Harley® stop making Dyna? The Dyna frame had a rubber mounted, non-counter-balanced engine with twin external rear shocks. Harley® research showed people wanted the improved performance the manufacturer now offers from the Milwaukee-Eight® engines solidly mounted and twin counterbalanced in the Softail line.
What kind of motorcycle is a Super Glide?
The Harley-Davidson Super Glide was a motorcycle made by the Harley-Davidson. Reputed to be the first factory custom motorcycle, it originated Harley-Davidson’s FX series of motorcycles by mating Sportster components, most notably the front end, with the chassis of their larger big twin motorcycles.
What is the Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide sport?
The Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide Sport is virtually identical, again, to the Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide. So what you get is a pared-down, straight-forward steel twin loop cradle with twin shock (hence the Dyna bit) rear end.
What is the rarest Harley-Davidson Super Glide?
A 1977 Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition of the Super Glide that had commemorative paint and tank and fender decals was produced but in such low volume numbers – only 228 units – as to make it one of the rarest of the company’s motorcycles. The base, kickstart-only FX was discontinued in 1979.
When did The FXDX Super Glide sport come out?
The FXDX Super Glide Sport was introduced in 1999, with improved suspension components and triple disc brakes. The FXDX-T Super Glide T-Sport, with a fork mounted fairing and improved detachable saddlebags, replaced the FXDS-Conv Dyna Convertible in 2001, and was discontinued in 2003.