New to H-D's and have a few questions I'm sure someone around here ca answer.
1) How good is the fuel injection on the '09 FXD ? Is there patches or fixes needed for that yr model?
2) I've been told that the "X" in the model lettering denotes the smaller forks but the '09 FXD that I'm looking at appears to have the larger forks ?? Does a custom or other model come with the bigger forks stock?
3) The FXD has forward foot controls on foot pegs, can you put floor boards on an FXD ?
Thanks for any info provided.
Andrew

 

1. Fuel injection works very well. Your bike has 02 sensors.

2. The "X" came from the original model in 1971. The "F" is for the touring bike frame (FLH), and the "X" is for the Sportster forks (XLH). Your bike has 49mm forks. They went larger in 2006. Same as the others.

3. Yes.....you can put floorboards on an FXD.

 

Good luck with it.

 

thx guys I'm sure I will have more questions as time goes on......

 

Not really......the other bikes, except Sportsters, have 49mm forks too. They just have them covered up, so they appear larger, but underneath the covers, they're the same size as the FXD..

 

I guess I really meant the spacing between the forks. X is for narrow, touring bikes have different spacing between the forks.

 

Ahhh........OK................just misunderstood you!

Actually "X" is for Sportster front end.

Here's a break down of HD letters:

Harley Davidson Motorcycle model designator letters are explained below..



X - Sportsters. These descend from the K series, 1952-56

XL- Series started in 1957. They are "unit construction" (engine & transmission share a common case)

L - High compression (7.5:1 in 1957)

H - Starting in 1958 came the XLH, meaning Higher-power or High-compression (9:1) or Hot .

C - Also in 1958 was the XLCH. The C was intended to mean "Competition".

CR- Cafe racer style, with bikini fairing.

LT- Touring, with bigger tank, thicker seat, and hard bags.



The first letter of the model designator reveals the engine series:

G - Servicar three wheeler, 1932 to 1972

E - Overhead valve 61 cubic inch "big twin" (Engine/trans separated)

F - Overhead valve 74,80 or 88 cubic inch "big twin"

FL - 80 to 96 cubic inches or higher Evo or TwinCam engine and a fat front tire.

K - Side valve 45 and 55 cubic inch sports bike that replaced the WL in 1953 and was replaced by the Sportster in 1957. It had many design features that were carried over to the Sportster.

U - Side valve 74 or 80 cubic inch "big twin"

V - Side valve 74 cubic inch made prior to 1936

W - Side valve 45 cubic inch made 1934 to 1952

X - Sports and special construction. Applied to 1918-1922 opposed twin Sport, 1944 military opposed twin, and 1957 to present Sportster.

The second letter of the model designator reveals the Front end (except sportsters)

X - Narrow tire and sport forks.

L - Wide front tire and Hydra-Glide front forks.

(FX originally meant "Factory Experimental" The first one was the Super Glide FX)

The third letter of the model designator reveals the frame style:

D - "Dyna" frame (with the rubber mounted motor)

HT - "Highway Touring" frame

ST - "SoftailŽ" frame

The next letter(s) indicates the model bike within the frame family:

A - Military (Army) version (except GA, Servicar without tow bar)

B - Battery start (early models), Belt drive (early 80's) Black paint.(1995-6 model, the Bad Boy)

C - Classic, Competition, Custom, various others meanings.

D - Dyna, the newest frame and engine mount design.

DG - Disc Glide

E - Electric start

F - Foot shift (when the standard was hand-shift) and now "Fat BoyŽ"

H - varied between High performance and Heavy duty.

I - Signifies Fuel Injection.

L - Big fat front tire

LR- Low Rider (though many Low Riders don't include LR in the model ID)

N - Nostalgia

P - Police version

R - Rubber mounted engine (some models) racing version (other models)

ST- Soft Tail, SoftailŽ

S - Springer

S - (without following T) Sports version

T - Touring

WG - Wide Glide

X - Sportster or sportster-type front end and Skinny front tire