Lowrider gone?
Road Warrior
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From: Sasser, GA
That's the impression I get from reading this board for the past couple of years...the Super Glide Custom (along with the "dark" movement) killed the Lowrider. I'm sure it'll be back. To much name recognition to let it die for good.
Intermediate
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Say it ain't so!
Dang, I have never wanted any bike other than a Low Rider. It fits me perfectly and the name is great. I guess I had better take care of mine so I can keep it forever.
Tourer
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Well the real story is that the MoCo realized that they had made a superior bike with the Lowrider and that guys who bought them were really the target audience of rugged hard core bikers who were in need of a true machine that they could live out their lifestyle on. Then they realized that they had put so much design quality into the Lowider that the owners wouldn't be trading them in right away because it was a marriage made in heaven. Then they realized that all the ***** poser wannabes didn't have the cash or the ***** to get a Lowrider and were buying the cheaper detuned Superglides with the Sportster suspension...so they have temporarily halted production of the Lowrider until the real bikers are ready for new ones.....
That is the God's truth about the Lowrider....
That is the God's truth about the Lowrider....
BTW--I agree with your quote (most of it) and I couldn't have said it better!
Advanced
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: PAC NW
That bike is bad ***, though! Dig that shovelhead ....
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 541
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From: North Wales U.K.
I'd like to see a dark custom dyna with a 110 as standard,
without having to buy the cvo with all that chrome on it.
without having to buy the cvo with all that chrome on it.
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Cruiser
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Originally Posted by KBFXDLI
KBFXDLI,
To my knowledge, the Low Rider never got more power from the factory than a Super Glide. The Low Rider evolved from the Super Glide in 1977, when Willie G. gave the basic Super Glide more fork rake, relocated the foot pegs a bit, and added the "King & Queen" style seating positions. Style rules the world, but the engine was the same as the Super Glide engine. There was an FXRS model ("S" for Sport), but I don't believe it was any more powerful than any other Big Twin. It was up to the owner to add hotter cams, better heads, and all of the other wonders that have developed since 1903. Prove me wrong, children, prove me wrong.
To my knowledge, the Low Rider never got more power from the factory than a Super Glide. The Low Rider evolved from the Super Glide in 1977, when Willie G. gave the basic Super Glide more fork rake, relocated the foot pegs a bit, and added the "King & Queen" style seating positions. Style rules the world, but the engine was the same as the Super Glide engine. There was an FXRS model ("S" for Sport), but I don't believe it was any more powerful than any other Big Twin. It was up to the owner to add hotter cams, better heads, and all of the other wonders that have developed since 1903. Prove me wrong, children, prove me wrong.
