New softail "Softail Slim" on HD website:pic
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,515
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From: Nuevo Mexico USA
I don't know. If you put a shotgun shock on her, change the bars to some mini apes, maybe different fender, pc the front, pc the primary, put on forward controls, the wheels could stay(maybe,)
I can't see the other side but I'm sure the pipes and ac, grips, mirrors, the tank possibly a peanut , and maybe put on a springer front end....
I think we're just gettin started but I think we're on to somethin here!!!!!!!
I can't see the other side but I'm sure the pipes and ac, grips, mirrors, the tank possibly a peanut , and maybe put on a springer front end....
I think we're just gettin started but I think we're on to somethin here!!!!!!!
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 766
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From: USA
Can you give me the part number please? I have what is supposed to be the newest catalog and it doesn't show it.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
If you look in the new parts you will see the new seat will fit a Blackline. The new bikes are not really new just a bunch of parts thrown together. The old saying you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. They need to to get the sheetmetal people working and design a new package. The MoCo designers are going stale. These new bikes will come and go quickly.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: OC,NY
Softail Slim = Train Wreck IMHO. they didn't even get the name right. Whats slim about it ? The rear tire / fender? Every thing else is fat. It has the fat FL forks, big head light,floor boards, fat front tire, big cat eye dash,etc.
Lets look at the Blackline. Narrow rear tire /fender,narrow front tire/fender, slim FX forks, small headlight, forward controls,small lo profile dash console,narrow handle bars, etc.
The should have switched the names of these 2 bikes. The Slim's rear fender looks like an after thought to me .No attention to detail and looks unfinished.This is a bad example of a parts bin bike. Why any one would buy a Slim over a Fat Boy Lo is beyond me. Just my 2 pennies.I know opinions differ.
Lets look at the Blackline. Narrow rear tire /fender,narrow front tire/fender, slim FX forks, small headlight, forward controls,small lo profile dash console,narrow handle bars, etc.
The should have switched the names of these 2 bikes. The Slim's rear fender looks like an after thought to me .No attention to detail and looks unfinished.This is a bad example of a parts bin bike. Why any one would buy a Slim over a Fat Boy Lo is beyond me. Just my 2 pennies.I know opinions differ.
Both new bikes are great blank canvases. To me, that's what a factory bike should be. I'm not a big fan of ANY of the stock Harleys. Even the Train, in stock form, begs to be massaged and customized. When the Night Train was first released, it got the same reception as the Blackline, and now people are begging them to bring it back. Everyone has different tastes, and if the MOCO tried to make a bike for everyone, there would 500+ models out there. I don't like either of these new bikes off the line, but I'm sure someone out there will make them look great!
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: SE Michigan
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Supporter
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 567
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From: Lewisville, TX
I'm sorry but that thing is ugly as hell. Maybe it will be better in person but right now all I see is what appears to be a card deck shuffle of all the softails. Fatboy lo, blackline, x-bones, etc. MOCO this one = fail and is just another half hearted attempt to make the next "trendy". what happened to the style and finish of the older bikes. Seems like everything now is a Frankenstein. Which is saying alot coming from the FLSTFBX owner I am lol
Cruiser
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 173
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From: Albany, NY
solo blackline seat
I'm not 100% positive. But I think that they make a solo spring seat that works for the blackline on their site.
I've looked into seats for my crossbones, and saw that it also listed it for the blackline too.