Launched last year as a plain finish Street Bob, the FXST Softail Standard may well be the obvious name base entry level model in the Milwaukee-Eight range, but it fits the natural position of the Super Glide – physically and aesthetically – and the role of the Sportster, financially. So we were really looking forward to finding out how flexible this surprisingly small big twin would be.
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- 1998 FXD Super Glide*
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- 2021 FXST Softail Standard
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- 1999 FXST Softail Standard*
We came away wishing they’d called this nimble bar-hopper a Super Glide because we think there’s a massive gap in the range that a traditional FXST would slot into beautifully, and you can find out why in the digital American-V 106 – which will also be printed in the omnibus edition next time.
The best way to get hold of a digital edition, without diverting too much of the cover price into the coffers of some of the world’s biggest corporations, is to go to:
https://pocketmags.com/american-v-magazine
where you will also find more than ten years of digital back issues … and so many flashbacks!!
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- Yes, we know Super Glides and Softail Standards existed in Twin Cam forms, but they didn’t have a circular air cleaner or the pushrod tubes coming from a single, central cam … and we don’t see enough Evo motors these days 🙂