![]() ![]() ![]() Surprisingly, it picks up a bit of fuel efficiency as well, and manages to milk 44 miles out of every gallon.Īll three mills run with electronic, sequential-port fuel injection, and the usual, pushrod-actuated, two-valve heads. At 3,500 rpm, this mill generates a punishing, 115 pound-feet of torque that puts plenty of go in the show. For those unfamiliar with the brand, this is the largest production engine Harley had before the Milwaukee-Eight 114 and the most powerful in its day. In keeping with Harley's “S” series that makes performance a front-burner issue, the FXDLS runs the enhanced, 1,801 cc, air-cooled Screamin' Eagle Twin Cam 110B. The '16 model-year FXDL got the high-output version of the same engine that comes with a dollop of Screamin' Eagle yummy-goodness in the form of a factory Stage-1 package that boosts the torque on up to 102 pound-feet at the same rpm and drops one mpg for a combined 42 mpg. Sport-O's may find this to be a little shallow, but these numbers are fairly typical for the brand. The base model can manage 29.5 degrees to the right and 30.5 to the left (because of the exhaust system), while the “S” is limited to 27.5 degrees to the right and 28.5 to the left before it starts throwing sparks on the 2016 model. As one would expect, the difference in ground clearance has an effect on lean angles. Go ahead, ask me how I know.Ĭoil-over rear shocks come with the ubiquitous spring-preload adjustment, and provide 3.1 inches of travel on the Low Rider, but just a hair over 2 inches of travel on the “S” for an unladen seat height of 26.8 inches, and 27 inches, respectively, and 4.1 inches of ground clearance. The “S” rear fender displays a bobber-style chop that thankfully stops short of looking like the desperately unpopular “boat tail” fender from years past, and the non-S model gets a fuller rear fender.įat, 49 mm forks float the front end on 5.1-inches of travel at the axle, and come with fixed parameters and no external adjustments, though I will offer that while they still make spacers that increase spring preload, it's not a quick and easy procedure, and certainly not something you would want to deal with more than once. On the “regular” Low Riders, the seat comes with a tapered, mustang-esque pillion, but the new-in-2016 Low Rider S sports a solo saddle. The upper lines flow from the headlamp brow, back across the fat fuel tank complete with instrument cluster in a Wrinkle Black console to the full-scoop saddle. An asymmetrical wheel layout accentuates the lowness of the slammed rear end with a 19-inch wheel up front and a 17-inch in back, and blackout springs visually diminish the already short rear shocks to add an optical effect to the mix.Ī sparse front fender looks much like an old “bobber” fender, which is to say chopped down to a minimum, and it adds little unsprung weight to the front wheel while exposing same. As always, the Low Rider seems to embody the essence of H-D design with details borrowed from the custom->ke296 culture added liberally thereunto. ![]()
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