The Harley Softail is a familiar term to most bikers. But for those of you who are just building your vocabulary of motorcycle terminology; softail is used to describe a motorcycle that has a rear suspension system equipped with shock absorbing springs that any driver or passenger riding bitch will tell you makes for a much smoother ride over rough terrain.
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The 2005 Heritage Softail Classic in the pics is for sale. For my asking price you get the whole package in beautiful two-tone black cherry pearl and ...
The Softail FXST was released in 1984 and is a registered trademark of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company. As other motorcycles with the same style of spring rear suspension were manufactured, the word has been applied to other motorcycles along the way. Other brands and models that offer Softail rear suspension would be the:
Honda 600 vlx shadow
Yamaha DragStar 650
Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom
Victory Vegas Motorcycle
Needless to say, there are more than a few rabid fans of Softails. However popular the more comfortable ride that a Softail might offer; the look of a bike with a rigid frame also known as a hard-tail is preferred. For this reason, the Softail motorcycle frame is specifically designed to resemble Hardtails manufactured in years past.
SOFTAIL MODELS
There are many popular Harleys manufacture with the Softail motorcycle frame. At the time of this article the most popular is the Softail Deluxe with these three models following close behind:
THE HERITAGE SOFTAIL
THE SOFTAIL DEUCE
THE SPRINGER SOFTAIL
In addition to those models here are some others that rank very high in consumer ratings:
THE SOFTAIL STANDARD
THE SOFTAIL CUSTOM
THE HERITAGE SPRINGER
THE NIGHT TRAIN
THE HARLEY DAVIDSON FATBOY
THE HARLEY DAVIDSON DARK CUSTOM
All of the above mentioned Harleys have identical engines, frames and transmissions except for the Softail Deuce that has a 2 in. backbone stretch, but differs in fork choice, wheels and accessory options.
THE SOFTAIL ENGINE
The Harley Davidson Softails do not have rubber-mounted engines. Recent Harley Softails have a counterbalanced version of the Twin Cam engine rather than the type of Twin Cam engine used in the Touring and Harley Dynas.