Pare down a Harley-Davidson® Softail® motorbike to its important components and you have the Sleek. From its clipped front part fender to its filter returning end, Sleek is a no-nonsense, back-to-basics motorbike. Contact it removed. Contact it old school. Contact it lean and mean. What's departed is the basic Softail profile and legendary Harley-Davidson® design that recaptures traditional customized bobbers of the 50's. "It's time to once again make the website the design point of interest of a motorbike," says Senior Designer, Casey Ketterhagen. "So we put a Softail® motorcycle on a diet to get the proportions returning in check. Scale down the returning with a filter fatigue and sliced fender and the heart of the motorcycle, the engine, becomes the focus. We eventually created a gap between the nose of the chair and container so the participant can see the top of the engine. I like to be able to look down and see what's moving me."
 |
| 2012 Harley Davidson FLS Slim |
To keep the returning of the motorbike simple and fresh, the Sleek motorbike has mixture stop/turn/tail lighting along with a centre set up LED end lighting and license menu illuminator. The returning fender struts are departed discovered, revealing the made precious metal and nails. A slim formed-leather band protects the gas container joint. The powertrain is completed refined protects instead of firefox, and the dark-colored tubes are departed unhighlighted. The FL front part fender is clipped to present more of the fatigue. "I'd personally like to remove the motorcycle down even further," says Ketterhagen, "but this is as far as we can go on a production style. The Sleek motorcycle is intended to be a direct presentation of home-built traditions of the 40s and 50s, and we used a number of components that stimulate that era, beginning with a Artist handlebar."
 |
| 2012 Harley Davidson FLS Slim |
The Artist bar, identified by its large extend and mixture prepare, was initially an equipment for Hd Davidson® models with a Springer® derive. The name may have been created because owners of that era, who used the cross-brace to install lighting and bags, had "gone Hollywood" with excessive accessorization. For the Sleek motorbike, the cross-braced bar is completed in Shine Black, with related Shine Black hand manages and a louvered front lights nacelle. Other interval design hints involve a Shine Black "cat's eye" container gaming program with a traditional speedometer experience, half-moon participant footboards, a circular air cleanser protect, and Shine Black rim wheels and locations. The protect of the single chair is padded in a tuck-and-roll pattern. "The chair really gives you the feeling of sitting in the motorcycle, rather than on it," says Ketterhagen. "The bars are nice and low, too, so when you're riding you have an maximum view forward, which can handle the idea that this is a very basic motorbike, a real back-to-basics ride."
 |
| 2012 Harley Davidson FLS Slim |
A counter-balanced Double Cam 103B website is rigid-mounted within the shape, creating a strong relationship between participant and the machine. The Softail® case imitates the fresh collections of a traditional hardtail shape, but uses returning revocation management, offered by coil-over shocks that are set up flat in a trench and out of vision within the shape tracks. With the mixture of a 23.8-inch chair size and participant footboards, the Sleek motorbike perfectly suits a variety of drivers and provides lighting side-stand lift-off. A pull-back riser from Harley-Davidson® Genuine Motor Accessories can be set up to move the bars returning two inches without changing the management cords and collections.
 |
| 2012 Harley Davidson FLS Slim |
The Sleek symbolizes the Harley-Davidson Softail motorbike combined down to its important components in the design of customized bobbers of the 50's, from its clipped front part fender to its filter returning end, single chair and little firefox. A cross-braced Artist handlebar and front lights nacelle are completed in gloss dark-colored. Other interval design hints involve a "cat's eye" container gaming program, half-moon participant footboards, and gloss dark-colored rim wheels and locations. The 1690 cc Double Cam 103B™ powertrain is completed refined protects instead of firefox. The Softail case imitates the fresh collections of a traditional hardtail shape, but uses returning revocation management offered by coil-over shocks set up flat in a trench and out of vision within the shape tracks. With the mixture of a 23.8-inch chair size and participant feet boards, the Sleek perfectly suits a variety of drivers.
Model Highlights
Model Highlights
- Paint color options: Stunning Black, Black Jean material, Ember Red Sunglo
- Powertrain completed in Black powdercoat with refined covers
- Hollywood handlebar with cross-brace
- Gloss Black, circular air cleanser cover
- Black “cat’s eye” gaming program holds electronic speedometer with retro-style face
- Chopped returning fender
- Chrome, over/under shotgun fatigue with slash-cut mufflers
- Classic 5.0-gallon Fat Bob® petrol tank
- Dunlop 16-inch (MT90B16) front part and (MU85B16) returning tires
- Black, Steel Laced wheels
- Gloss dark-colored headlamp with firefox decrease ring
- Half-moon footboards with retro-style feet management pads
- Trimmed FL front part fender
- Side-mounted license plate
- Combined stop/tail/turn end lights
- Solo chair with dark-colored tuck-and-roll vinyl fabric cover
- Forged returning fender can handle are completed in Shine Black powdercoat
- Gloss Black “horseshoe” oil tank
Features and Benefits
The Softail® Slim™ symbolizes the Harley-Davidson® Softail® motorbike combined down to its important components in the design of customized bobbers of the 50's, from its filter returning end to its clipped front part fender, single chair and little firefox. With the mixture of a 23.8-inch chair size and participant footboards, the Softail Sleek perfectly suits a variety of drivers. The Softail returning revocation imitates the fresh collections of a traditional hardtail shape but provides the comfort of a modern revocation that is invisible under the case. The firm powertrain allows tight appearance of the website and shape and makes a strong relationship between the participant and the power that goes the motorbike.
The Softail® Slim™ symbolizes the Harley-Davidson® Softail® motorbike combined down to its important components in the design of customized bobbers of the 50's, from its filter returning end to its clipped front part fender, single chair and little firefox. With the mixture of a 23.8-inch chair size and participant footboards, the Softail Sleek perfectly suits a variety of drivers. The Softail returning revocation imitates the fresh collections of a traditional hardtail shape but provides the comfort of a modern revocation that is invisible under the case. The firm powertrain allows tight appearance of the website and shape and makes a strong relationship between the participant and the power that goes the motorbike.
- Rigid-mounted, air-cooled, 1690 cc Double Cam 103B™ counter-balanced website with Automatic Pressure Release (ACR) rated at 98.7 ft. lbs. peak twisting at 3000 rpm.
- 6-speed Cruise Drive® transmission
- Security Package Choice (factory-installed option) includes: Harley-Davidson® Smart Protection System with proximity-based,
- hands-free security fob and Anti-lock Stopping System (ABS)
