Harley-Davidson 1690 SOFTAIL SLIM FLS 2016

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The Fat Boy had gone through more than 20 years without asking too many questions, evolving with the cm3 surges of his Twin Cam. When you have carried Terminator 2 in your saddle, you know that your place in the sun is assured. Recently this softail came out of its peaceful fate. He started out slipping into a Fat Boy Special, he went through the CVO box, and now he wants to get into the bobber trend too. Less fat, more slenderness in the profile, grinding strokes in the mudguards, 16-inch spoke rims … Thus was born the Fatboy Slim.

Since the second decade of the 21st century, Harley-Davidson has been thoroughly repackaging its post-war history. The Slim is another demonstration of this. At that time, bikers took all the superfluous out of their machine to keep only the essentials. Milwaukee tries to clean up this FLS the same way, with a solo seat, less chrome, a chopped rear fender, the front one cut in half, narrow tires and very airy rims (they are full on the Fat Boy). Thus stripped, the Slim loses ten pounds, gains darkness, plays on looks and cool. But for a bobber, I find it still packs too many accessories. We appreciate the ‘Hollywood’ handlebars with reinforcement bar, the leather strap on the tank and the half-moon running boards … But these elements, as well as the cowling and the fork covers, have their place on a custom who wants to be purified? Unless he’s part of an unlikely new trend: the accessorized bobber. At all … that would be nonsense. The slim is not a pure bobber but a machine with a bobber look, nuance.

Under the huge fuel tank with a ‘cat eye’ console, the pulsations contained come from the heart of the bike: the big 1690cc twin, the Twin Cam 103B. This B informs about several characteristics of the engine. Mounted rigid in the ‘hardtail’ frame, it is equipped with a balancing arm to reduce vibrations. Fat everywhere, it delivers more than 13 mkg of torque.
2016 wants to assert its aplomb, its very particular vigor, with the adoption of the High Output version. Optimized, notably thanks to a revised camshaft and airbox, the 1690 remains more than ever the spirit and maturity of American production..
This schizophrenic bullshit, Harley wants to show it more. Designer Casey Ketterhagen puts it this way: ‘It’s time to let the engine take its place. Therefore, we put the Softail on a diet to reduce its proportions. Lower the rear ladder with a narrow tire, and your eyes are automatically drawn to the center of the bike. ‘
So there, too bad! If the eye is drawn to the center of the Slim, why have the mechanics smeared with black? It’s not the engine that we see, it’s just its cylinder head covers and gearbox housings. On the braking side, the Moco had recently strengthened the will and the capacities of the system. The front disc widens from 292 to 300 mm. The caliper and master cylinder are redesigned, the latter also benefiting from a performance-enhancing design. With the high friction material of the pads, the effort required on the lever is reduced almost in half. Harley announces 40% less for optimal braking.

I see you winking … Because for you, the main thing is not there but in the guttural outbursts of the American twin-cylinder, in the solitary pleasure of living the road. Good thing: the Slim is an exclusive machine, which accepts only the rider, seated low to the ground (650 mm seat height).

Features Harley-Davidson Softail Slim

– 1690cc Twin Cam 103B engine with balancer shaft, rigid mounting and air cooling, equipped with the automatic decompression system (ACR) developing a maximum torque of 13.4 Nm at 3250 rpm
– Transmission in black finish with polished covers
– Six-speed Cruise Drive transmission
– Overlay shotgun-style chrome exhaust with beveled mufflers
– Gloss black oval air filter cover
– Classic Fat Bob tank with a capacity of 18.9 liters
– Black Cat Eye console features a speedometer with retro-style dial
– Black spoked wheels
– Hollywood handlebars, identifiable by its widened curve and transverse stiffener. It was originally an accessory for pre-war Harley-Davidson models with a Springer fork..
– Gloss black headlight with chrome surround
– Glossy black carrycot with ventilation slots
– Half-moon running boards with retro-style pedals
– Truncated rear fender highlighting the rear tire
– FR front truncated mudguard
– Brake light assembly – rear light – rear turn signals
– Solo seat with black vinyl tuck-and-roll cover
– Gloss black rear fender mounts
– Glossy black oil tank
– The security kit includes a Smart alarm system with a “hands-free” security key that can be activated near the motorcycle..

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1690 SOFTAIL SLIM FLS 2015

Model marketed in

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

Performances

• Max speed:
  about 170 km / h
• Consumption
  medium: 5.60 l

The technical aspect

Harley-Davidson 1690 SOFTAIL SLIM FLS 2016

• Frame
• Frame: tubular steel, rectangular main beam
• Tank: 18.9 liters
• Seat height: 650 mm
• Length: 2350 mm
• Width: 990 mm
• Height: 1,100 mm
• Wheelbase: 1,635 mm
• Dry weight: 308 kg
• Weight in running order: 321 kg

• Train before
• telescopic fork Ø 41.3 mm, deb: 130 mm
• Single disc Ø 300 mm, 4 piston caliper
• Front wheel:

  MT90
  – 16

• Transmission
• 6-speed gearbox
• secondary by toothed belt

• Rear axle
• Concealed horizontal single shock absorber, deb: 86 mm
• Single disc Ø 292 mm, 2 piston caliper
• Rear wheel:

  MU85
  – 16

• Motor
• Twin cylinder
  in V at 45 °
  , 4 stroke
• Cooling: Air cooling
• ESPFI sequential injection
• 2 ACT, tumbled
• 2 valves per cylinder
• 1,690 cc
  (98.4 x 111.1 mm)
• 78
  ch
  at 5,250 rpm
• 13.40 mkg
  at 3,250 rpm
• Weight ratio /
  power
  : 3.95
  kg / hp
• Compression: 9.6: 1
• Crit’air:
• Motorcycle accessible to A2 license or bridle at 47.5hp / 35 Kw

Detached pieces

exhaust
motor
fluid
electricity

filtration
braking
chain kit

Competitors

Kawasaki VN 1700 Classic 2014

Moto-Guzzi 1400 California Custom 2014

Victory (USA) 1700 HAMMER 8 BALL 2015

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