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1983 Harley-Davidson FXWG Wide Glide 80
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1983 · Harley-Davidson

FXWG Wide Glide

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A clean, running 80-inch Wide Glide — late Shovelhead, factory custom lines, with an S&S Super E on top. Matching numbers, just over 20k miles, and it started, ran, and rode out the way we like them to. Gone to a new home.

The FXWG Wide Glide — Willie G. Davidson's factory chopper. Introduced in 1980, it pushed the Super Glide idea further: a raked, extended wide front end on a 21-inch front wheel, a bobbed rear fender, stepped seat, and the long, lean stance riders had been building by hand for years — only now straight off the factory floor. This one runs the 80 cubic inch (1340cc) Shovelhead — among the last years of that engine before the Evolution arrived for 1984 — and it's an early example from the years just after Harley-Davidson's 1981 management buyback from AMF. The details: matching engine and frame numbers, 20,209 original miles on the speedo, electric and kick start, a four-speed transmission, and disc brakes front and rear. It wears an S&S Super E carburetor and an aftermarket exhaust, and keeps the factory seat and passenger rest. Starts up easily; runs, stops, and rides.

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