The Dyna Low Rider nameplate first appeared for the 1993 model year, when Harley-Davidson added the Low Rider to its new Dyna chassis line. It carried the classic Low Rider idea into the rubber-mounted Big Twin era, pairing a low-slung stance and street-cruiser look with the updated Dyna frame that had debuted two years earlier. The model became one of the core personalities of the Dyna family and was closely associated with Harley-Davidson’s factory custom and performance-cruiser image through the 1990s and 2000s.
The nameplate did not follow one uninterrupted run. After the early Dyna Low Rider period ended, the model returned in the 2014 model year as the FXDL Low Rider, bringing the familiar name back with a revised look and contemporary Dyna-era hardware. It remained part of the Dyna lineup through the final model year of the family in 2017, after which Harley-Davidson retired the Dyna platform and carried several of its design cues and model identities into the redesigned Softail line. Because the nameplate was revived after a gap, it should be treated as having multiple production periods rather than a single continuous run.