This rare factory-custom Harley-Davidson was introduced for the 1983 model year as a Shovelhead-era Big Twin with a distinctly dressy, collector-minded character. It was built on the company’s traditional FX platform, but it stood apart from more ordinary Super Glide and Wide Glide variants by combining a wide front end with visual cues that emphasized its nameplate: a disc-style rear wheel theme, drilled front and rear brake discs, braided oil-line detailing, and a bobbed rear fender. Harley-Davidson also paired it with the dual-belt final drive arrangement associated with the Sturgis, giving it a more special-edition feel than a standard production FX model.
The model arrived during the last years of the Shovelhead big-twin era, when Harley-Davidson was still refining its pre-Evolution lineup with limited-run and stylistic variations aimed at riders who wanted something more distinctive than the base motorcycles in the catalog. Period documentation places this nameplate in 1983 only, making it a very short-lived and uncommon part of Harley-Davidson history. It is remembered by enthusiasts as one of the more unusual factory specials from the early 1980s, and its scarcity has helped it remain notable among collectors of classic Harley Big Twins.