CALL ME BOB, BUT DON’T CALL ME DYNA

Among the letters that came in following the October 2017 “Softail Supreme” issue, there were those essentially saying, “Yay, Harley!” and, “Boo! Harley,” in roughly equal measure. Some folks were comparing the new Softail frame with single shock to that of the first Yamaha Virago and saying, “Welcome to 1982.” Others were very interested in what sounded like the best-performing Harley-Davidson cruisers ever.

But a few were confused. “What’s a Dyna? Why do I care? Why does Harley put so many letters and stuff in their model names?”

Yep, it’s been somewhat impenetrable, all the nomenclature and two different cruiser lines, Dyna (FX) and Softail (FLS), alongside