Published October 19, 2025 by Michael Le Pard , Editor‑in‑Chief
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– New Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Gray Ghost Dipped in Chrome and Style!
Engine
Each is tuned to offer performance that matches the personality of a specific model and the anticipated expectations of that model’s customer.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight 117 Classic Engine
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight 117 Custom Engine
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight 117 H.O. Engine
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight 121 H.O. Engine
Sport
A category created by the venerable Sportster. Iconic design, authentic sound. These are bikes built for carving mountain roads, and blasting through city streets.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Sportster S
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Nightster
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Nightster Special
Cruiser
Authentic heritage meets modern technology for power, style, and the unadulterated riding experience – around town or along country roads.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Breakout
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
– 2025.5 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Grey Ghost – New model (late 2025.5)
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Street Bob
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Low Rider S
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Low Rider ST
Adventure Touring
Where touring becomes detouring, and everything is a road.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Pan-America 1250 ST
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Pan-America 1250 Special
Grand American Touring
The category we’ve created from the ground up. Go the distance, in style. Discover the wide open world and freedom for the soul on bikes only Harley-Davidson could build.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Road King Special
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Ultra
Trike
Roll with confidence, comfort, and head-turning custom style on three wheels.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Freewheeler
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide 3
Harley-Davidson X
Built for urban riding. Born to be more free to explore.
– 2026 Harley-Davidson X500 – (Australia)
– 2026 Harley-Davidson X350 – (Australia)
– 2026 Harley-Davidson X440 – (Asia)
CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations)
Advanced technology, exclusive components and obsessive attention to detail distinguish. Limited-production, super-premium CVO motorcycles represent the pinnacle of forward-looking style, design and craftsmanship from Harley-Davidson, the world’s most-desirable motorcycle brand.
– 2025 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR – New model (late 2025.5)
– 2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST
– 2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide
– 2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Pan America
– 2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide
Possible Discontinuations
Not available as a 2026 model… let’s hope they are late arrivers!
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 114
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Sport Glide
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Softail Standard
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited
– 2026 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide Revival
From the Manufacturer – 2026 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Guide
HARLEY-DAVIDSON REVEALS NEW LIMITED-PRODUCTION FAT BOY GRAY GHOST MODEL
Fifth Icons Motorcycle Collection Model Celebrates 35 Years of Fat Custom Style
Harley-Davidson today introduced the gleaming Fat Boy Gray Ghost model, the fifth installment in its Icons Motorcycle Collection. This new, limited-production Icons model celebrates the 35th anniversary of the introduction of the Fat Boy, a motorcycle that remains a cultural icon and one of the most recognizable bikes to ever roll down the road. The Fat Boy Gray Ghost model salutes a superstar of motorcycle design with a gleaming new Reflection finish that gives the entire motorcycle the appearance of being dipped in chrome.
The Icons Motorcycle Collection features a limited release of a new motorcycle model that offers a fresh interpretation of an iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Icons Motorcycle Collection models are serialized and may include additional features above the base motorcycle. Production of the Fat Boy Gray Ghost model will be limited to 1,990 total motorcycles globally, (paying homage to the original 1990 Fat Boy).
The Fat Boy Gray Ghost model celebrates the enduring significance of the original “fat custom” motorcycle.
“The original Fat Boy model took the look, proportions, and silhouette of a 1949 Hydra-Glide and completely modernized it for a new generation of riders,” explains Brad Richards, Harley-Davidson Vice President of Design and Creative Director, Motorcycles. “Those riders appreciated our post-war design DNA but also found themselves drawn to the clean simplicity of contemporary industrial design.”
At its inception, the bike was intended to have a limited lifespan. Instead, the Fat Boy motorcycle has spanned three powertrain generations and a complete redesign of its Softail chassis and for 35 years has maintained its original power to impress with unmatched presence and undeniable style.
Stunning Reflection Finish
The Fat Boy is a big, bold motorcycle designed for riders who want to make a statement. That statement is amplified by an Icons Collection Fat Boy Gray Ghost model that will shimmer in sunlight like it was machined from a solid alloy billet and polished to a mirror finish.
History of an Instant Icon
In 1990, a time when the motorcycle media and much of the riding public was consumed with the escalating performance of sport bikes, the Harley-Davidson Fat Boy model landed like a thundering heavy-metal power chord.
The Fat Boy model was inspired by a custom Harley motorcycle based on the Softail platform created in 1987 at Harley-Davidson Montréal by the dealership general manager Duc Dufour and technician Denis Lavoie, which they called a Lowboy. That bike featured slammed rear suspension, an aluminum disc wheel and fiberglass fender on the front and a wide handlebar. Spotted by Harley-Davidson Executive Jerry Wilke, an example was shipped to Milwaukee. While the Lowboy custom offered some inspiration, the motorcycle that would become the Fat Boy model was created by the H-D styling team led by Willie G. Davidson and Louie Netz.
“On the 1990 Fat Boy model, the wheels are the defining characteristic,” wrote Davidson in his book 100 Years of Harley-Davidson. “The idea was to create a distinctive look using solid-cast disc wheels. We pushed this distinction further with a silver monochromatic paint job and silver powder-coated frame. Since the entire bike was silver, we needed something bright to set it off. I added yellow trim to the rocker boxes, the derby cover, the timer cover, and the ignition switch. We built a Fat Boy prototype, and I took it to Daytona so we would get one-on-one feedback from the riders.”
Only Harley-Davidson would have the chutzpah to name a motorcycle Fat Boy.
“You’re probably wondering how we came up with a name like Fat Boy, and I’ve heard a lot of tales about this, nearly all of which are untrue,” wrote Davidson. “Here’s the real story: it’s tough to come up with names that will be popular on the street. We were looking for something unusual and maybe even a little irreverent, because there’s something sort of cool about poking fun at your products from time to time. To me, and to a lot of other insiders who’d seen it, the bike had a massive ‘fat’ look. So the folks in marketing came up with the name Fat Boy.”
Fat Boy Model Timeline
1990: The Fat Boy model debuts in one color, Fine Silver Metallic, powered by a rigid-mounted Evolution V-Twin engine.
1991: The Fat Boy motorcycle entered popular culture with its featured appearance in the motion picture “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” in which actor Arnold Schwarzenegger rides a Fat Boy motorcycle through Los Angeles in a dramatic chase scene. The movie was a global sensation, helping cement the Fat Boy model as representative of the Harley-Davidson brand in many markets, especially Europe. One of the bikes used in the movie is now in the Harley-Davidson Museum collection.
2000: The counterbalanced Twin Cam 88B™ engine debuts in Softail models, including the Fat Boy model.
2005: The limited-production CVO™ Fat Boy model, powered by a Twin Cam 103™ engine, began a two-year run. Styling highlights included slammed rear suspension, steel pan-style seat, chrome pillion, and a new metal-grind finish accent with three color options.
2010: The Fat Boy Lo model dropped the seat height to just 24.25 inches, thanks to slammed front and rear suspension and a low-profile seat.
2016: The Fat Boy S model is powered by the muscular Screamin’ Eagle Twin Cam 110™ engine and finished in Dark Custom™ styling.
2018: The Fat Boy model is one of eight revolutionary Softail motorcycles based on an all-new chassis featuring monoshock rear suspension and dual counterbalanced Milwaukee-Eight V-Twin engines. The styling is all new – a massive front end, a new headlight shape, and a huge 240 mm rear tire – but the bike is also quite obviously a Fat Boy model.
2020: Harley-Davidson celebrates an icon with the introduction of the Fat Boy 114 30th Anniversary Limited Edition motorcycle. Restyled in dark finishes with bronze highlights and powered by a Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine, production of the 30th Anniversary Fat Boy was limited to 2,500 examples.
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