[Thermodyne]

It depends on the year. They seemed to have a hard time deciding just what you'd get with the FXRS upgrade. Black paint on the wheels and a lower tree trim decal being the things to look at a quick glance. There was such a small difference most years as to be hardly worth having two models.

 

[Thermodyne]

I always thought the FXRS added cast wheels too.

joe

I usually see allegedly unmolested FXR's with bare spoke wheels, and FXRS's with black spoke wheels.

I've never see (in person) an Evo FXRx with wire wheels on both ends. The front wire wheel with a disk rear wheel is not uncommon. Don't know if that is representative of how the rolled out of the dealer, or if it perhaps reflects which wheels held up over the years.

 

[Thermodyne]

For all of the names the MoCo used for FXR's, there is not enough differance in the scooters to have a good discussion about.

Tall bikes or short bikes

Bagges or not

And the convertibles which was basically the factory grabbing the accessory money away from the dealer.

Performance wise, it was just the same evolutionary upgrades that the whole line got.

Left front brake, front forks and shocks were the only performance options that the MoCo offered from the factory. And IIRC that was only on the 84-86/7 scooters.

The non fairing scooters all looked more or less the same till the flat top Low Rider showed up. Then the CVO scooters put some serious bling on them.