Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition

The Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition was a limited edition motorcycle that Harley-Davidson offered across several of its ranges in 1977. It followed the Liberty Edition, which the company had built in 1976 to mark the United States Bicentennial. The special finish was a metallic gray paint scheme with Confederate flag decals on the fuel tank and an army general's sleeve braid decal on the front fender, and it was applied to the Super Glide, the FLH Electra Glide and the Sportster XLH, XLCH and XLT. It sold in small numbers, which Motorcycle Classics writer Chris MacMahan puts down to little promotion, plain paintwork next to the brighter metallic colors then coming into fashion, and a limited market. Production ran from 15 units for the FLHS and the XLT up to 299 for the XLH Sportster, and because the numbers were so low it may be the most collectible of all Harley-Davidson models. The company keeps an example in its corporate archives beside its museum.