The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "Rebel Soul: 1977 Confederate Edition FXE Super Glide". ↑ "1977 Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition". The real reason this model is so unknown - never appearing in a single official Harley history, and, we suspect, why Harley-Davidson refused to even acknowledge its existence until just recently (see letter, left) - is the rebel flag adorning the tank. Then there’s the politically incorrect elephant in the room. "1977 Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition" (aspx). ↑ MacMahan, Chris (January–February 2009). The Confederate Editions were built across the model range in irregular numbers including 44 FLH Electra Glides, 228 Super Glides (all FXEs with the 3.5-gallon “bread loaf” tank borrowed from H-D’s Italian Aermacchi cousins), 299 XLH Sportsters, 45 XLCH Sportsters and 15 XLT Sportsters. The issue also described the rare promotional material for the Harley-Davidson Sportster Confederate Edition featuring a model in a cowboy hat with a Condederate flag. Gene Perryman, a Harley-Davidson archivist, described the original model unit numbers that numbered the Condeferate Editions (and which had been recently published in Old Bike Journal, Feb '95). Harley-Davidson later changed this decision and announced that local dealerships could decide for themselves whether to use the emblems. Schmidt (Director, Communications) were later released regarding the company's decision to cease use of the Confederate flag on its bikes. The Confederate Edition is not on display in the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, but is stored in the company's corporate archives in a connected building on the museum's grounds official statements from Harley-Davidson representatives Annie Tynion (Vice President of Marketing) and Kenneth G. 
The Confederate Editions sold in small amounts, thought to be due to a combination of lack of significant promotion (it was overshadowed by the FXS Low Rider and XLCR Café Racer released the same year) and the perceived controversy over the use of the Confederate flag. The Confederate Edition consisted of a special commemorative paint scheme of metallic gray paint and 'rebel' flag decals on the fuel tank and an army general’s sleeve braid decal on the front fender and which was applied to the Harley-Davidson Super Glide, FLH Electra Glide, Harley-Davidson Sportster XLH, XLCH and XLT models.
It was released following the successful manufacture of the Liberty Edition to commemorate America's bicentennial in 1976. The Harley-Davidson Confederate Edition was a cross-range limited edition motorcycle produced in 1977.
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