“ IT’S THE QUINTESSENTIAL HARLEY-DAVIDSON SILHOUETTE - THE LONG, RAKED-OUT CHOPPER LOOK AND LOW SLUNG TO THE GROUND. ”
SOME MIGHT TELL YOU the rise of Breakout began when the controversial V-Rod (VRSC) was deleted from the Harley-Davidson line-up in 2017 after nearly 20 years.
Ah, but wait. Breakout (FXSB) first appeared as a special build CVO Softail 110 twin-cam model in 2013, well before the appearance of the Milwaukee-Eight engine and the all-new Softail chassis that would come to define the entire cruiser segment from 2017.
Such was the response to Breakout even at that early stage, a ‘base model’ 103 was produced for MY14 mass production and set the critics back somewhat by proving that a Harley-Davidson cruiser could deliver performance as well as curb side glamour. Breakout quickly became a
