37 with a 19 114 FatBoy,also love the chrome 👍

 

Great looking Fatboy....Very Sharp

 

Yes, it is just a color scheme change. I agree that it would have been nice to add some mechanical differences. I would have liked to have the RDRS system and cruise control. But I think the color scheme really sets this bike apart.

R,
Sanjuro

 

not really buddy, if that was the case a vivid black standard would be the same, but its not.
TBF to HD they di something to this bike, you couldn’t buy the blacked out and coloured parts alone for the uplift in cost over a vivid black model.
Each to his own tho...ride safe

 

I have to disagree... blacking our the chrome parts on the flfb can be achieved for a relatively low cost (unless you’re actually buying blacked out new parts rather than re colouring existing)...

but again, I’m not saying the new bikes isn’t a good looking machine. Just curious how some folks can completely “hate” the original but “love” the 30th? There are no body changes, no mechanical alterations... just colour... I’m just genuinely curious as to why people can’t see past that.

 

LOL, I think hate is a Strong word, I like the look of all the FBs, but then I like like bikes anyhow. As for blacking out a complete bike and then getting the accented colours too for around £2k - I need to know your supplier.....

I dot think its just colour though as someone above suggested its the “package”, it just looks kind of different to any of the others, even the blacked out standards.

I bought a new FB just lat November (never a lover of the satin chrome), had a dilemma to swap out Crome or black , along came one of these that kind of made a decision for me.....
Cheers

 

This is the post I was originally referring too... like I said, how can one “hate” the original but like the anniversary...

Ifyou own one, then more power to you! You’ve got the bike you wanted and you’re willing to pay for it. I did the same with my 115th. But you’re not the person I’m questioning, it’s those that seem to have done a full U turn on their opinion of the bike due to the 30th colour scheme...

 

I've had three Fatboys and loved all three. One was flat silver with blacked out parts and the other two were both denim black. That color matches the Fatboy persona perfectly in my opinion.

But I "strongly disliked" the way the new M8 models looked, starting in 2018, and that is mainly because of the wheels. I think they're hideous.That's one reason I went with the Heritage when I got a new bike this time.

Looks are a big deal with Harleys, more than any other motorcycle. That's why we sit in the garage and ogle them. They exploit the nostalgia look and that's a good thing. This new anniversary model nailed it. To me, it comes very, very close to capturing the pure essence of the FB.

If they had added that bronze touch to the wheels, that would have been the coup de gras.

 

I think I was pretty clear on why I don’t like the standard but like the anniversary.

To condense it down, the Black makes the things I don’t like less noticeable.

Liking or not not liking the way something looks has nothing to do with anything mechanical.

 

Look at is this way. Let’s say the bike only came in bright pink. All of it bright pink. With fluorescent green polka dots. I believe I would hate the way the bike looked. I’d never buy it. Now it has the 30th Anniversary color scheme. Love it. Bought it.

R,
Sanjuro