Fat Boy
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01-05-2022, 10:20 AM
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OP here. I took a test drive today on a Fat Boy today.. I followed the sales guy on another bike for a ride.. We did six or seven miles through vaying turns, straight aways. etc. It felt like it drove itself, no effort at all in the turns, it did some slow zig zags. . I loved every minute of it! It's a 2021 with 2800 miles on it, sales guy said previous ouner only had it six months, wanted to be able to pack more stuff for trips, and traded it in for a Road King.. I bought it, I will post pics when it gets here.
Fran, here's those mirrors mounted..... I like them much better than the originals.
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Nice!
How heavy are you if you don't mind me asking? I'm curious if rider weight might have to do with the effort it takes to handle the fat boy.
Don't forget to post in the Everything Fat Boy thread: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/2018-...oy-thread.html
How heavy are you if you don't mind me asking? I'm curious if rider weight might have to do with the effort it takes to handle the fat boy.
Don't forget to post in the Everything Fat Boy thread: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/2018-...oy-thread.html
I weight 188 in just underwear. The helmet, shoes, and jeans would add to the "as rode" weight. I'm 5'9.
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I'm putting some miles on. Yestereday I took a ride, I figured around 50 miles. My odometer and trip meters were reading way off, I knew I didn't go as far as it read. . I cycled through the settings, and saw that it was in KM mode, found a Youtube that showed the fix, and I did it. On my registration it says 2800 miles, but its only got 1700 or so.
I put aound 100 miles on today, rode up to Melbourne, FL, crossed over to Meritt Island, rode down to the Sabastian area, kind of reminded me of the road to the Keys, a string of islands on a much smaller scale. Then crossed over to the mainland. Beautiful day, I started early, and it warmed up fast. I had a jacket on, wanted to shed it, but no where to put it if I took it off. I need some saddlebags, I know it will spoil the looks somewhat, but I have to be practical. I ordered some Viking bags. I am really enjoying thiis bike, it handles like a dream.
The seat ain't the best, I have a pretty tuff butt from riding bicycle a lot, but I was feeling it. It's not horrible, but it will be something I will upgrade in the future.
I put aound 100 miles on today, rode up to Melbourne, FL, crossed over to Meritt Island, rode down to the Sabastian area, kind of reminded me of the road to the Keys, a string of islands on a much smaller scale. Then crossed over to the mainland. Beautiful day, I started early, and it warmed up fast. I had a jacket on, wanted to shed it, but no where to put it if I took it off. I need some saddlebags, I know it will spoil the looks somewhat, but I have to be practical. I ordered some Viking bags. I am really enjoying thiis bike, it handles like a dream.
The seat ain't the best, I have a pretty tuff butt from riding bicycle a lot, but I was feeling it. It's not horrible, but it will be something I will upgrade in the future.
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