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Old 09-21-2017 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Crmx
Nice review on the FB 2018 if you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...irst-ride.html



It looks like it's the size of the Sportster.

Where are the Monkey Humping a Football jokes?
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobr0
It looks like it's the size of the Sportster.

Where are the Monkey Humping a Football jokes?
But it isn't. Length of the Fat Bob are almost identical to the Low Rider, and ir 6" longer than the Sportster. The wheel base is almost identical to the Heritage, Slim, Deluxe and Low Rider and 3.5 inches longer than the Sportster.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JekyllnHyde
But it isn't. Length of the Fat Bob are almost identical to the Low Rider, and ir 6" longer than the Sportster. The wheel base is almost identical to the Heritage, Slim, Deluxe and Low Rider and 3.5 inches longer than the Sportster.

Don't go confusing the issue with quantifiable data.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy
Don't go confusing the issue with quantifiable data.
LOL God forbid.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 07:47 PM
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Nope I'm not a new model groupie. It's likely at my age my 2015 RGS will be my last bike. My next purchase will be a new 4 door fully loaded Jeep Wrangler. The moral of the story is HDs new bikes are not better than the older.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Wildon883R
Nope I'm not a new model groupie. It's likely at my age my 2015 RGS will be my last bike. My next purchase will be a new 4 door fully loaded Jeep Wrangler. The moral of the story is HDs new bikes are not better than the older.
But the new Jeeps just don't have the feel or look of the old Jeeps. Jeeps lost their soul and the new ones are not better than the old ones.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JekyllnHyde
But the new Jeeps just don't have the feel or look of the old Jeeps. Jeeps lost their soul and the new ones are not better than the old ones.
That's why whenever I get a new 4 wheeled vehicle it'll be a Subaru.
 
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Old 09-21-2017 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by baka1969
That's why whenever I get a new 4 wheeled vehicle it'll be a Subaru.
I was been sarcastic and making fun of the people complaining about the new HD's.....I think you know that though.

I happen to love Jeeps. Four of my last 5 vehicles were Jeeps. I have a 2009 Subaru Tribeca now. The AWD is fantastic but I'm not in love with it altogether. It's quirky. The struts and stabilizer bars are clunky (a common problem). I had to replace the rear struts and front stabilizer bar at 40,000 miles, the headlight bulbs burn out ever 6 months (and no one at Subaru can explain why but apparently it's an issue for many Subaru owners) and puddle lights stopped working at 70,000 miles. Also had trouble with the AC. The last two Grand Cherokees I had I got 210,000 and 260,000 trouble free miles out of before I sold them, and I beat the hell out of them because my work at the time required a lot of off road driving....much of it up in the Appalachian mountains. Those Jeeps climbed some very steep terrain up old logging roads, rocks, and through deep mud with ease. Once I'm done with this Subaru I'll go back to a Jeep.
 
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Old 09-22-2017 | 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by JekyllnHyde
But it isn't. Length of the Fat Bob are almost identical to the Low Rider, and ir 6" longer than the Sportster. The wheel base is almost identical to the Heritage, Slim, Deluxe and Low Rider and 3.5 inches longer than the Sportster.
It's 2" shorter than the 2017 Fat Bob mainly due to the reduced rake angle (28 vs 29 degrees), but the wheelbase is only a quarter inch less than the 2017. It's also a quarter inch higher unladen.
 
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Old 09-22-2017 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by GrandpaSpike
Been hoping for a new CVO RG custom or now they call it special for last couple of years, but the $41,300 price tag has me choking. Have owned 5 CVO's, but one I have now may be my last one. Guess everyone has a choke point and Harley has found mine.
It was a hard pill to swollow. Way high price for the FLTRXSE. That was what my 15 FLTRUSE cost.

That said, I had to have another CVO road glide. The batwing was not doing it for me.
 


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