Fatboy Question
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This is the first bike I've had with floorboards. Mine is a SE Fat Boy. They put 2" longer boards on them, so your feet can extend further forward, if you want.
I had a heel shifter on it for the first few months, but took it off. This way I can slide my feet back and forth as much as I want. It took several rides before I got use to bringing my feet forward onto the boards. It was like a muscle memory thing. When I would take off my toes would just barely catch the rear part of the floor boards, since I was so use to mid pegs.
The other difference was whenever I would see a pot hole or bump in the pavement, I use to automatically stand up on the pegs, a little, to absorb the bump, when I had mid pegs. It isn't as natural doing it on floorboards.
The floorboards are more comfortable and allow you to move around more. I would have to stay with floorboards now.
Tom
I had a heel shifter on it for the first few months, but took it off. This way I can slide my feet back and forth as much as I want. It took several rides before I got use to bringing my feet forward onto the boards. It was like a muscle memory thing. When I would take off my toes would just barely catch the rear part of the floor boards, since I was so use to mid pegs.
The other difference was whenever I would see a pot hole or bump in the pavement, I use to automatically stand up on the pegs, a little, to absorb the bump, when I had mid pegs. It isn't as natural doing it on floorboards.
The floorboards are more comfortable and allow you to move around more. I would have to stay with floorboards now.
Tom
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I had a sportster and went to the 07 Fatboy. I like the floor boards for riding. It is more relaxing as you don't use your feet to control the bike. The offset only effects when I corner. I change the front to a Metzler and it was a big improvement but the turn/lean angle is still different from left and right turns. I just changed the front tire from Metzler 15/80 to a 120/70 and it is like day and night. the smaller tire turns with little or no effort. I just lean and I turn and don't have to force the turn. ride and tire grip is the same as the larger Metzler.