this is the harley davidson fat bob 114 cubic inch it's the 2021 model we reviewed this model
a couple of years ago and we wanted to come back to it because it's an incredible bike
just want to say a big thank you to sycamore harley-davidson um for lending us this fat
bob today and they've also fitted these vans and heinz high output slip-ons to this model and it
hasn't had any tuning so it's not stage one it's standard tune you don't need to do any tuning to
put these slip-ons on and they give you that extra bit of burble nice good rumble but they're not too
loud
the fat bob rides a little differently from some of the other soft tails and the reason being that
the rake of the forks is a little steeper we'll go into the dimensions in a minute but that gives it
a little bit more nimble handling and when you turn this bike it wants to kind of drop into
the corner more so than the other soft tails and the seat height is a little higher so if you want
a bike that's a little bit more uh towards the sort of a road bike than a cruiser then this is
the harley davidson to be looking at you've got a rake of 28 degrees and a trail of 132 millimeters
and you've got a slightly shorter wheelbase because of that rake of 1615 millimeters
and what that means is this bike does like the corners a little bit more than the other soft tail
models so if you have come from a sports bike or something like that and you want to get a harley
this would probably be a good option for you because you'll be used to it
wanting to go around the corners a little bit more and this certainly does provide that
now this harley davidson is
very much like that bull over there it's a big brutish talky powerful thing built for strength
and not so much for sort of nimble handling so um the the sort of comparison between the two is
very much alike and the lovely thing about harley davidsons is you get so much talk from 1 900 rpm
to 3 000 you don't need to change gear after 3000 unless you're really going for it these have
got so much torque you can just go up the hills overtake effortlessly and it's just like that ball
the 114 engine that's in this bike which is 1868 cc produces 155 newton meters of torque like the
old man said at three and a half thousand rpm and 93 horsepower at 5 5020 rpm now i ride a
lot of motorbikes we've just reviewed the honda cb 1000r and when you get back on a harley it's
just wonderful there's something special about harley-davidson's and one of those big things
is the torque and the honda produces 104 104 newton meters of torque i think it is how about 8
250 or so rpm that's quite high up well this produces its peak torque of 155 newton meters at
three and a half thousand rpm and some of the soft tails are 3000 rpm depending on the model and the
difference is massive you don't need to rev the bike to get all of that grunt and that gives you
immediate push and it gives you effortless push so it's a very different way of riding and i really
like the laid back kind of powerful muscular feel it's a powerful but you know it's talky
i like that feel of a bike much more than revving the nuts of something to get something out of it
we've got a 13.6 liter fuel tank on the fat bob and this bike does 43 miles per gallon which is
official figures that's what all the soft tails seem to be doing if you're really honing it all
the time you'll probably get a bit less than that but that's not bad going for an engine of
this size the seat height of this fat bob is 710 millimeters i'm six foot one and this bike feels
pretty perfect with me um you've got the four controls so that gives you a little bit extra
leg room you'd be all right if you had a soft tail with mid controls at my height
but the forward controls does give you that extra bit of room you've got forward controls and you've
got pegs instead of floorboards so that gives you plenty of room so if you're a bit taller it gives
you a bit more leg room so this is a good bike for people who are six foot two six foot three
six foot four and also obviously normal heights five foot ten so 12 say normal height that's the
sort of national or the um world average so i'm not being biased anyway it's just the way it is
leave your comments below what you think of this bike so far and if you've got one tell us what
you think of it and what would you do to this bike if it was yours what sort of customization
would you go for um i think definitely that side number plate looks good
maybe if you've got a smaller plate but that's illegal but yeah let us know what you think below
i love the sound of the harley you can't beat it there's nothing like it on the planet
you don't need to be revving you know i'm at 2 000 250 rpm and the talk is
there when you need it and that's what it's all about you don't need to rub these things
and it's really takes performance nicely and it's a new bike so it's been running so i'm not going
to rub it above 3000 anyway but this really does corner kind of in the corner around it
you've got double disc brakes on the front of this bike so the stopping power on this is very
good indeed the mirrors on this are a little low for the handlebars so you only get about
a quarter of the road behind you so you could under silling them in which case you'd get all of
the road or you could always go for taller wider mirrors but it depends on your height of course
being six foot two uh i'm quite broad i'm blocking most of the view this fat bob weighs 306 kilograms
and that doesn't feel really much heavier or less heavy than any of the other soft tails
once you're going along you don't really notice the difference i like the handlebars on this they
don't have much pull back which is good so you get a nice riding position and the view of the
road ahead is uncluttered completely you've got a nice little clock in the middle here
so the view ahead is really good now the headlight that's on the fat bob
at first when this bike first came out when they released the new soft tail models
i didn't like it at all but over the years this has really grown on me and
it brings a sort of modern aspect to a classic looking bobber so i think it's a really nice
headlight
now stylistically this is a beautiful looking bike and you've got the chopped off fenders in
the bobber style but the only negative to having chopped off fenders is that a lot of the muck from
the wheel comes up and hits you on the back so unfortunately it was raining last night there's
a few paddles about i'm feeling water going down my neck so that's one of the trade-offs of having
the bobber style now as the old man said this bike has a chopped off sort of bobber fender or mud
guard for all the people who are going to moan at me and that means that you get a lot more mud and
sort of road dirt going up your back especially if you go through a puddle
and it's all over the rear seat and all over the back fender mudguard and this standard fat bob
has this number plate coming off the swing arm and that kind of acts as a mud guard even though it's
not meant to be because of the ridiculous size of the number plates in the uk it's basically a
mud guard but this has got the side mount number plate which means you've kind of lost that feature
that wasn't really meant to be a feature but you do get the really cool looking massive fat wheel
and you get to see that nice fender from behind so it does look better from someone behind you
but it's whether you want to sacrifice having a wet back but obviously that's a optional well
not an optional extra that's a aftermarket part so as standard you're not going to have that problem
you can also get a mount that sort of mounts to the um rear seat mounting under here and then
you get the number plate up here so that would actually act as a mud guard as well
now on the dial you've got an analog rev counter which is nice to see
and the speedometer is digital it's quite small so it's not easy to read when you're going along
and as usual with all the harleys you can flick through with a button on the left handlebar
and see different things on the screen but of course when you're riding you tend to look ahead
rather than look down that's what you should be doing which do you think's got more horsepower
this is a lovely thing about living in the countryside you can just
go for a walk with your six horses and your little horse i don't know what
they're called but they they bark a lot so i think there might be something wrong with it
now as i said before this bike has got the vansenhein's high output slip-ons but it hasn't
got a stage one tune or anything um but you will be able to do the stage one tune um pretty much in
the next couple of weeks um diag4 who do lots of tuning they've come out with a stage one tune for
the 2021 models that um has a way of bypassing the um sensors so that it actually works and doesn't
come up with an error code every time you put an exhaust on it so that will be absolutely fantastic
the seat's nice and comfortable you've got a good strong back bit here to stop you sliding
off the back there's a small pillion pad as well for passengers and really you're looking at short
rides on a bike like this and you've also got the adjuster here for the rear suspension so you can
stiffen it up if you've got a passenger on or just set it for your own weight
the 2021 fat bob 114 starts at 16 995 pounds in the uk that's in this black color that
we've got here and if you want to go for a different color you're looking at 17 345 pounds
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after revisiting this bike which we first visited in 2019 we still love the fat bulb and after
riding so many different bikes especially all the other soft tails we've realised that this is
slightly sharper handling than a lot of the other soft tail models so that's a bonus if you like um
going around the corners getting your knee down well not quite getting your knee down but scraping
the pegs at least so yeah we really love this bike and if you haven't seen our old review of this
which had big shots staggered so if you want to hear it with the loud louder exhaust check that
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