so this is the harley-davidson fat-bob is it yeah I always get muddled between a fat
bob and fat boy this is the Fat Bob and it's the first time I ridden this bike and I tell
you what I wasn't thinking I was going to like it but it's really really nice
as soon as I sat on it it feels like a really nicely balanced well-designed bike I like the
handlebars I like the feel of it the foot positions really nice it's just straight
away really comfortable so you I suppose they are forward controls but it feels quite short
you've got an incredible view of the road ahead you can't see the front wheel and
it feels really nimble and it's a surprisingly nice bike to ride and I really really did like
so this has got the 114 cubic inch engine which is about 1.8 something liters which
is massive but on a harley-davidson it's all about torque it's all about a low-end grunt
and this has got plenty of it it's fantastic this one's also got the aftermarket parts and
Hinds long shot pipes and I tell you what when you're riding you can really hear it
and it sounds really deep and lovely and if I'm honest with you my heritage classics got
the slip ons the Vance & Hines eliminator 300 and I think these sound better they
sound deeper they sound more like a lion's roar the Eliminator 300 although it's loud
it sounds very airy and blowing this sounds just deep and throaty so really like that
right so as you said these have got Vance and Hines long shots which sound brilliant and I
think that really makes it look a lot nicer than it did stock because the stock pipes look
hideous so they're like these two massive gas canisters and they might come up here I'm not
a fan of those no I think they look ridiculous and I've never liked this bike because of that
but I was just saying literally a few seconds ago look at that I mean that is a beautiful he
motor bike I would ride that I would buy that with my own money and I don't always say that
size-wise I'm 6 foot 3 and it feels ok my knees aren't up in my chest the riding position feels
nice I don't know how I look what do you think does it look swollen meters in at
about the right size it looks just right to be honest yeah I mean I wouldn't say
it felt small one thing I did notice riding along the steering has got this tendency to
self-centering it wants to stand up all the time so trying to sort of just give it to
carve around it feels like it wants to stand up and I would say the Heritage Classic still
I think is the best handling soft tail but this is a lot of fun and again everything's
a little bit different so you get used to it and then you can sort of start to push it a bit
this number plate holder whatever you want to call it I think that's not very good-looking
if you took that off the back end would look a lot nice and you open up that rear tire so it
looked a lot prettier from the back there's quite a big gap here I don't know if I'm
keen on that but that's how the Fat Bob there's always so yes that's keeping true to how it is
from the outset I found it really easy to ride we've got straight onto the dual carriageway
and it got up to 70 miles an hour so quickly and ever so easily and it felt very stable I
didn't feel nervous at all so it's a new bike I haven't got on it before no it's fine it's easy
to ride and I think once you got used to it the confidence will come and I think there's nothing
absolutely nothing wrong with this bike it's a beautiful bike and like I was saying I wasn't
sure if I was gonna like this one but I think it's up there in my top three of the softails for sure
right so this has got the external adjuster for the rear suspension so
yours is under the seat so it comes with standard with rear pillion
foot bags and the very small seat which most people especially ladies probably
on this again exactly the same as the lowrider arrests you've got the same mirrors and when
you're riding I can only see that amount of road behind me so I have to move out the way
and move the body to be able to see behind me so underslung mirrors would solve that problem
annalee wheels on this one I think they're quite a nice shape and they've also got this
nice harley-davidson writing Rand the brand the inside which I think it's a nice touch same again
on the front these tires are pretty nice nice factorizes as you think for the name Fat Bob
so the bars on this one are actually quite wide they're not you'd say they're wider than the
lowrider Esparza they're quite yeah I prefer them to be honest and this is very pretty revs
there and then you're digitally it will tell you the speed again this model has got double disc
brakes at the front and upside down forks front light on this one is very different to all the
other Harley models and it's not something you've seen before from Harley so it's quite unusual it
was a bit of a controversial topic at first but I think people have become to kind of like it
as with all the new softails you've got this new side stand and it's it works it's nothing
the pegs don't get in the way with these this has got a USB socket I believe all
softails table which is handy if you've got a sat-nav you can chuck your sat down on the rev
counter so the advanced minds longshots see them very often you usually see the
short shot which I would never ever buy in a million years because everyone buys them
and these sound very nice and they're just as loud they're deep and it's nice compared
to yours where you've got the Eliminator 300s they're very puffy and they only sound great if
you open it up I think whereas these you've got a nice all through the rev range a nice sound
so we're talking about this I see the point of that because it takes the number plate away from
the nice shape of the fender which is a beautiful fender but what else could you do because if you
have a side mounted plate every time you get on and off you kick it in her ich ins gets in the way
this I mean it's a good way of getting the number plate off the bike but I don't think there's any
other option I can't think of anything else but obviously got these enormous great big number
plates in the UK but it doesn't look too big on this bike because it's got quite a wide rear tire
so it's sort of more balanced but with a smaller one you could make it look a bit a little bit more
neat and tidy if you went down a size an inch or two perhaps that is a bit too chunky out there
yeah that's probably true but you can't really see this that's not very noticeable is it so
you know you could modify that Eric and and make this look really pretty I think this is a damn
the seats are quite nice to finish actually this is what you'd normally expect on the side from a
leather sort of a shiny there and this is quite a matte leather its Alcantara but obviously it's
not okay so I've got a price list here it's not exactly up to date but it's pretty much
accurate so we were thinking who would buy this bike if you're on the market for one of
these what else would you be considering well this with the two-tone is sixteen thousand nine
hundred sixty-five pounds plus the cost of the exhaust you could get a Heritage Classic in the
114 cubic inch but 19 five something that's two grand more or the if while they're still doing
it the Heritage Classic 17 nine nine five in the 107 that's a bit closer between the two they have
very different bikes so I don't think you'd necessarily be the guy who said I want this
or that I don't know looks-wise riding wise I would say this is closer to the FX dr I prefer
this I would buy this it's cheaper and I think it rise nicer the FX dr just doesn't do it for
me or break out break out in 114 cubic inch 1885 and vivid black 1999 5 in the 2-tone which is the
same as this so that's 20 grams 78 in that 3 grandma yeah I think this is a good bike
honestly do I think this is seriously worth considering if you're after a Harley Davidson
good it feels like a Harley but it's got this kind of modern look to it and then with these
pipes it's lost that horrible chunky exhaust like you said and it's certainly a contender
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