I’ve got a Fat Bob, bought last year as the next step in my slow decline from sports bikes. I first rode an HD over a decade ago and said at the time I would have one when I could afford it.
I loved the look of some of the special sportster models, the forty-eight in particular. But found them to be too small.
The Dyna’s come with a real engine and are also physically bigger. Mine came with some nice V&H pipes, a screen, and sissy bar – along with having the right control configuration I wanted.
The Dyna’s and soft tails seem to hold their value even better than the sportsters too.
Yes they ride differently, but after 3000m I’m sure you’ll realise that you can still hustle them around at illegal speeds. The difference is that unlike a modern sports bike, it goes round corners because you are making it – not through telepathy! This makes for a much more engaging ride.
I ride mine with an open face helmet, which limits comfortable speed to 70 for short stints, but it chugs away at 60 in top gear in absolute comfort and relatively low noise.
The advice I received when looking was to find the bike that had the state of tune and controls where you want them, then change bars, seats etc to get the look you want. Works out cheaper than buying the look and changing the other bits and it seems to be HDs marketing ploy to sell bikes intentionally under specified to guarantee the upgrade catalogue sales!
DO IT – YOU’LL LOVE IT!
