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Old Feb 27, 2022 | 02:13 AM
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Looks like it uses the kn filter. Several reports of the nut breaking off.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2022 | 10:34 AM
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Does anyone know if they have fixed the excessive front tire wear problem on the new Fatboy??? Or is there a solution to the problem?
 
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Originally Posted by FLFBS
Does anyone know if they have fixed the excessive front tire wear problem on the new Fatboy??? Or is there a solution to the problem?
No fix and no mention from anyone to acknowledge that there is even a problem. So the fix for me was a different brand tire. Went with the Metzler Cruisetec's. Time will tell if it was the tires or the design of the bike that made the front Scorcher wear out by 9,000 miles ...which is bad, but not horrible.

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Old Feb 28, 2022 | 02:23 PM
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Never heard of a front tire problem.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2022 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Monteman1971
No fix and no mention from anyone to acknowledge that there is even a problem. So the fix for me was a different brand tire. Went with the Metzler Cruisetec's. Time will tell if it was the tires or the design of the bike that made the front Scorcher wear out by 9,000 miles ...which is bad, but not horrible.

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When I had my FLFBS I only got 3,900 before the front was worn flat. That was 7 months of riding!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2022 | 11:13 AM
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It's a heavy front end with a very wide tire, it's almost a physics certainty that it will wear quicker than something like a Deuce's tire.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2022 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by roadrunner1414
Never had it happen either. I must be the only FB rider that likes the stock tires and their handling. Maybe I have just had really bad tires in the past on my other bikes 😂

no its not just you. i dont have any of the problems with the oem tires. never a slip nothing rides great.no problems here
 
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anyone having a problem with the rear head burning your leg right leg?
 
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anyone having a problem with the rear head burning your leg right leg?
I have not had this issue, but I am more long legged than most of yall. I also still have the stock seat on my bike.
 
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Originally Posted by IBE
no its not just you. i dont have any of the problems with the oem tires. never a slip nothing rides great.no problems here
On both mine and my brothers Fatboy's, the right side of the factory Scorcher wore out faster than the left. If you do a search here, many have experienced this with all sorts of reasoning. But it is a fact for many. So if you guys are saying you have no issue, I'll assume it's in the batch of tires some of us got.

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