2014 Fat Bob
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 92
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From: North West US
Well, here it is:
My woman loves it, and I'll admit it looks better in person than the website. ( I recently sold my 2013 Fatbob, partially because I didn't think it looked nearly as good as it rode. )
The paint has a nice small flake to it, and I like that the old leather bib is gone. Adding black to the front end was also a good improvement. The seat looks nice, although it made me feel considerably higher than the last seat. The previous generation reminded me of how softtails feel, like you are sitting "in" them, but this is very much a perched feeling.
I like the wheels, and I like the tank. Again, the fender isn't as bad in person but it's still strange. Pipes aren't bad.
I very much dislike the shocks, air cleaner, and general use of chrome. If it were all blacked out, I imagine it would look quite different.
I'll say my FXDF was a great riding bike. One thought I had was with this bike, other than adding black, is there wouldn't be any aftermarket options. I can't image any different bars or pipes that would match the looks. I'd call it as European sporty influence? Actually, when speaking of a harley, that sounds terrible...
Although they still have the 883R, which I'd love to get back.
My woman loves it, and I'll admit it looks better in person than the website. ( I recently sold my 2013 Fatbob, partially because I didn't think it looked nearly as good as it rode. )
The paint has a nice small flake to it, and I like that the old leather bib is gone. Adding black to the front end was also a good improvement. The seat looks nice, although it made me feel considerably higher than the last seat. The previous generation reminded me of how softtails feel, like you are sitting "in" them, but this is very much a perched feeling.
I like the wheels, and I like the tank. Again, the fender isn't as bad in person but it's still strange. Pipes aren't bad.
I very much dislike the shocks, air cleaner, and general use of chrome. If it were all blacked out, I imagine it would look quite different.
I'll say my FXDF was a great riding bike. One thought I had was with this bike, other than adding black, is there wouldn't be any aftermarket options. I can't image any different bars or pipes that would match the looks. I'd call it as European sporty influence? Actually, when speaking of a harley, that sounds terrible...
Although they still have the 883R, which I'd love to get back.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 552
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From: South Orange County, California
Not a fan of the battery box and the integrated bake lights in the fender look wrong especially with the bullet style turn signals. Maybe if they nixed the rear turn signals and integrated it into the brake light it would be better.
I like the sand paint and the tank stripe. I concur with Bez, if all the metal were black it might look pretty cool, even with the tail light. The Fat Bob has always been the "euro" style Harley.
I like the sand paint and the tank stripe. I concur with Bez, if all the metal were black it might look pretty cool, even with the tail light. The Fat Bob has always been the "euro" style Harley.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 614
Likes: 79
From: Virginia
I do wish they'd add the Fat Bob to the factory custom program. I'd like to have a Fat Bob with mid-controls.
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 147
Likes: 0
From: Cincinnati, OH
The more I see the 2014 the more I like it! With a few mods it could really be bad ***!
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 189
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From: Minneapolis
The new FatBob wearing eyeliner!
Seriously, when you just black out the rings around the headlights, it looks like eyeliner to me.
As for the rest of it. The battery box looks weird. It's old school vintage, which clashed with the modern fender.
I agree with others, if you're going to use that fender, the bullet lights have to go. This was definitely a styling design made by committee.
With that said, I love the new blacked out wheels. Awesome.
Seriously, when you just black out the rings around the headlights, it looks like eyeliner to me.
As for the rest of it. The battery box looks weird. It's old school vintage, which clashed with the modern fender.
I agree with others, if you're going to use that fender, the bullet lights have to go. This was definitely a styling design made by committee.
With that said, I love the new blacked out wheels. Awesome.
