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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 01:29 PM
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Out riding around after my Chiro appt, so figured I'd stop in and look at the 18s and see if they looked any better than the pics




Fatboy - That headlight is an abortion, and there's more plastic on that thing than any Harley should have.


Breakout - Who the hell thought a 3.5 gallon tank looked good on this thing?


Fatbob - WTF is this? Looks like Robocop fawked a juicer


Road King - best of the bunch, actually kind of liked it and I'm not a Road King fan.


I still hope they sell a million of em, but it won't be to me. I'll go Indian or Triumph first




 
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After all these years you'd jump ship this easily without even a test ride?
hummm.....
 
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I know they're mechanically superior to anything they've built before.... but if I had to choose between driving a 57 Chevy or a Ferrari, I'd choose the 57. The new Harleys are just fugly






 
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I started with a '69 Chevelle SS many many years ago and today I drive a 2017 Corvette Z06, I guess that just proves again "to each their own" :-)

Meantime I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this Fat Boy S and I hope you do the same on your Triumph...Peace out.

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I started with a '69 Chevelle SS many many years ago and today I drive a 2017 Corvette Z06, I guess that just proves again "to each their own" :-)

Meantime I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this Fat Boy S and I hope you do the same on your Triumph...Peace out.

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Love to have that 69 Chevelle today huh!!











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Originally Posted by Puttnutt24
I started with a '69 Chevelle SS many many years ago and today I drive a 2017 Corvette Z06, I guess that just proves again "to each their own" :-)

Meantime I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this Fat Boy S and I hope you do the same on your Triumph...Peace out.

Rich

I've had a 66, 68, 69, and 79 Malibu... great cars. Only way I'm on a triumph is if it's an old school springer. That's all I ride, and I don't see Harley making another one. The lines of the new bike just don't work with a springer front end




 
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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by gamble71
Out riding around after my Chiro appt, so figured I'd stop in and look at the 18s and see if they looked any better than the pics




Fatboy - That headlight is an abortion, and there's more plastic on that thing than any Harley should have.


Breakout - Who the hell thought a 3.5 gallon tank looked good on this thing?


Fatbob - WTF is this? Looks like Robocop fawked a juicer


Road King - best of the bunch, actually kind of liked it and I'm not a Road King fan.


I still hope they sell a million of em, but it won't be to me. I'll go Indian or Triumph first




Plastic ??? Although I haven't seen a Fat Boy in person the sales rep told me the headlight casing is all metal/chrome ! Where is the plastic?
 
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Backlash in 3..2..1..
 
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[QUOTE=Oldskewl;16640659]Love to have that 69 Chevelle today huh!!


I'd kill to have that car back....
 
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Cool 2018 fatboy

i really thought the 2018 fatboy was going to look great but wow they ruin the look of the fatboy no more oil bag no more nice switch on the consoil unreal front light is ugly back end is ugly to lol i will keep my 2010 fatboy lo looks like harley sounds like harley 2 pictures of my bike please leave comments
 
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