my big mistake
Tourer
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From: Carollton, Texas
Hmm, either we arent getting all the info here or people are just buying things on a whim and the significant other is having opinions on things that they havent reserached or they really dunno what they are talking about in the first place.
Road Master
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I was thinking he made an extreme typo and meant " I bought my "wife" a new 09 fatboy" instead of my mike?
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Cruiser
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sorry, on the typo i meant (wife) i should read what i type before posting.the bike was a surprise she didnt see it before i bought it. she dosent like the fat tire, but i did. she says it handles funny, she had a sporty before this bike
Tourer
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From: Carollton, Texas
Oh, so is she going to be driving the bike around? Is she paying for it too?
and doesnt handle 'funny' ...but it does handle MUCH different from a sport bike ..maybe its the few extra hundreds of pounds.
...maybe you should go with a Honda.
and doesnt handle 'funny' ...but it does handle MUCH different from a sport bike ..maybe its the few extra hundreds of pounds.
...maybe you should go with a Honda.
Last edited by hellfish; Mar 9, 2009 at 01:48 PM.
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I see in the new catalog, harley now has a lockable rigid leather saddlebag for softails. (#53061-008). The ladies like their saddlebags so put some thought and research into the best kind.
I strongly recommend against the Heritage bags. They're difficult to get into and you'll eventually need to buy a stiffener kit.
My wife has the Deluxe bags on hers. They open from inside to out which makes the bag much more accessible and they also lock. Not for a Fatboy though.
There are several good aftermarket bag makers out there, including bossbags.
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Search out some of the pictures that people here have done with their Fat Boys. Some outstanding work and they've changed the personality of the bike a lot. Some I wouldn't recognize as a Fat Boy if I weren't told. You got the right bike... now the work begins.
Tourer
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From: Carollton, Texas
^^^ Exactly! Make that fatboy your's. You'll hever find a bike that is 100% the exact way you want it stock. ...but after a year or so tinkering and adding, modding parts ...it will be just what you both want.