fat boy purchase question
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fat boy purchase question
Getting my first harley in next few months and doing research. Anyone know if the dealer can swap out floorboards on the fat boy with pegs. Floorboards scrape and always seem to be in the way. Is it possible? One dealer said no but he was a ***** to start out with, apparently thats not an unusual trait in Harley dealerships.
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no swapping...HD dealers will sell you the foot pegs...try the boards...I have them and once you get used to the ride and angle in curves...you will avoid scrapping the boards as much. You will at times inevitably scrape once in awhile but no biggie.
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I am older and don't ride aggressively, but in 23k miles I have never scraped them period..
1st bike I ever had them on also. since they come with it and its going to cost U to change out anyway. Give them a try, They will surprise U on the comfort of being able to move U feet around on longer rides...
1st bike I ever had them on also. since they come with it and its going to cost U to change out anyway. Give them a try, They will surprise U on the comfort of being able to move U feet around on longer rides...
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Ditto all that. First bike I ever had with floorboards and would not give them up...no vibration and comfy. You have to be leaning pretty far to scrape, and even so the boards are hinged and will give.
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I love scraping the floorboards ... means I'm having a good ride. Does scare the hell outta the wife though, another bonus ;-).
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I grew up on pegs as well. Try the boards... You may never want pegs again... But the answer is yes, you can buy and install pegs.
Getting my first harley in next few months and doing research. Anyone know if the dealer can swap out floorboards on the fat boy with pegs. Floorboards scrape and always seem to be in the way. Is it possible? One dealer said no but he was a ***** to start out with, apparently thats not an unusual trait in Harley dealerships.
