Talk me off the ledge

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Mar 30, 2011 | 07:38 PM

#11

TheNameIs"B"

Tourer

Joined: Jan 2011

Posts: 381

Likes: 0

From: Southern Indiana

Don't jump! What you have now is 1000X what that bobber is. Buy a salvaged bike for your build if that is what you want.

Last edited by TheNameIs"B"; Mar 30, 2011 at 07:58 PM.

Mar 30, 2011 | 07:40 PM

#12

rlowride

Road Warrior

Joined: Jan 2005

Posts: 1,396

Likes: 5

From: Lakeland, Fl

change tour fenders...
powder your rims..
change your bars..\ keep the fatboy!

Mar 30, 2011 | 08:29 PM

#13

bikersurgeon

Tourer

Joined: Oct 2009

Posts: 325

Likes: 1

From: missouri

i agree with the predominate position here.....keep your awesome fatty and build your ratt bobber piece by piece over time...sounds like a blast.

Mar 30, 2011 | 08:40 PM

#14

Pyron

Cruiser

Joined: Nov 2010

Posts: 149

Likes: 0

From: Waukesha, WI

Man, are you serious right now? If you sell that sweet fatty, I'm coming to your awesome garage every week and drinking all the beers I know you have stocked in that fridge.

Just saying.

Mar 30, 2011 | 08:54 PM

#15

lo-rider

Elite HDF Member

Joined: Apr 2010

Posts: 4,990

Likes: 9

From: Marina del Rey

Your bike is SO much nicer than that bobber! What are you thinking?!!

Mar 30, 2011 | 08:54 PM

#16

LACOUNTRYHICK

Tourer

Joined: Mar 2011

Posts: 460

Likes: 5

From: Springfield, Louisiana

Quote:

Originally Posted by brettnbama

I wouldn't get rid of the Fatboy for a bar hopper....keep the fatty and slowly build the bobber

I agree!

Mar 30, 2011 | 08:59 PM

#17

CountryD

Road Warrior

Joined: Oct 2010

Posts: 1,775

Likes: 14

From: Northern Colorado

Depends on what kind of riding you do. If you just take shorter rides then I like the bobber Idea. I want one too, BUT Im not gettin rid of Deluxe. Like said before, buy a salvaged one and build a bobber from that. I like both, but I like the cruisers

Mar 30, 2011 | 09:06 PM

#18

4-Banger

Thread Starter

Cruiser

Joined: Jan 2011

Posts: 155

Likes: 0

From: Red Bank, NJ

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. only took a couple hours to beat some sense into me...expected that posting here but what I needed

Good suggestion to mod but can't bob my Fat Boy, personnally, not many softail bobbers I like -Tx Outlaw's is an exception, great bike, plastered cat and a couple x-bones look damn fine too - bobber for me would have to be a springer, preferably rigid, jockey shift...

Just in a slump I guess, long-*** NJ winter - better get the 16" wild1 apes I've been wanting for the Fat Boy and go for a couple performance upgrades to make up for even considering this act of desperation; considered Hardknock as quick bobber fix but no, will just lookout for the right parts, exercise some patience, and plan longer term build.

Pyron, mostly my fav IPAs... 90 Minute Dogfish, Hop pocket, devil, Sierras.
You're welcome to it, good response

HD Forum Stories

The Best of Harley-Davidson for Lifelong Riders

7 Times Harley-Davidson Chucked Tradition Out the Window

Verdad Gallardo

7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles

Verdad Gallardo

8 Best Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever

Pouria Savadkouei

10 Worst Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever

Pouria Savadkouei

Killer Custom's Jail Break Is The Breakout That Refused to Blend In

Verdad Gallardo

Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?

Verdad Gallardo

Harley-Davidson Reveals Super Cool Cafe Racer Concept

Verdad Gallardo

Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II

Verdad Gallardo

10 Motorcycles You Should Never Buy

Joe Kucinski

10 Things Harley-Davidson Needs to Fix in 2026

Verdad Gallardo

Mar 30, 2011 | 09:44 PM

#19

back again

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 10,232

Likes: 9,322

From: Georgia

If you don't ride more that a couple hundred miles a day that fat tire bobber will work.Way more fun than that Fatboy will ever be.If you've always wanted one do it.That's a nice rideable bike set up like that.