Only problem I've had with my 08 is not enough time to ride.

 

07 no problems at all did have a recall, so if you get one might check in to make sure the recall was taken care of.

 

Get one. Enjoy it. I have not had any systemic problems with mine. You can take it old school or contemporary. There's a lot of riders who'll take it off your hands if you don't like it.

 

First off, on the '07s, it's not just the front wheel that's offset. Because Harely went to a bigger rear tire, the rear tire is offset in the swing arm so the sprocket will line up correctly with the primary gear. This required the front wheel to be offset to get the bike to track correctly.

Everyone will tell you the wheel offset is not a problem but it's the reason I didn't buy an '07 (or an '06 SE Fatboy which is actually where it all started).

And, there actually WERE problems that most people who bought '07s never saw because of Harley's cheezy fix. When they offset the front wheel in the forks, every time the front forks bottomed out, the sliders would scrape the paint off the front fender on the side to which the wheel was offset. Harley cheaped out on the fix and simply cut notches in the sliders so they wouldn't rub the fender. I had looked at an '06 SE Fatboy and '07 Fatboy and refused to buy one because the offset looks stupid IMHO and because it ticked me off that Harley cheaped out on the fix.

Finally, in '08 Harley realized that folks weren't going to tolerate the offset or the cheap fix. They moved the primary gear outboard further so the rear tire could be centered in the swingarm which allowed the front tire to once again be centered in the front forks.

Stick with the '08.

 

I have only had one problem with mine and that is due to my schedule I haven't been able to ride it as much as I would like. Bike has been good from day one.

 

10,000 miles on my 09 and I loved every mile
It is a keeper bike

 

Thanks everyone! And an extra thanks to Drew and FBFletch for giving me something to think about

 

08 Here, 3780 miles on Her, I ride the snot out of it and she Loves every bit of it...

 

Same exact bike as tunaman's no problems.........rear tire lasted 7500 miles. Probably lasted longer but I was at Sturgis in wet weather and didn't feel like risking it.

 

Go with an 08 over and 07. 07 is an off year for softail models. they were still trying to figure things out and parts lots of parts are for 2007 models only. 2008, they pretty much had all the kinks worked out and easier to flop around parts. Good luck!