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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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Thank God Harley is leaving the fat tire fad........ Let it die, let it die.
That Sporty is sweet, by the way.

Hey! I like my 200mm!!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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Hey I like my 200mm too!!!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Another vote for the 200mm
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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I love my 200mm!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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Those ain't fat.... I mean the puss mobiles that churn out of OCC. Yours are tastefully built. I still prefer 130-150's, but if we all liked the same bike it would be an awfully boring forum!


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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RICHIEMACK
Id be pissed if i bought a blackline instead of the slim,the sporster is real k@@l
I wonder if Harley's are fixing to dump the Blackline already, from what I hear they don't sell to well.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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A fatboy with tenspeed tires?
Perhaps it needs to be named the Nutrisystem Boy.

In all seriousness, they are both looking good.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 04:15 PM
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TBH, a "skinny" Fatboy doesn't make any sense. A buddy of mine has a 2010 FB with the 200mm and it REALLY fits the look and feel of the bike. A skinny set of tires just doesn't cut it for me.

And Bikerlaw, I happen to agree with you- like I've said in other threads, anything over 240 IMO, is overkill and actually makes for shiatty handling. It's like attention whoring via tire...
 
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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A skinny set of tires just doesn't cut it for me.
Funny, it probably has a 150mm, the original Fatboy (1990) has a 130mm.
 
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I didn't mean to infer that 150 is especailly "skinny", just that once I saw the FB with a 200mm, it just seemed to... work.

"Fat"boy= fat tire.
 
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