08 Fat Bob - Good beginner's bike?

joyflyin

Two bike house make the jump to a bagger you'll end up there anyway

LOL, I may have to work on that.... I'll catch him in a weak moment, and we will switch, then I will need to go to the store, can I take yours and so on, then I will work on making it a 3 bike house.

ShockwaveTXB

I started out riding just the past April and got an 07 883L. I learned to ride and got comfortable with it. However, I always felt like it was off center or not well balanced. I always seemed to feel like I was having to center the bike myself and at high speeds it wasn't as confortable. I figured it would just take more time to get used to it, and as I racked up miles it did, but I still always felt like the Sporty just wasn't a smooth ride.

Then I got the nerve to ride my dad's 08 Rocker for a short trip. I was amazed how much smoother and more balanced it rode. It gave me a lot more confidence and felt so much easier to ride. Cornering and leaning is much easier and natural.

That's when I decided to trade the Sporty and get a 08 Street Bob. I'm guessing the Fab Bob would be a great step forward as well and you'll never look back.

AbqDave

I'm a new rider -- brand new. Two days on a Buell Blast and since then I've got 200 miles on a Street Bob. One dyna is about the same as another, near as I can tell. What I like about dyna: Narrow, low center of gravity. Very torquey... don't have to give it much throttle to get it going. In other words it goes slow well. Almost doesn't matter what gear you're in, it'll go. Very stable but at the same time easy to turn, forgiving if you aren't going too fast. That's a big if, its hard sometimes to stay off the throttle. Good clutch in the newer models. Makes really cool noises. Versatile, can be set up for touring or carving, even though I know it's not ideal for either (I mean, it's just one bike, right?). Comfy out on the highway, not too much vibration depending on your RPM and soaks up road imperfections within reason. What I don't like: it's heavy, gotta really concentrate when you're going slow or noodling around in the parking lot. Granted, 45 minutes of practicing in the parking lot before I drove it home improved my confidence immensely. But still I hope I never lay that beautiful machine down, that would be a shame. Maybe my decision was unwise but I'm sure glad I'm not riding around town on a Buell; I have a bike I really really like and we seem to be getting along well. And I could have made a worse decision; for example I was looking at a Ducati Monster, but now that I've been riding around I really appreciate being on a bike that's stable and has a low center of gravity. I was also looking at an old Yamaha cruiser, and that probably would have been the smartest thing. But I guess I'm not that smart, and plus I wanted Harley.

WC Fields said it best. "Don't be a luddy duddy. Don't be a moon calf. Don't be a jabbernowl. You're not those, are you?" Buy the bike.

smitty901

With a bagger you can go to the store you have room to bring things back.
You would not beleave how many garden plants you can put in both bags and tour pack of a road Glide ask me how I know We are just going to stop and look yea right
Milk ,bread just about anything you need you can cart home

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glider

Nicest thing about the bags is that nice hot meatball wedge. If you put it in the bottom of the bag , it stays hot!

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smitty901

And for our next topic cooking on your Hd why waste all that heat.
Heating up cold left overs under the cross over pipe.
Warming bread on the oil cooler .
And all the fixings layed out in the tour pack ,right bag ice and soda

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