Man you hit the nail on the head Matt. I own a 98 dyna wideglide and LOVE IT!!! I proudly added an 02 tdub about 5 weeks ago. Best of both worlds IMO. Keep the rubber side down and I'll see ya down the road.
The EVO motor is THE best motor Harley Davidson ever made!!! I've owned shovelheads, twin cam 88 and more than a few EVO's, and over all EVO's have it. I have a '99 Heritage Softtail now, and wouldn't trade it for a new one!!!
I Love my FatBoy with the Evo! I love the sound and the feel the bike has, it has some pretty cool character to it for sure! Thanks for taking the time to watcha and to share your comment. I really appreciate and here's to many more miles ahead!
I bought an Evo. It is a 1994 Electra Glide classic with 125K miles and all original. It does not leak oil. It has good compression and makes good power. I will ride it until I die.
My Baby is a 1996 Softail Custom...the feeling, the sound, the vibrations...after seconds i started to ride it there's a big smile in my face...EVO is the best. Nice Video, greetings from Germany
Everything you said is the exact same way I feel with my bike! Thanks for watching and for the comment! I love Germany, my great grandparents were from Nürnberg and I lived over there for a few years mostly in the Nürnberg area.
In the early 2000s, we bought a brand new Harley Davidson Twin Cam Fatboy. The Wife & I loved that bike. Back then our payments were $350 a month. a short time after we bought the FatBoy I got laid off from my job. We decided we had to get out from under those HD payments, so we sold the Fatboy. As a experienced Machinist, I soon found a new job and we saved our dollars and pennies until we had enough to by a used Harley Davidson FatBoy with cash. We were lucky to find a Bad Ass Fatboy owned by a Los Angles Police Officer who was asking $10,000 for a Custom 1992 Fatboy, with Harley Davidson Factory 57' Chevy Blue & Cream paint, Fat Bob tanks, PM wheels & Disk brakes and a stock Evo 80ci motor and cobra long shots pipes. After a little negotiation and whipping out an $8,000 stack of one hundred bills, the Bike was ours! 20 years later and attending the Sturgis Bike Rally for 17 years, we are still riding our 1992 FatBoy and still loving that Evo.
Hey Chris! That is an awesome story and thank you for sharing it! That sounds like a great bike and some great times for you and your wife! I'm a huge fan of the PM parts and the attention to detail they have. Here's to more good times and even more memories with the bikes. Thanks again and all the best!
Have had Sportster, TC88 Road King and M8 softail and am looking at buying an old 98 Fatboy with springer forks as i miss the sound and simplicity of a carbed Evo. Not many motors sound better than a carbed Evo. That they are so reliable and simple to work on AND have gear driven cams is a great selling point to me.
Thanks! I am really glad you liked the video. I love this bike and will have it as long as I am around. There are more videos coming out on it soon! Thanks again and thank you for subbing to the channel!
Sorry to hear about your Road King! Hopefully you made it out okay! The Fat Boy has always been my favorite Softail and this engine is awesome! I Love the bike and the 97 you're looking at will be the exact same as this one here. Tha KS for taking the time to watch and to comment, I really appreciate it. Good luck with the Fat Boy!
Chances are that the steering head bearings need grease and need to be adjusted. I just got back from riding mine on a 65 mph road and don't have any shake it in it at all. That would be the first thing I'd do if it shakes like that. But first, CONGRATS on picking up the bike! I can't believe you found one that old with so few miles! Here's to many miles of riding ahead, I've got almost 50k miles on mine and I love it!!
@Juan Garcia if you haven't figured out what's causing the shake yet check the sway bar bushings and the motor mounts. On such an old bike the rubber gets dry rotted causing too much play even on low mileage bikes.
Another great video bradda. Like I said on Insta, knew their would be a good story behind it. Love the passion you have for your bikes. Great content as usual.
Thanks!! I love motorcycles and it just gets better when stories start with them! Most of mine now have some sentimental value! Thanks again for watching!
I know someone whose friend bought a Fat Boy. When he pulled up outside his house when he was at the front, he said, "So you got yourself a Fat Boy, then?" "Yup" came the reply. ""Nope, he replied back, "I was talking to the bike..." 😆
Hey Jason! Congrats on the new bike! I love mine and will have it for as long as I can ride. Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment. I appreciate it!
Those Springers are great machines! I love the classic look of them and I love the Evo! Thanks for watching and for the comment, I really appreciate it.
I'm glad you liked this one too! Thanks for watching both of the videos today. I think it is a great bike and the engines are rock solid and worth investing in. 25 year old bike and she's still running strong!
Good looking bike man. Extra cool it was owned and ridden by your dad. I often wish I could have one of my dad's bikes he rode when I was a kid growing up. Thanks for sharing your story.
I am with you and everything you said is true..I won't trade my fxr with the Evo with any other bike. Evo motors love the cold weather. I don't store my bike in the Winter here in Canada. I ride in temperature of 25F no problem Excluding snow on the road lol
Thank You! It's a great bike with a ton of history. The Evo has a ton of character and I think the two of us work together pretty well. Best of luck with your Evo as well and here's to many more miles! Thanks again!
Thanks Larry! Yeah, I am really grateful I ended up with it. My neighbor just gave his Street Glide to his nephew (no kids of his own) who he taught to ride many years ago and I hope mine will go to one of my kids when I am done. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
I,ve had my 97 Evo Fatboy for 16.5 yrs nows , tried a couple of other newer ones , didn,t impress me so i got rid of em , my old girl ( Evo) is still going strong . Love it .
Nice!! I love my Evo as well. It still runs like a champ and that sound with the Vance and Hines exhaust.....nothing better! Thanks for the comment and here's to many more good times on the bike!
Great video and a lovely bike you have there … I’ve had 3 evos now … sold them over the years and regretted every sale. I’ve just bought another 1995 FLSTF Evo last week … 1 owner with 5,600 original miles, so this one will be a keeper … ride safe, from the UK
Hey William! Thanks for watching and for the comment, I really appreciate it. That Fat Boy sounds like a great find! Safe rides ahead and all the best!
Hey man! I bought an Heritage Classic EVO, they give it to me in one month, I just hope the bike long a lot because im going to use it daily!! Its from 1999 and it seems very take care of. Thanks for the video man!
Congrats on the new bike! I love mine and it hasn't given me really any issues. As long as they are maintained and have the proper care they should last you a long time!
@@MOBStreet83 Thank you so much buddy!! OH YEAH! Reading that is such a pleasure because I will use it for everything!! So excited, I just love classic Harleys much more than modern Harleys
I dont have experience with the HD brand. Never owned one. But right now I am looking at a 98 roadking Evo. Really love the roadking because its my favorite HD. The engine has about 35k miles on it and is maintained well.
Hey Vincent! I love Harley Davidson motorcycles. I have been working on them for 15 years and a fan of them since I was a kid. The Road King is one of my favorite models since it is on the Touring frame but doesn't have any of the electronics the other models do. My engine has almost 50k miles on it and it runs like a top! Best of luck with getting yours!
I found a 95 Fat boy back about four years ago, two tone paint and it had 845 miles on it. I pounced on the deal; that bike might as well been classed as brand new. heck you don't change the break in oil till you get 1000 on 'em. Who ever had this changed the fluids seasonally. I have rode the crap out of it. All my kin like the two tone paint, they think my fat boy is the prettiest one i own.
I found a 1997 Harley street stalker / fat boy with 491 total miles sitting in a guy's garage. I bought it cheep , replaying the tires and oil line's. Runs excellent.
I have a 1978 shovelhead, a 91 springer softtail, and 92 Electra Glide Ultra Classic. Great bikes, all of them. I have to admit that the Evolution is a fantastic engine and very well designed to be trouble-free as long as you take care of them and don't abuse them.
I have 5 Evos and a 2016 twin cam Selling the T C and looking for another good original Evo The price of them is slowly rising in my opinion a good one that hasn’t been messed with is a good investment as well as a great ride!
Hey Chris! Thanks for watching and for the comment. Sounds like I need to pick up more of these and follow suit. I love this bike and the character it has. Thanks again and best of luck finding another one!
People love the ape hangers (I've had a few) but they just lookout of place on a stock looking Fat Boy. The wide low bars look a ton better to me anyway.
Do it! When you do, share the pictures of the bike and the pinstriping! I was talking to a pin striper the other day at the Rat Fink Reunion and he's gonna do some work for me on a bike. I'm stoked! Good luck with yours and yeah, I'd hang on to the bike too!
I have a 96 Heritage and I wouldn't trade it for any of the newer scoots. I did buy a new 05 Fatboy, and after getting rid of it, I went right back to the EVO.
I love these pipes!! When it comes to the Softails, Dynas and Spotster models Vance and Hines makes the best aftermarket exhaust. The quality and sound are top notch! Thanks for watching, I am glad you liked it.
The Sportster is an excellent machine for all sorts of things! I've wanted one to build a street tracker like the one Mule Motorcycles built, just not a 1660cc ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EanRv3TlDnk.html. The Carducci is a great looking machine as well and I really like how they've set it all up. They only downside for ME would be dropping the bike on that custom tank they build for it! 😂
Heres the latest on my 97 fatboy. I posted in here around ayear ago and have mine on my channel. The latest is, I replaced my mikuni carburetor hsr 42 mm last month. I took the oopriginal and rebuilt it and cleared the jets, it uses the 48 and 160 jets, and its saved for if I ever need it. The replacement mikuni I purchased which is new is on my channel also. The new carburetor worked out great Tires are new and recently drained the forks and refilled the fork tubes with my preference of oil. Nothing is over looked because I have more tools than your basic gas stations that do auto repairs. The starter bendix gear sometimes slips on my starter but I have a backup used starter I bought from fallen cycles on ebay. So I am completely on top of my 97 fatboy and as I said before I am keeping it for life
I have a 1998 Harley-Davidson road king classic with an EVO motor that is fuel injected (Magnetti Marrelli)and has 116,000 miles on it. Still runs great,although I have had to replace items like the cam position sensor, crankshaft position sensor,but these are minimal costs and I can do the work myself. The EVO is a great motor, but I never would say it's indestructible, cause about that time something would happen.
Hey Kevin!! That is great to hear and I am glad you are still riding it. I agree with you about the indestructible part, don't jinx it! Here's to more good times ahead! Thanks for watching and the comment, I really appreciate it.
A friend of mine had the 95' Super Glide as well! That is a great bike and having those older Dyna's are bikes to hold on to. They have some hype growing with them and folks are snatching them up all over the place.
Have a 98 fxd Dyna-glide 20,000 original miles , going to bury me with this scoot , had a Ironhead & two shovels . This evo is an incredible build ..Thanks Willie G !
Harley Davidson Evo --- Should you buy one? YES! We bought a new 2005 Fatboy Twin Cam, took to to Sturgis 2 years and then sold it to get out of the $350 a month payments, saved our money and bought a 1992 Custom Bagger Fatboy, with factory "57 Chevy" Blue & Cream paint, one of a kind for $8000. Got Cobra Long Shot pipes and sounds Bad Ass! Been to Sturgis with it a dozen times and still riding it in 2022.
I have a pretty much bone stock 95 herritage softail. I bought it low mile and its as reliable as a 350 Chevy. It's my daily rider, along with a 71 FLH and I've done 700 mile days on it. Next winter its time to clean up the heads, new lifters and cam and carb. I've owned 3 Evo engined bikes and I think it's the best engine H-D has made. With mild upgrades you can have a 75-80 HP engine that you can ride coast to coast and will be reliable as hell. PS stay with the carburator, and if you buy a FI engine and it goes bad switch it back to carb. The old HD F.I. systems can be a nightmare.
Hey Seth!! Thanks for watching and for the comment! I love this bike and it'll be with me forever! Yeah, the late 90's early 00's EFI was a joke for sure. They have gotten better, but this thing just runs and runs! Yeah, I want to add a cam to this and liven it up a bit! Let me know how the upgrades go for you!
I would not trade my 1994 Heritage Softail for ANY new Harley. The Evo is simple, reliable, and easy for the home garage mechanic to modify and maintain.
The Slim is one of the best looking bikes to come out for a long time! I loved the "S" in the military green they did! I wanted one of those forever! One day, there might be one sitting next to the ol' Fat Boy in the garage!
Also if you ever go the whole weekend again at Laguna Sega Friday they let you pay $50 you can ride the track. I did that on my fat boy my street glide and on my ninja ZX 1000 R
I didn't know you could do that!! That would be a blast to ride the track. Now I gotta go back out there. That was a crazy trip though, we left here and there wasn't any snow. It was the end of September and we took highway 50 out West and thought we'd go up over Yosemite and drop in that way.......Mother Nature dumped two feet of snow in Yosemite that weekend and we found one road that was open that was 75 miles through the mountains and 25 miles and hour the whole way. On the way home we dropped from Monterey down to Bakersfield and caught I-15 back into Utah......It was like a 2100 mile trip. But, good times for sure!
¡Gracias! Realmente lo aprecio. Esta bicicleta es una maravilla y me encanta el sonido de esas pipas de Vance y Hines. ¡Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de mirar!
Thank You! Yeah, if you are looking for a bike ask them not to start it before you come see it. Listen to how well it starts, runs before it is warm. Ride it and see how it feels. Does it feel planted and solid or does it shake and wobble or feel uneasy? Check everywhere for leaks. If it is super clean that could mean they are trying to hide something. Check underneath by the oil drain plug and see if there is a little residual there or if it is spotless. Talk to the person and see if you can get an idea of what kind of person they are. Those are just a few things I do, I hope that helps!
I have had 5 EVOs (including an FXRS)and 3 twin cams and my 1992 FatBoy is my absolute favorite. With the proper seat and bars, Fatboyys soak up the miles. Sure my Road Glide or Ultra had better wind protection and technology, but I have yet to be uncomfortable on this thing.
That is exactly how I feel with my 1996 FatBoy! I have ridden literally thousands of Harleys and my 96 puts the biggest smile on my face. I love that bike! Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Don't know if the Evo will fit, but I have wondered if I could fit the Sportster 1200 engine in the TW.......The Sporty engine is an Evo style motor with 4 gear driven cams so they are rock solid as well.........I've looked for donor Sportys just for that reason!
Thanks!! That Sportster Engine is one of my all time favorite Harley engines. A good set up pipes, a decent intake and a tune and that engine is even better!!
Big difference between that and the TW. Lol. 1999 was actually a split year they made the 88 in 99 so you could get the 80 in³ Evo or the new 88. I had a fatboy 99 with the Eve O engine Those are sweet bikes. The fat boy is the The motorcycle that put Harley Davidson back on the map! Harley Davidson was getting ready to lose the franchise to the Japanese AMF. President Reagan said hell no and help subsidize harley davidson. The fat boy was one of the bombs they dropped on Japan so they named the motorcycle the fat boy and that was are way Of telling Japanese motorcycles were back in the business. I now have a street glide with A 103. I'm always torn on which bike and going to ride either the TW or the street glide.
Valid Point! The Fat Boy story is one that is "Unofficial" according to Harley. But, that is the story I heard as well. I want the 1990 Fat Boy. That has been one of my most favorite Harleys of all time and I would love to get my hands on one, but doubt it will ever happen. I have the Harley for all the stuff the Tdub doesn't do and the Tdub for all the stuff the Harley doesn't do. They compliment each other quite well! Thanks for watching!
Thanks JukeBoxHero's, I really appreciate it. I love these Softail models! Best of luck with both of yours and here's to more good times with them! 🍻 Thanks for watching and for the comment!
My favorite is the Buffet at Virgin River in Mesquite.........I know it might not be as good as some others, but that is what I grew up with. We'd stop there every summer on our way to visit family in SoCal. I'm jealous, that sounds really good!
I own a 97 fatboy, orange and black original paint, and original engine and bars and wheels. The only thing that is not original is the drag pipes. No mufflers and no baffles. There is no harley that can be made today that would make me get rid of mine. Mine is for life time. Everything on these is fixable and remain as new even when they become 80 years old. It sounds identical to the mans fatboy in the video
@@MOBStreet83 Our fatboys look very close to identical. Center of my wheels came black and yours came with a lighter color. Mine came with short shot pipes, but I purchased some fish tail straight pipes for 99.00 for it and installed with clamps to the short shorts. I turned one fishtail sideways and the top one upright, because the pipes are too close together to run both upright. I did this because it makes the bike look like its for the more mature person as to where the short shots looked like it was some drag racing. I have a video on my channel of mine thats called 1997 fatboy prt2 that about the fourth video from the top. The beauty of these fatboys is the fact they can be dressed up to be same as the electra. The evo was the best engine for sure. I am an older mechanic and know what the good stuff is
I have a 1997 Heritage and wouldn't own any other motor but an Evo mine has 49,000 original miles but only 13,000 on it since it was rebuilt .I have a S&S E carb.
My 1996 has just under 50,000 on it and luckily I haven't had to rebuild it yet! They are sweet bikes and I love it! Thanks for watching and for commenting.
@@MOBStreet83 Mine had to be rebuilt from a wreck the cases were cracked it has after market cases and was rebuilt top and bottom It runs pretty good I've had it up to about 95 mph I don't know what all was done on it when it was rebuilt but its strong and you can take your hands off the bars at 70 and it goes straight as an arrow ill never sell it .Evo's forever !
I had a 2002 Honda vtx 1800 S it was fast I had it up to 130 but only once just to see what it would do . it was quick to do the quarter mile in less than 12 seconds but Im 57 and since I got another Harley I had a sportster years ago , I won't own another metric ever again .
Hey Justin, I love that exhaust. It doesn't bother the ears at all and they sound great. The Softail Model is a quite a bit longer and wider than the Sportster models and heavier. They have a bigger engine and the frames are bigger as well. The seats on the Softails are pretty low and they are very easy to ride. I'd recommend one all day long!
I like the EVO's a lot, Maybe I should tell You that I used to be a (Service Technician) back 1n 1999, lost my job doing something very-very Stupid, I went out (Drinking Beers) and I laid my bike down in the Median-Strip and Slid with My bike all the way across it to the other-Side, Right as another Motorcycle was coming down the Road. And I guess You already guessed what Happen, Right I Got Run over, My Head, But I got back at the individual, I caused them to flip over the Guard Railing on the Side of the Road, They got up after the Crash, Picked there Motorcycle Up Abd Rode and Got Me Some Help. Know I'm Living With A Brain Injury ! ! !
My TW200 actually vibrates my hands worse than the FatBoy. At idle, the FatBoy rocks back and forth like no other but at speed it is doesn't bother me at all. I ride my TW and it vibrates at speeds and it drives me nuts. I haven't been able to figure it out.
I've done some long days on the bike and for my height and weight it is fine. I've done a 12 hour day, which I don't recommend and I was ready to be off the bike. More tired than really anything hurting.
It is from Drag Specialties. Here is the part number for the Drag Specialties Book 0802-1365 Predator III Seat. I have ridden 12+ hours on it before. Condition yourself first with a couple of rides and make them progressively longer and you will be ready for a good long ride!
Have you done anything to your? Like ina bearing ? Base gaskets ? Cam chain tensioner ? Primary work? Or just base PM care all you done. Is the s&s carb better the the old mukuni 42. I am thinking of buying old 96 with 10k miles that's been sitting for years. I know I will have to flush everything and start new, but wanted to know your journey with the evo ownership
Hey Jesse! No, I haven't done anything to it yet, it hasn't needed it. Just regular service is all. My dad added the S&S before I got the bike from him. It actually runs great and is most happy with wide open throttle. It has been pretty solid for the last 15 years that I have had it.
@MOBStreet83 sweet going to buy a 1996 Flstn in a couple weeks with 10k miles on it all stock so just wondering about the bikes same evo 80in just getting idea of the evo bikes
You can't go wrong with the EVO, they are great engines! Not to mention, the Softail is one of the best looking Harley families of the 90's! Best of luck with yours and I hope it goes well for you!
Back in the day, around the late 90's early 2000's the comp sprocket nut would be slightly loose and cause a knock that sounded like it was coming from the top end. All you needed to do was remove it, add some thread lock compound and torque the nut again and the sound was gone. Don't know if they did that back then, but might be worth looking into.
I know that it has a cult like following and they are one of the more popular Harleys out there. After SOA they kinda really took off even more than they had before. The EVO though is a great engine and there are mods galore for that bike.
@@MOBStreet83 I really wasn't thinking about sportsters they never cross my mind , but you're right they are ridged mounted. Dynas, early low riders and baggers are all rubber mounted etc and are rubber mounted A motors. Soft tails are ridged mounted B motors.
@@MOBStreet83 the Sportsters were solid mount until 2004 then they went to the rubber Mount frame. When Norton made the ice elastic frame for the atlas the bike lost 30 pounds in weight. When Harley rubber mounted to Sportster a gain 80 lb in weight. What's up with that?
The smile you get when you twisted the throttle should be reason enough to buy an older Harley. I've got a 1995 Fatboy, I'll never own anything newer then that.
Yeah buddy! There is a lot of history between me and this bike. That smile means a lot more than just being on the bike. Tha js for watching and for the comment Thomas, I appreciate it!
Thanks Hugh! I won't ever sell it. This bike and I have way too much of a history for me to get rid of it. I appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the comment.
Two completely different machines meant for different types of riding. That comparison doesn't make sense at all. It's like comparing a truck to a sports car.
