Just traded my 22 Street Glide Special in for a new Fatboy, for exactly the reason you said. It’s just too big and heavy to manoeuvre for me now, always frightened I’ll drop it! Hopefully the Fatboy will be a lot easier to manage.
So love the Fat Boy! Definitely a favorite. I recently considered one but found the BMW R18 Roctane to be equal in terms of fit finish and had much better optioned for about $9k less.
I have the 21 Fat Boy in Gauntlet grey and vivid black. I went with the Freedom Performance 2to1 side dump exhaust in chrome of course, and the Trask see-through air cleaner. She sounds amazing and looks killer. My bike got featured (few pictures shown) on the 'Canadian Saint' channel, and the video is titled '2024 harley davidson reveal / disappointing'. He shows my bike then talks about the current lineup. Anyway, I LOVE my Fat Boy, it's perfect for me. But yes it needed a stage 1 upgrade big time. They sound like a Honda Shadow or Rebel off the showroom floor.
It really pisses me off how much they gouge bikers on bike tires. I have to pay about $380 installed just for a rear tire on my sportster. I just ordered an entire set (4) of all season car tires 215 60R16 and paid $320 installed.
