Spin doctor

To my eye, the Fat Bob is a bit of an odd-looking unit. With its fat 150/80-16 front tyre and elongated LED headlight, it’s a far cry from the stereotypical Harley look. I’ve ridden most of the Softail range in the last 12 months and on the ride home along Sydney’s M7 Motorway, I made the early assumption that it was just another flavour of Softail, and much the same as the last bunch I’ve ridden.

But dismiss the Fat Bob at your peril, because when you get off the motorway and hit the mean streets you gradually start to understand that the Fat Bob is more than just another Softail with different tins.

Bob’s a bit sneaky with the way he gets into your head. At first you think ‘yeah, it’s okay’ and before you know it, you’ve taken the long,