Fatboy Owners Discussion

[harleynh]

And proud of it!!!

Well my name is Jim from Concord, NH. I have a 01 Fat Boy that "was" Diamond Ice but is right at this moment apart and is back to the sheet metal stage after sanding it down with an orbital sander because I am taking on the task of painting it myself.

I've sprayed all my life in furniture factory's, I worked in the finish department of a "Casket Shop" about 33 yrs ago, my Dad was the Supervisor and I did every job from staining to rubbing and polishing them to a glass finish. So that's going to come in handy when I have to wet sand my clear and polish it. Already know about burning through and easy on the corners etc.

I'm going to paint it with the marblizing technique. I just ordered all the paint today at my local Auto shop, there is a HOK sales place in the next City Manchester so I got my marblizing paint, the Kandy Blue that I'm using to go over the marblizer and I'm getting the clear through them instead of paying $380.00 a gallon from HOK (House of Kolor). And HOK only sells clear by the gall. so the paint dude said that I may only need a quart for the amount of parts I'm painting so it would be crazy to buy a whole gallon for that money. So I got two quarts from him and can return what I don't use.

I'm not sure if I am able to post pics because I'm not a paying member but if I can I will post some of them once I get them uploaded to my laptop. I took some shots of before I started with the tins off, then with them sanded and I will document the complete process from start to finish. I think it will be fun to have the memory's to look back on.

I sure have my fingers crossed it comes out good!!! I'm not worried about spraying it, if it was just one color I'd be all set but taking on the marblizing might be a little more than I thought?!? I'm sure it will come out ok and if it doesn't well I'll just buy some chameleon paint and shoot it with that.

Well if anyone has any input on painting or any hints about the technique I'm using I would appreciate them no matter what they are.

LOVE THE FAT BOY!!!!

I've had a Road King, Dresser, and now the Fat Boy which I traded my 1996 Corvette for. Even steven trade. The Vette booked out for $19,000.00 and the Fat Boy for $14,000.00 but the Vette needed about 5 or 6 grand worth of work so it worked out great for an even trade and he had some nice chrome and Corbin seat as well as ThunderHeader pipes which is what I had on my Road King I sold a couple years earlier. Love those pipes!!!

Anyone have a problem in their State with Inspections and noise levels????
They are really cracking down in this state with a 106 max db reading and last year when the tech tried to do the reading it went over to 107 and he flunked me, well after reading the law on the Internet about how the test is supposed to be done I went back to my Dealership and told them they did the test wrong and to please do it again the right way. I know the GM there and was joking but serious as well. Well they did it over again and it passed. Just curious if anyone else has had any issues with that?

Well, nice to be with other Fat Boy owners, sure is my favorite bike that I've had.

Jim
Concord, NH
01 Fat Boy

[netgawd]

Something a little different, but it started life as a Fat Boy!

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Now if I could just find a p-pad/backrest and maybe a way to mount bags with that "Street Stalker" rear fender...

[Rock]

Originally Posted by netgawd

Something a little different, but it started life as a Fat Boy!

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Now if I could just find a p-pad/backrest and maybe a way to mount bags with that "Street Stalker" rear fender...

Good Lawd! You went backwards. Looks sharp. But it's not even an FL anymore. You nudered it!

[netgawd]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

Good Lawd! You went backwards. Looks sharp. But it's not even an FL anymore. You nudered it!

I didn't do it... it was done already. It isn't your run-of-the-mill softtail, that's for sure. Lots of fun, gets lots of looks wherever I go.

It has some "challenges" getting things like a p-pad, backrest, or bags... that Street Stalker rear doesn't work with ANYTHING "off the shelf" that I've found! I guess I have to go with a custom seat.

[kevdog]

I have a Fatboy and my wheels are pretty dirty and was going to use some aluminum polish on them. Is it safe to do so? I thought I read somewhere that if you do it they will look great but that it could take off a protective coating so therefore you have to clean them often afterwards.

[harleynh]

Hi all, Jim here from NH. I had a 02 Road King and had my 9th back surgery when my Surgeon told me I shouldn't ride a bike any longer after the last surgery I had in 02. They put some metal rods in and he was afraid that it would screw things up. So anyway, this is all told to me "after" I have well over $11,000.00 of things done to it and before I could stop them from doing the upgrades. So needless to say I lost about 7 grand. I was a little upset but hey ya win some and ya lose some and if this surgery was going to help my pain what they hell could I do.

Well 2 years later in 04 and my pain is "WORSE"!!!! Well in the meantime after selling the Road King I bought a 96 Corvette with some of the money from the King. So now I'm in the condition where my back pain could get no worse from riding a bike and I'm getting sick of the Vette (Hey a cage is a cage, right). So I put an ad in the paper with no results. One afternoon I'm thinking to myself to look in the paper for bikes for sale and call them and ask if they would think about trading for the Vette. Couldn't hurt but I figured no one would do such a thing, if they were selling their bike they most likely want (Cash). I wanted a Fat Boy so I see this ad for a 01 Fat Boy with all kinds of Chrome, just about what I added on my Road Kind, and it's a carbed model which is what I wanted. So I called the guy and told him my story. He thought a minute and then said "You know, it's a bike I bought for my wife and I have my own so it sounds like a good idea, just have to talk the wife into it." I could not believe it!!! So anyway he comes and falls in love with it and says it's a done deal but first has to have his wife look at it. She came that Sunday (two days later) with the Fat Boy in a trailer. I took the bike for a scoot while they took out the Vette. When they came around the corner to my house the wife had a big **** eating grin on her face that she could not get off so when she got out I said "SO can I park (MY) Fat Boy under my porch?" She said "YES". Hahahaha.... SO the deal was done.

Well anyway, I took the tins off about 3 weeks ago. I sanded them down to the sheet metal and primed them, then I did this painting technique that is called marblizing with a Oriental Blue Kandy over it. It came out really sharp!! I hope to soon get it posted on my web page so I can post the link and you can all check it out in the different stages. I'm all set except for the Clear Coat and wet sand and then buff out but I don't have a garage and am painting outside so weather is everything and it's been raining ever since I sprayed my Kandy blue!!! I'm going crazy wanting to finish and put it back together and show it off around town!! I'll post the link as soon as I get the pics post on my site. Still recupperating from the spraying. Killed my back so I'm taking extra morphine. I usually take 90 mgs 3 times a day and with the extra pain I take it 4 times a day but it's only for 3 or 4 days then it goes back to normal.

Well I guess I wrote enough for now. Hope I didn't bore ya all. Glad to be on the forum but how does one attach a picture?? Or for that matter look at one that's been posted? I tried and it brought me to a blank page that said I was not allowed to see that page?!?

Jim
Concord, NH
01 Fat Boy

[fatboy2005]

just put wild 1 Chubby apes on mine and love the ride 12.5 inches. real comfortable. good luck

[Carrie]

Jim, great read! Can't wait to see it finished!

[hijackak]

2002 FLSTF
nacelle and 1.25" pullbacks
Wild Things TC-2 cams
Mikuni HSR42 carb
ThunderHeader exhaust
SE High Flo air cleaner

[enrique]

carrie, nice wheels.are those the fatdaddy 50 spoke? i'm getting mine this week.Looks sweet.

[Markfatboy05]

Hey, was thinking of putting the mini apes on, do I really need to change the cables?? thanks

[TVRadioBob]

I just picked up a chrome fork cover to replace the aluminum one on my '05 Fatboy. I saw several posts on here from older model owners concerning the procedure for removing the headlight wiring, and I was wondering if the process still holds true for the '05's ? Do I need to unbolt the gas tank to slide it back to be able to unplug the headlight wire ? And, in order to get to the back bolt on the gas tank, does that also mean removing the seat as well ? I don't want to do any wire cutting or splicing in the process.

Thank loads, Bob

[zpadgett]

Added pictures of my new wheels from Xtreme Machine to the photo gallery shown in my signature. They are Xtreme Machine Edge Wheels, 18x4.25 rear and 18x3.5 front. Matching rotors and pully. Metzeler 160/60-18 rear and 130/70-18 on the front. Fit and finish are excellent and there is a noticable improvement in ride compared to the stock setup. Purchased everything from Hogpro and had them assemble, mount and balance before shipping. Excellent service, very knowledgable and wheels were shipped on time.

[enrique]

very nice.

[FLSTFI Dave]

Nice, very nice. Those 18 sure make the fenders look better. It makes the tires and wheels look like they belong in the fenders and are sized correctly, much better than stock.