FAT BOB
Heres my HO
At the age of 19 way back in the late 70s on my newly purchased 2 year old Z900 I had a weekend camping trip with 4 mates to Matlock Bath we stood outside the chippy filling our faces we all fell silent as a new noise approached what sort of a bike is that " its a ******* Harley" one of the boys said, it was and as the guy rode passed we all stared mouths open the first Harley any of us had ever seen. I wanted one from that day.
Had 5 harleys in the past 12 years Glides,one offs,Road King, (allong with various other bikes) now i think I have the ultimate Harley for my sort of biking. A 2009 Fat Bob its got stage 1 kit (without this the performance is flat ,strangled) twin disc front stoppers, decent ground clearence, great two up with a bit of luggage, lots of grunt,and the very best exhaust note of any bike (V&H short shots).
We had a 1200 GS in 2010 took us accross europe through Italy on a graet adventure the ultimate mule but it lacked the true character of the Harley, so the BM was sold to finance the purchase of the Fat Bob which we took to Andermatt this summer did 6 passes, ok the GS boys overtook us with ease but you pays your money you takes your choice the Harley makes me smile.
Harley ? GS ? if I had the cash I would have one of each !