Finally the wait is over!!!!!

[ZED 1000]

Harley Stoppers

Chris

I test rode the Fat-Boy and Street-Bob got back to the shop told the salesman I could not live with the poor brake performance, so he sent me out on the Fat-Bob twin discs made my mind up and bought one.
I disliked the look of the twin head lights, bar risers and bars so mine now has an 8" single chrome headlight and Fat-Boy bars, took it to the Swiss Alps last summer great fun on the high Passes brakes did the job with ease two up.
Enjoy the Street Bob but go to your local dealer and take a test ride on a Fat Bob.

Andrew

 

[Mutley]

A great mod Steptoe, will have to look around for one of those , or perhaps a Brembo ?

Or P&Ms if you are flush

 

[twizzle]

Chris

I test rode the Fat-Boy and Street-Bob got back to the shop told the salesman I could not live with the poor brake performance, so he sent me out on the Fat-Bob twin discs made my mind up and bought one.
I disliked the look of the twin head lights, bar risers and bars so mine now has an 8" single chrome headlight and Fat-Boy bars, took it to the Swiss Alps last summer great fun on the high Passes brakes did the job with ease two up.
Enjoy the Street Bob but go to your local dealer and take a test ride on a Fat Bob.

Andrew

Pop up a picture of the front end?? Be interested to see as not a fan of the twin set up?? Cheers T

 

[sloukes]

perhaps a Brembo ?

Get rid of it and get a Harley that has Brembo's as standard

 

[ZED 1000]

Pop up a picture of the front end?? Be interested to see as not a fan of the twin set up?? Cheers T

Sorry i have not been back to this thread for a few days.

The Fat-Bob is in its storage bubble till the sun shines I will get an upto date pic in the next few weeks and attempt to post it on here.

 

[Alex B]

I've been riding a Street Bob since 2008 and there isn't anything wrong with the braking. The rider has to "engage brain" and ride sensibly... in fact I think the standard SB has brakes more than enough for any experienced motorcyclist.

Frankly, anyone who needs double disks and all the fancy brake niceties now considered de rigeur should seriously think about whether they'd be better off with a Volvo rather than a Harley Davidson.

Give me strength.

 

[Steptoe]

I've been riding a Street Bob since 2008 and there isn't anything wrong with the braking. The rider has to "engage brain" and ride sensibly... in fact I think the standard SB has brakes more than enough for any experienced motorcyclist.

Frankly, anyone who needs double disks and all the fancy brake niceties now considered de rigeur should seriously think about whether they'd be better off with a Volvo rather than a Harley Davidson.

Give me strength.

Have you ever ridden an old harley ?

 

[Shep]

I've only owned a few harleys, but the best brakes were on a sportster, not due to twin discs or fancy personalised calipers, but due to weight transfer, the sportster pitches forward onto its front tyre squashing it into the tarmac, like more normal bikes, but the big twins, with their centre of gravity set much lower in the frame, tend to push the front tyre forward meaning the rear brake is much more effective compared to more normal bikes, i think i'd choose to fit fancy calipers front and back, with quality discs and pads, but i'd not loose sleep over having a single front disc.

 

[Urban Rider]

Well, 550 miles later and I'm happy to report the brakes are performing much better now.. No need to upgrade pads, callipers or disks yet... However, the mid positioned foot controls are not suited to me. Don't know if it's my leg length or not but after an hour riding, trying to change down a gear involves lifting my whole foot up to knock down the gear leaver and this is a right pain. Might have to think about forward controls... Anyone else with a mid control set up have this issue?

 

[Mutley]

You can change the angle of the gear lever quite easily

I just found it easier to stick it in top and leave it there :cool

 

[bowser]

Remember when the XR750 was being sold the advertising stated
"this vehicle is sold without a front braking system as a saftey measure"

 

[Big_Steve64]

I went from a GSA to a Road King (2010) with ABS.
I thought the brakes were fine considering. I think you have to learn to ride a Harley.

Most conventional bikes you would use 80 -20 front to back ratio of braking pressure. This does not on a Harley due to the weight distribution. Start with 40 60 and go from there. 30 -70 may be better.

Once I slowed down and enjoyed what a Harley is all about and tuned into the bike it was all good.