I owned a HD Fatboy before the F6B. I loved the Fatboy and it never leaked oil in the 5 years or 27000 miles I owned it. I did all my own maintenance so it was not that expensive to maintain.

But I would not own a HD as my only bike it would have to be a second bike as a toy.

Once you ride the F6B you fall in love with the power, handling, and you can hear your stereo. I read about a guy who put over 500000 miles with minimal maintenance on a Goldwing.


If you have enough money to buy a new harley buy a new or slighlty used F6B $13000.00 and get an older used HD for around $13000.00 and have both. The Harley is a great bike to blast around on a Saturday afternoon and get an ice cream cone or a beer but I would not like to ride it very far. Too hot, loud etc....

Just my opinion / I will buy another Fatboy to have as a toy someday.
Steve