2018 - 2022 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 114 - Performance, Price, and Photos - gallery

The redesign in 2018 give the Fat Bob an aggressive bent meant to appeal to a younger generation of rider.

With the complete 2018 do-over, if you rode it before and weren't impressed, know that you haven't ridden 'this' Fat Bob.

The grunty Milwaukee 114 engine carried forward as the only engine choice in 2020 delivers 118 lb-ft at 3,500 rpm.

Not only does this give you the stump-pulling power you expect, but it also provides the strongest roll-on in both fifth and sixth gear.

The peculiar twin-headlight setup was replaced by a modern interpretation of the classic headlight nacelle that uses a trapezoid-shaped opening to house a set of powerful LED headlights.

Blackout treatment on this newfangled nacelle makes it all but disappears against the risers, bar, mirrors, tripletree, and inverted fork stanchions.

Suspension is as vanilla as ever, but the conversion to a Softail with a redesigned and improved frame

that increased stiffness and improved agility gives superior handling over the previous Dyna model.

Yeah, it has a p-pad, but it isn't comfortable, so consider this a solo ride.

The seat is more sportbike-like in its hardness, so don't plan on long trips in the saddle.

The Fat Bob has more of a Mad Max look than the other Softails.

Harley reached into custom territory for styling, but it was going for an entirely modern look rather than shooting for the custom culture of yesteryear.

An upswept exhaust system comes with full-length heat shielding with a kick at the muffler end that lends the Fat Bob a certain air of performance

even if the forward controls are actually the limiting factor to cornering.

Maximum lean angles have increased with 31 degrees of lean to the right, and 32 to the left, so it will lean further than most cruiser riders are willing to go.

Only a true fiery-eyed pegdragger is likely to run into clearance issues in the sweeps on this thing.

MSRP on the 2022 Fat Bob in Vivid Black is $18.3k.

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