Harley-Davidson Fat Boy 114

The Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 has every element to make it noticeable, whether it is in motion or standstill. It is the mammoth persona of the Fat Boy 114, which makes it instantly recognizable on the road as one of the biggest and muscular looking cruisers one can have. The presence of lots of chrome all around the motorcycle makes it even more attention-grabbing.

At the front, the Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 welcomes you with its large headlamp unit, which is bathed in chrome all around and packs in a vertical arrangement of LED projectors. The upper and lower edges of the headlamp get curved-styled daytime running LEDs. Even the upside-down front forks, handlebar, levers and front alloy wheels and finished in chrome. The rounded turn indicators are positioned below the front brake and clutch levers on the handlebar.

Move towards the side, and it is where the Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 shows its muscular persona in full essence. The main attention-grabbing part of the motorcycle here is the large chrome-bathed V-twin engine and the twin exhausts popping out them, which are arranged in a vertical manner one over the other. The peanut-styled fuel tank has a large instrument console placed on an inclined panel atop the fuel tank. The lowered split seats and low ground clearance further accentuate its cruiser appeal even more.

At the back, Harley Davidson has kept the look of the Fat Boy 114 quite minimalist, but it still ends up being attention-grabbing, all thanks to the fat rear tyre. Above the rear tyre, you get a curved fender, the sides of which come attached with rounded tail lamps, which also serve as turn indicators.

The rider is welcomed by the low-positioned seat and wide handlebar, with an unconventional-placed instrument console atop the fuel tank within a chrome-finished inclined panel. This console gets an analogue speedometer and a small LCD panel within the rounded unit, which shows a gear indicator, odometer, trip meters, fuel gauge, clock and range. This is a top-class Harley Davidson cruiser, so quality levels have not been compromised even a bit.

The Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 has gained a cult status of a comfortable mile-muncher, with this current iteration setting the bars even higher. The motorcycle comes equipped with upside-down hydraulic telescopic forks at the front and a mono-shock at the back, which are tuned for supple ride quality. The fat 160/60 R18 front and 240/40 R18 rear tyres not only give the Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 a tremendous visual appeal but also help it in achieving unshakeable stability at faster speeds on longer stretches. The motorcycle comes with dual disc brakes at the front and a single disc brake at the rear.

A muscular motorcycle like Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 deserves an equally powerful and majestic-looking engine. And thankfully, it gets one. The Fat Boy 114 is powered by a four-stroke, liquid-cooled, V-twin, Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine, which displaces 1868cc and puts up a massive 161 Nm of torque. The engine is coupled to a smooth 6-speed gearbox.

It is here where the Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 misses out a bit, as it gets only a dual-channel ABS as a safety feature.

Barring the limited safety and convenience features on offer, there is nothing that makes the Harley Davidson Fat Boy 114 undesirable. The mammoth road presence, thanks to the large dimensions, fat tyres and lots of chrome everywhere, gives it a status quo of a superstar, which is hard to ignore. And the perfect combination of a torquey V-twin engine and supple suspension setup makes it a great highway cruiser.