2018 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SOFTAIL FAT BOB 114
FULL TEST
P52
purists in that the 'Bob really isn't the kind of bike
I'd go touring on because eventually the ride will
become pretty uncomfortable.
And here we get to one of my absolute favorite
parts of the 'Bob—that seat. Rather, it's the com-
bination of the seat, the bar bend and the place-
ment of the admittedly small pegs. For my money,
this is the most comfortable cruiser seat I've ever
sat on. Its shape is reminiscent of the unit on my
personal KTM 1290 Super Duke and holds the
rider in a firm but comfortable stance that tilts
them slightly forward, rather than having them
slouch into the padding and thus putting more
weight than needed over the back end.
The rider triangle of peg-seat-bar is well sorted,
although if I had one criticism I'd have liked the
pegs about two inches further back and the seat
about two inches higher, just to get a bit more
