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Cycle News Issue 47 November 28, 2017

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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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

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