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Not a Trike - Review of 2018 Street Bob...might make an interesting Conversion
A month and a half ago I spent a couple of hours with a 2018 Fat Boy.
(see written report HERE and video HERE)
Yesterday I spent a little over an hour with a 2018 Street Bob.
A first look at both sides.
It is powered by a solid mounted Milwaukee-Eight 107 CI with gear driven counter-balancers.
Before my riding impressions, take a look at a few things-
First off, the Street Bob is Not a Dyna anymore, it is the new mono-shock Softail.
The pre-load on the shock is adjusted with a spanner wrench, under the seat.
The battery now sits under the shock, and is accessed by removing the side panel...which I think is supposed to look like the oil tank on the pre-18 Softails....
...but the oil tank is now under the transmission. In the following photo you can see the oil tank filler/dipstick tube...
...you can also, almost see the transmission filler hole/dipstick. Two panels need to be removed to gain access to it.
All the new Softails have the big oil cooler...18 rows!
This line comes from the oil cooler and feeds the oil cooled heads....
...and this line takes the oil from the heads, dumping it into the oil tank sitting below the trans.
Report continued in next post.
