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Adrian’s Fat Arse Fatboy

Yeah I get to catch up with a few old mates and guys I use to ride with and Adrian was one. Since the days I first meet Adrian, he has always had a great love for a good looking Harley and every time I see him he has always got a new trick on his bike. So yeah I asked Adrian to come show his good old Fatboy here in a spread of the mag. Well owning and riding Fatboy’s myself, made me a little bit envious of what Adrian done to his bike. So check out this top job.

The bike is a 2000 model Fatboy. I bought it brand new from Morgan and Wackers back in 2000. I actually ordered it over the internet with a heap of gear fitted as I was working over in Saudi Arabia at the time. I had seen the new twin-cam Fatboys in the Harley dealers where I laws living in Dammam.

I had almost a year left to go but things were getting a bit hairy at the time so decided to take a redunundancy and get the hell out of there. Not bad timing at the Aussie bloke who took over was involved in the Riyahd bombings and was lucky to get out.

The redundancy could not come at a better time; I decided to get a bit carried away with the engine mods before even seeing the bike. I ordered it with the 95 cubic inch motor fitted and went with the screaming eagle cams and ignition. I remembered even with the stock exhaust riding it home thinking this thing flies. I had the road king nacelle light and chrome legs fitted when new, once again ordered by email through Tim Kenny who no longer works there, but I could not speak higher of a salesman as nothing seems to much of a hassle.

Anyway, I rode the bike around in “as bought” condition for about three years before I went down to Melbourne to visit the in-laws. I was knocking around and went for a look in Harley Heaven and had a look at the fatass softails they were doing. I decided that I needed one of those. After looking at them from every angle and working out that they were running Dragway wheels, I went down and had a yarn with Ian from Dragway up here in Brissy. This was the start of major work on my bike.

After speaking with Ian I decided to go the Billet Dragway wheels as they would fit into the stock swing arm with a bit of shimming. I ordered the wheels and then had problems getting the tyres. It is running a 200/50 18 on the back and a 140/70 18 on the front. I think the wider tyre on the front really helps the handerling as it is better matched to the rear tyre. Then I fell into the old “one thing leads to another syndrome”. The rear wheel wouldn’t fit without chopping the frame horns off so I took to those with a grinder. I liked the look of the strutless rear guard so I tried getting one for a 2000 model but they did not make them at the time, so I got what I could in and had Ian from Dragway modify it to take the ignition module. I then cut it up to get better fit around the seat area as they came quiet square. The missus freaked when she walked into the shed to see me hooking into the rear guard with an ankle grinder. She said “You just paid fifteen hundreds dollars for that, and now you are fucking cutting it up “.

With the new rear guard the stock front looked out of place. I went to Sydney for work and was having a look in MCA at Parramatta. I was like a kid in a candy shop. I ended up finding a front guard that I liked, but when I got it on the bike it looked a bit wrong so out came the angle grinder.

My mum picked the fuel tank up for me when she went over to the US for holidays.

One of the few things that I did not do myself on the bike was the paint job. A good mate of mine, Pete and his brother Slim own a City Auto Repairs at Woolloongabba. They had one of their top guns, Jeff do the paint job and all the moulding on the tank. I have to pass on a big thanks to them for the top job.

The Calipers were disassembled and have been HPC coated. While this was being done I had the stock disc’s sent out and polished. The effect is quite good as it came up like chrome and easy to clean. I have had a few parts on the bike chromed using local platers and found it was cheaper to have my parts chromed rather then buy chromed parts.

The bike runs a Kuryakn Hypercharger onto a modified stock Carburetor.

The exhaust is a set of Vance and Hines staggered big shots which sound like a Harley should. I liked the look of the side mount numberplate after perving through the American Bike Mags. I couldn’t find one at the time so ordered on over the internet.

It also runs billet Indicators at the back and the indicators are part of the mirror stem at the front which can be seen from the front and rear of the bike.

The bars currently are 12” Apes from Burleigh Bars down at the Gold Coast. These are the fifth set of bars I have fitted to the bike but these are the most comfortable.

It has taken about six years to get to the point it’s at now. I think the next thing will be some type of graphics on the guards and tank to break up the black, but there’s just something about the black and chrome on a Harley.

As with my bike there are always people to thank for their help.

Ian from Dragway. Pete and Slim from Auto City Repairs and Jeff for all his work.

Finally I would like to thank my wife, Deb for putting up with everything.

Owner: Adrian from Brisbane

Year / Make: 2000 Harley Davidson

Model: Fatboy

Engine: Twin Cam

Displacement: 95 cubic inches (1550cc”s)

Fabrication: By Owner

Cam: Screaming Eagle

Ignition: Screaming Eagle

Carb: Modified Stock

Air Cleaner: Kuryakyn Hypercharger

Pipes: Vance and Hines Staggered Big Shots

Mufflers: No thanks

Transmission: Stock with the easy pull clutch. Pro 1 and Dos covers on Primary

Painting and Moulding: City Auto Repairs Brisbane

Colour: Basic Black

Painter: Jeff

Frame: Stock and removed frame horns

Swingarm: Chromed Stock and Stainless inner splash guard

Rear Suspension: Lowered with Arlen Ness Kit

Front Controls: Chromed stock with HD foot board inserts

Rear Brake Pedal: Kuryakyn extended arm with HD pad

Wheels: Dragway Billets

Front: 18”X3.5”

Rear: 18”x5”

Tyres: Front 140/70 18 Rear: 200/50 18

Brakes: Standard rebuilt with HPC coating

Discs: Standard Polished

Accessories:

Handlebars: Burleigh Bars 1.25” diam 12”apes with integral risers and wiring through the bars and braided cables.

Handle Bar Controls: Chrome Harley Davidson

Front Guard: Zodiac

Rear Guard: Cassons 9” wide strutless Fender

Fuel Tank: Zodiac Stretches and moulded

Gas Caps: Kuryakyn

Seat: Bare Bones by Leperra

Tail Light/ Number Plate Frame: Side Mount

Front Indicators: Integrated into mirrors

Rear Indicators: Small Bullet Style

Front End:

Type:

Road King Narcelle with Chrome Lowers and Chrome Legs

Head Light: Azure Diamond cut