and powered by a blacked-out Milwaukee-Eight
114 engine, the 30th Anniversary Fat Boy is a
limited-edition motorcycle with H-D limiting
production to 2500 models, each serialised with a
number plate affixed to the fuel tank console.
The Fat Boy was a perfectly outrageous name
for a motorcycle that at its 1990 introduction was
brilliantly bodacious.
“The Fat Boy took the look, proportions and
silhouette of a 1949 Hydra-Glide motorcycle and
completely modernized it for a new generation of
riders,” explains Brad Richards, Harley-Davidson
Vice President of Styling and Design.
“Those riders appreciated our post-war design
DNA but also found themselves drawn to the
clean simplicity of contemporary industrial
design. Each of these elements was captured in
the new 2018 version of the Fat Boy model. For
this 30th Anniversary Limited Edition model we
wanted to create something very special, so we
leaned into the popularity of darker finishes and
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a limited run/serialised strategy to make the bike
truly unique and exclusive.”
The Fat Boy 30th Anniversary Limited Edition
motorcycle celebrates the three-decade impact
of the original model with a bold reinterpretation
executed in dark finishes paired with a single-
colour option, Vivid Black. The cast-aluminium
Lakester wheels are finished in Satin Black with
machined highlights. The blacked-out Milwaukee-
Eight 114 powertrain is finished with engine
covers in gloss black and subtle bronze-tone
lower rocker covers and timer cover script.
The exhaust is finished in a Black Onyx, a
durable physical vapour deposition paint finish
that reveals the underlying chrome in bright light.
Based on the Harley-Davidson Softail platform
launched in 2018, the Fat Boy motorcycle re-
defines H-D’s icon. It honestly looks exactly the
badass machine it was intended to be. A shame
the 30th Anniversary livery is limited to just
2500 bikes...