# ID this motorcycle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605 "2019-06-16T13:16:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605/1 "2019-06-16T13:16:20Z")

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This is a clip from a photo that is not sharp but it’s distinctive and someone familiar with this bike will be able to recognize it.

It is in a display case on the upper deck of a yacht moored in Nice. I did not take this photo. The person who did said it’s a Harley but I’m fairly sure it’s not. But I can’t tell what it is.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605/2 "2019-06-16T13:42:38Z")

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Looks like a Harley Fat Boy.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605/3 "2019-06-16T14:15:57Z")

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It looks like a Harley to me, but I don’t think it’s stock. To me that looks like a Harley twin cam engine, and they may have started with either a Fat Boy or a Softail, but I think they have a custom tank on it and a custom seat/rear fender of some sort. Custom exhaust pipes, too.

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-motorcycle/835605/4 "2019-06-16T18:05:50Z")

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With the oversized rear tire and no fender, it look more like a V-Rod but still not exactly.

Anyway, I can’t figure out how they get it down to ride it.