That 'bad-boy' feel overwhelms you the moment you wrap your hands on Fat Bob's handlebar.
It is the riding posture on this new Harley Davidson street cruiser that naturally flexes your muscles and pumps up the adrenaline.
As a sidekick, the Fat Bob is one mean machine you want to have by your side if trouble comes knocking your way.
Fat Bob is just what its name suggests.
It's fat. But not in a bad way.
It's all beef - dripping with heart-stopping goodies on two wheels.
The Fat Bob is chunkier than your average street cruiser and looks exactly as it is portrayed in the brochures.
Distinguishing itself from the rest of the Harley pack, the 303kg Fat Bob exudes a 'devil-may-care' attitude.
This 2008 fuel-injected Fat Bob shares the Dyna family name with the Street Bob, an earlier Harley model.
But where the Street Bob keeps a low profile, the aggressively-styled Fat Bob is bruising for a fight.
The 1,584cc V-twin isn't ashamed to be loud or cocky.
Instead of a single headlamp, the Fat Bob has two, which it uses to eye-ball other cruisers.
As if the staring game isn't enough, it will roll over the competition with its massive 130mm wide front and 180mm wide rear tyres on cast aluminium wheels.
When cutting speed, the dual-disc brakes and steel braided brake lines on the front wheel bite hard.
Still not intimidated?
How about being gunned down by the bike's double-barrelled 'Tommy gun' exhaust pipes?
Instead of too much chrome bling-bling, the Fat Bob is clothed with more denim (Harley's term for matt finish) and powder-coated engine parts.
It's a bike for those who just want to get on with the riding, not the polishing.
Still shiny parts, like the covered rear shocks, air cleaner and exhaust pipes, keep in line with the American brand's heritage.
The Fat Bob's appeal starts with its 'upper body' with clean-looking drag bars concealing wires from the handlebar controls.
While the drag bars give a more natural feel for most, bikers with short arms may feel that the bars are a bit of a stretch.
Nevertheless the drag bar configuration gives you better feedback from the bike's front forks.
You will notice the heavy front end when steering at slower speeds.
Caught in stand-still traffic, heat from the throbbing engine will tingle your thighs.
On the move, the bike's handling gets better with more speed as the 'weight' issue disappears, resulting in a neutral feel while cornering.
Down below, the belt-driven Fat Bob is equipped with mid-controls.
Having foot controls closer to the centre of the bike may be an issue with riders with longer legs.
But the cramped feel is a necessary trade-off because the Fat Bob truly impresses on winding roads in mid-control guise.
Forward controls may seem awkward when cornering with feet extended.
Adding an alternative perch for your feet during long hauls can be an option.
Like other big-bore siblings, the Fat Bob has lots of torque.
It packs a punch with 123NM of torque, but cruising in sixth gear, it's as gentle as a purring cat.
With a seat height of 663mm, there is no chance of an accidental tip-over.
But cornering aggressively on the low-slung, $34,300 (machine price only) Fat Bob can shorten the life of your footpegs (especially those with mid-controls).
Fuel efficiency is decent. On a combination of city and highway riding, we got some 230km on its 19.3 litre fuel tank.
Just like the smaller Nightster with 99.1mm of ground clearance, the Fat Bob with an extra 26mm of ground clearance, has a tendency to scrape its footpegs in corners.
Yet, during our test, the shiny exhaust pipes never once grazed the road surface.
