Harley Davidson Fat Boy

The Harley Fat Boy is one fine motorcycle. But there is a story behind it's name. And it's not so nice.

The Fat Boy was put out by Harley in response to the flood of Japanese lookalikes trying to capitalize on Harley's booming market. Harley wanted to produce a bike to blow away the competition. They were looking for something so new and awesome looking, the Japanese bikes wouldn't stand a chance. The Fat Boy was just the ticket. This was the king of factory customs. They knew it would crush the Japanese market and so they came up with what they felt would be an appropriate name from a history lesson.

The name Fat Boy comes from two other names. Fat Man and Little Boy. Those were the names of the Atomic bombs we dropped on Japan the last time we wanted to defeat them.