2016 Harley Davidson Dyna Street Bob Fxdb

2016 Harley-Davidson FXDBC Dyna Street Bob Special

Maybe the good people at Harley-Davidson should rename the Street Bob Special as the Road Bob.

This limited-edition Dyna is only available in select markets including Australia and New Zealand and it seems the HD customisation department in Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, may have been trying to give the Street Bob "more legs".

For a start, the Special goes from a solo saddle to a dual Badlander seat with pillion pegs. It also features comfortable forward controls, the Fat Bob's "boomerang-shaped" drag bars and when you fill the 17.8-litre tank, the range indicator reads 386km.

That all seems to suggest it can do some touring. 2016 Harley-Davidson FXDBC Dyna Street Bob Special

Maybe they should call it the Road Bob, instead of the Street Bob Special.

It also gets a few styling treatments such as a teardrop air filter, mag wheels instead of spokes and a little more black here and there.

For all that you pay an extra $1500 for a $23,995 ride away price.

The riding position is the most obvious change and it certainly gives this bike a feeling of more legs.

It is a very comfortable position with the knees only slightly bent, a gentle reach to the bars and a more comfortable rider's saddle.

This all adds up to a bike that is more comfortable on longer trips than just a ride down the street to your favourite cafe. 2016 Harley-Davidson FXDBC Dyna Street Bob Special

I gave it a good 300+km ride from Brisbane to Tenterfield and back over two half days and it was most accommodating.

The only thing holding it back was the hard-sprung suspension over the inordinately bumpy roads in the Qld/NSW border region.

Your pillion won't be quite so comfortable as the seat is very narrow, it is a short reach to the footpegs and there is only a seat sash to grip.

The rear seat also won't allow you to tie down much in the way of luggage.

Still, it has "more legs" than the standard solo-seat Street Bob.

Everything else is the same as the Street Bob so it handles quite well. 2016 Harley-Davidson FXDBC Dyna Street Bob Special

The bike steers a little slow because of the 19-inch front, but the wide Fat Bob bars give you more leverage for tipping into corners and provide plenty of stability out on the highways.

Ride is taut and only becomes uncomfortable on really craggy tarmac.

Lean angles are reasonable, although with the right-mounted dual pipes, there is less lean on that side.

Over the tight and twisty Bruxner Highway, the right pipe touched down a few times and eventually wore out one of the "hose clamps" holding on the pipe.