Harley-Davidson has announced 3 “CVO” models for 2024, adding one that surprises a bit.
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company, now in its 121st year of operation, introduced the latest crop of Custom Vehicle Operation, or CVO, editions on Wednesday. Two of the models, both light touring machines in the “bagger” sub-category of touring bikes, generally carry over from 2023, but the third, a well-optioned limited edition of the Pan America adventure motorcycle, seems to be a bit outside the typical CVO tradition of special paint and additional chrome trim. In truth, it did get special paint – plus much more.
CVO Street Slide 2024
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the limited-edition CVO device series. The CVO Street Glide, a $44,499 lightweight passenger vehicle, necessarily retains 2023 styling and includes a fork-mounted windshield, hard panniers and a 121 cubic. Milwaukie-Eight inch V-Twin engine with 115 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque.
Riders will use a sprawling and configurable 12.3-inch TFT color touch screen that replaces all the old analog instrumentation and also shows GPS maps. Riders can choose from multiple ride modes, including Road, Sport, Rain and Custom, which will change engine and braking behavior to better suit conditions. The revised fairing features LED accent strips, a 200-Watt audio system and a powerful Daymaker LED headlight system. There’s also cruise control and anti-lock brakes, traction control and more rider aides, along with an upgraded seat and two color options.
The 2024 CVO Street Glide HD can be purchased in this triton scheme for $6,000 more. Observe the wheel. . . [ ] spokes.
These colors come in a wine-red hue called Copperhead, or a tri-color palette in the mythical black, white, and orange (above) for an additional $6,000. Unusual lace-up wheels attached to a Showa suspension, and about $20,000, set it up. apart from the Street Glide base.
2024 CVO Road Glide ST
The 2024 CVO Road Glide ST looks just as competitive as it does with this dark Raven Metallic finish.
Meanwhile, the $42,999 2024 CVO Road Glide ST is new and has been imbued with some of the ferocity Harley used to claim the trophy in the King of the Baggers racing competition.
Conceived by MotoAmerica director and racing legend Wayne Rainey in 2021, this racing league pits experienced motorcyclists against each other on travel bikes, fitted with windshields and rigid panniers.
After a one-off race in 2021 that was not yet a spectacle, the “bagger race” proved to be a huge hit with enthusiasts and breathed new life into the American motorcycling scene, which has recently lived in the shadow of four. motorsports on wheels such as NASCAR and F1, not to mention the first category of foreign motorcycling, MotoGP.
Strong fan reaction to this first King of the Baggers race, or KOTB as it’s also known, has spawned a full series of sponsored KOTB races through Mission Foods in 2022. It also brought together two icons and a mythical rivalry of American motorcycle racing. . Golden Age: Harley-Davidson and Indian. The revamped KOTB festival, in turn, attracted V-Twin logo enthusiasts to MotoAmerica occasions, many of them for the first time; none of the logos competed in Superbikes or other “normal” races.
But for those new fans, the big draw is seeing the riders on KOTB race bikes based on Bagger models that they personally ride, and the festival (and the speeds) are intense (video above). Harley-Davidson and Indian/Polaris have participated. The skirmish with factory teams to battle alongside many privateers, one of whom won the title last year aboard a Harley Road Glide race bike. And it just so happens that the gimmicks and technology that allow racing motorcycles to pass faster have started to hit the streets. legal motorcycles, giving us the fierce 2024 CVO Road Glide ST.
The CVO Road Glide ST is a menacing glossy gray/black “bagger” that contains a higher-performance edition of the Street Glide’s 121-cubic-inch V-Twin, but modified to produce 127 horsepower and an overwhelming 145 pound-feet of torque. Are you looking for a more modern look? easier to use?Here it is at Golden White Pearl:
The pearlescent end detracts from the Road Glide ST’s looks, but don’t be fooled.
The CVO Road Glide ST is also blessed with fully adjustable Showa suspension, including two rear-mounted remote damping reservoirs with quick-adjust controls. The ST’s final drive gearing is also reworked for quicker acceleration in all gears. Lightweight aluminum cast wheels, racing-style “wave” brake rotors and high-performance Brembo calipers help bring the ST down from race speeds. But it’s still an 800-pound touring bike with a stereo in the fairing, cruise control, and a long list of tech including cornering ABS, traction control, a slipper clutch and space in the saddlebags for a weekend’s worth of gear.
2024 CVO Pan America
The CVO Panamérica, fully clothed and in a condition to get dirty.
While CVO models are typically based on cruisers or touring bikes like the Street and Road Glides, both treated to special paint, style tweaks and premium audio systems, the CVO Pan America received none of those things, save some fairly lower-key special paintwork.
First launched in 2021, the Pan America has been good fortune beyond expectations for Harley-Davidson; however, it is curious to see how a motorcycle is renewed to be used in dirt, mud, and in difficult off-road riding conditions that can simply end up with the motorcycle on its side.
Instead of metal-flake paint and chrome, the $28,400 CVO Pan America is slathered with hard parts that make it essentially a turn-key adventure machine or sport tourer. It did receive a distinctive orange and black paint scheme and some stylistic flourishes, including a color-matched subframe, crash bars and seat piping. Harley’s long-running “No. 1” logo graces the tank while CVO badges and logos dot the bike.
And while many CVO machines take advantage of engine modifications and functionality improvements, Harley has left the 1252cc, liquid-cooled, 150-horsepower Revolution Max V-Twin alone at Pan America. It remains the most powerful engine made by the company in terms of horsepower. (some cruisers produce more than the PanAm’s 94 pound-feet of torque. )Interestingly, the CVO team didn’t come with the optional “Street Cannon” exhaust formula for a little more barking and less weight.
A long list of features from the accessory catalog are factory-fitted to the CVO PA, adding aluminum panniers with SW Motech’s CVO badge, quick shifts, crash bars, an adaptive LED headlight formula with curve EQ, the new self-leveling formula and adaptive ride height. Reduction formula, optional 19/17-inch spoked wheels and tubeless tires, a giant skid plate to protect the engine, and a pair of LED headlights to take the darkness out of the city road.
The Pan American CVO in its herbaceous habitat. The dust comes off.
Beyond that, riders will get the normal Pan America’s color 7-inch TFT touchscreen, configurable anti-lock brakes, multiple ride modes, cruise control, traction control and Brembo brakes for serious stopping power.
So, when will you be able to get your own CVO? The CVO models are low-volume special editions and Harley-Davidson hasn’t specified how many CVO sets of each will be produced, but they’re expected to hit dealership showrooms at that time.
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