When it came time to trade my two HD's an '09 FXDC with $20K invested it brought only $8K in trade. My other trade a '10 RK with $26K invested brought only $19K after 5 months of ownership.

Now after 2 1/2 months of owing my CVO I already put in another $5K in engine mods and other goodies. So far $43K invested and climbing. If I'm not careful, I'll have a $50K bike before long.
It never ends. I just can't leave a Harley stock.

 

Get the CVO . You will NOT regret it. Owning a HD is a sickness . Not even out the dealers door and I had $3,000+ in mods on it ......But she is a beauty .

 

Definitely yes and no. Just sayin

 

Actually I just read in American Bagger that in 2012, all parts on a CVO are not exclusive- anyone can buy them from their dealer.

Not putting down any of the newer CVO's, but it seems that the 2009's were the last "exclusive" CVO's- hand built by a small team in York, PA, with many parts that couldn't be bought by non CVO owners.

 

Not disagreeing about the being built by a small team part but it is my understanding that many parts are not available without a CVO VIN. There has been lots of talk about the 12 lighted console and guys trying to con their way into the parts. I know with the '11s as well, the chrome eagle badge was restricted to those with a CVO VIN.

 

i dont like the handbars on my CVO converitble 2011 they hurt my wrists.

 

If you take 2 identical bikes..one being a CVO and the other being a regular Harley with all the extras to make it a CVO--the CVO will be worth more because the VIN states that it's a CVO.

There are restrictions on certain parts which can be gotten around....using someone else's CVO VIN to order things--or a vin you found on EBAY....but certain parts--and mostly the painted parts--need to be returned when buying a new one so that HD can be sure you are not trying to build your own CVO look alike.

 

In the Jan/Feb issue of Motorcycle Bagger magazine, on the bottom of pg 37 and 38:

"... plus any custom part that you see on one of the CVO models can be ordered and installed on a standard-issue bagger".

That was news to me too.

 

Cool, glad to see I'm not the only one who really rides their CVO. 131,000 miles on my 2000 FLTRSEI.

And yeah, it was worth every penny.

 

ok why did this come out of left field