It's a nice bike but I could get a standard RK and make it exactly the way I want it while still saving $10k.
I'm not one to flame but you absolutely couldn't. The price difference is only 10k between them before you even start to customize. Just the 110" and a custom paint job alone is 10k and missing many other modifications.
I'm not sensitive because have one. If you don't like the bikes you are very entitled to express that opinion but your comment was just incorrect. You couldn't build a CVO equivalent bike from a base bike and save 10k.
I'm lovin' my 2014 CVO Road King. I've had mine since 8/13 when they first rolled out and put 7500 miles on it so far. It's been running fantastic. All I've done to it was change the exhaust system, put on Mustang seats with rider's backrest, and got a second standard windshield for touring. Best bike I've ever had.
Have had my 2008 CVO RoadKing since new Love it as much as the first day I brought it home. Granted I have done a bunch of things to it, but it still turns as many heads as it did when it was brand new.
Nothing wrong with getting the standard King and making it your own at all. But for me the 2014 CVO King was done up exactly how i want it. Trust me if you really look into all the extra stuff that HD put into the CVO king and you added it all up you would be well into the upper 30k s!!! The CVO for what it comes with is a steal @ 28k.. And as said before all the added parts you put on any standard Harley will be a waste come trade in time one day down the road. The CVO bikes will still be worth top dollar because all that extra stuff came standard! That makes a huge difference.
I have a 2014 CVO King, too, in tribal orange. I debated long and hard whether to get the stock and make changes or go with the CVO. For me, as Zakk13 said, the CVO King was just how I wanted it. I will probably get a Le Pera seat as the stock is too wide for me. But other than that I bought a license plate frame and an Arlen Ness horn cover that accepts any five-bolt timing covers and got another cover to match the original. Grand total of about $140! I also have a 2012 Dyna Switchback that I love...but I sure don't want to add up how much I spent customizing it. Thousands! I think H-D got the 2014 CVO King about perfect. And I love the ride. Handles great, smooth, really solid. I've had a Street Bob, still have the Dyna, and I also ride a Triumph Thruxton. The CVO King handles as well any of the others which certainly surprised me. Pleasantly!
They look really good. Im guessing you still had to change to longer cables?
Thanks!! I did not have to change the cables. I had to get wiring extensions which I got pretty cheap from Namz extensions. The clutch and brake lines were good to go.