2018 Sumping issues
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As someone who is working on blacking out his Laguna Orange RGS, that 41K isn't too out of the park, esp since it includes the larger motor and wheel and such. Factor in parts and labor and I would think that anyone would be north of 41K to do it on their own, which has always been HD's value proposition on CVO's. What I find to be a "rip off" is that HD does not allow any sort of custom modding of the bike prior to purchase. So we are forced to buy a spec bike with only a relatively few options, then yank off all the parts that we don't want, sell them for pennies on the dollar, then replace them with the parts from the catalog that we do want. To me, that is a much a waste of good resources as it is money.
Cruiser
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Care to finish that thought? You can build a CVO for cheaper than just buying one outright or some people enjoy paying for parts twice? You kinda left me hanging there.
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Its all a matter of taste and whats important to you. For my taste, the look of a blacked out "murdered" bike does nothing for me but I ride long distance, not a bar hopper. Giving up the heated seat, heated grips and twin-cooled engine on a $41k CVO RG seems like a complete rip off. But maybe you live in Key West and a 21 inch front wheel is more important than a heated seat, so what do I know? Hence the reference "to each his own". That's what the hobby is all about.
Last edited by Heatwave; Aug 24, 2017 at 10:57 PM.
Road Captain
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yep ...like when they got rid of the front lowers and lower speakers on the 2014 CVO RGs and charged more than the 2013 CVO RGs with the 4 Speaker sound which rocks
a few guys I knew were interested in the 2014 until it came out with no lowers
absolutely stupid
sorry to run off on a tangent
a few guys I knew were interested in the 2014 until it came out with no lowers
absolutely stupid
sorry to run off on a tangent
Last edited by 94 ultra; Aug 25, 2017 at 12:44 AM.
Road Warrior
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Ohh, I woulda bought the 17 Limited CVO in a minute. I ended up with a Limited, not the CVO. If you add all of the goodies on the CVO Limited and the regular Limited, I believe you come out ahead on the CVO, but i could be wrong. I know the difference between the Ultra Classic and Ultra Limited was worth it to me buying the Limited. I guess it all depends on what the buyer wants to do.... I might buy a CVO in a couple of years but it would be a Limited or a Road Glide Ultra. I dont like the blacked out bikes, but that just me.
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