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Feb 5, 2023 | 07:12 AM

#31

mazz

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From: northern illinois

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Originally Posted by sonny4

I will be honest can not afford a $60,000 dollar motorcycle. Reading this post apparently your all made of money. SOUNDS impressive. If you had that kind of money why not go out and get a true custom built bike? Why buy a custom cookie cutter?

because CVO work and you ride them all over the country custom that are one off are not suitable for touring in many cases

Feb 5, 2023 | 08:17 AM

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TwiZted Biker

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Originally Posted by robbie52

Probably limiting quantity because they know they won’t sell many at those prices.

Actually this is the culmination of long term business model they openly announced back in 2016 at the big dealers expo showcasing the release of the M8's. The MoCo openly said they there were going to start trimming offerings, limit production numbers and move some production of newer yet unreleased offerings overseas to and this is a direct publicly made quote " Bring value back to the brand name."

This has been coming a long time. Friend has bought a new CVO every 2 years since I've know him, he's called it quits this year laughing at the pricing.

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Feb 5, 2023 | 09:15 AM

#33

sonny4

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Originally Posted by mazz

because CVO work and you ride them all over the country custom that are one off are not suitable for touring in many cases

I have seen a few custom designed touring bikes that make the CVO look like a tricycle.

Feb 6, 2023 | 07:04 AM

#34

StoneTrekker

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It seems you can achieve exclusivity by building fewer things...or by pricing those things beyond the reach of most buyers. In the case of the new CVO models it appears that H-D has employed both strategies. Exclusivity typically conveys desirability, though I think the equation means less today than many years ago when the CVO project actually wowed people. Well, some of them anyway.

I enjoy looking at the CVO lineups every year. I've only really considered buying one on one occasion, but the choices in paint were very borderline to me and I couldn't accept what I didn't appreciate....especially at the price.

I personally don't care what anyone decides to invest in their passion. If you like it and you're comfortable with the cost, bingo. I've spent hundreds of thousands doing what I love over my lifetime, and almost all of it was unrecoverable. Spending $50k+ to own a CVO is just the cost of having a great time for some people, and who am I to judge that?

Feb 6, 2023 | 07:45 AM

#35

mazz

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Originally Posted by sonny4

I have seen a few custom designed touring bikes that make the CVO look like a tricycle.

so have i...but many customs are not designed to ride from Chicago to California annually but i know some might be

Feb 6, 2023 | 07:57 AM

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M Oclaf

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Originally Posted by sonny4

I have seen a few custom designed touring bikes that make the CVO look like a tricycle.

In my travels to various places in the mountains and coast of the western US, never seen a custom at say Yakk Montana…just saying…one thing everyone needs to remember/realize, owning a Harley or any motorcycle is a WANT, they’re not a NEED so it’s all about what one WANTS…regardless of price and what ALL of us think. Ride On!

Feb 7, 2023 | 12:00 PM

#37

FLSTFI Dave

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From: East TN

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Originally Posted by guarddan

You are absolutely correct that there are still dealers selling the CVO at msrp. You have to go search for them, but you can find them. Some of the comments on here give me a good laugh. I would probably guess that there are people on the forum who have paid way over msrp for a new car or a pickup truck. Then the way overpriced pickup truck has some fancy cover on the bed and never carries anything in the bed other than a bag of potting soil for the wife lol.

Lots pay over MSRP for Harleys and CVO's. Same goes for in demand cars and trucks.

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Originally Posted by RG Pilot

I never pay over MSRP for any vehicle and I never will. I paid MSRP for my RG, and every other dealer I spoke with was over MSRP from 5-10K. They wouldn't even talk to me. Paying anything over MSRP is just for bragging rights of owning a high-demand or hard to find vehicle, and resale doesn't care how much was paid over MSRP.

I have paid MSRP or less for the 7 CVO bikes I have purchased. I will not pay over.

Until my Bronco Raptor, I have paid less than MSRP for every new vehicle I have bought including my Corvettes. I had to pay MSRP for my Bronco Raptor.

Feb 10, 2023 | 09:31 AM

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CaffeineBuzz

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i came from BMWs....always thought Harley's were great looking bikes though, but I didn't know a whole lot about CVOs when I saw my bike

stretched bags, painted fork skirt, fork covers and inner fairing, matching controls and footboards, 114 engine....i wasn't thinking...oh boy I get to join the CVO club and be a baller alpha customer....I was just thinking...that's a cool bike, i want that

my brother called it the "Dave Ramsey Special"....I definitely paid too much for it....but if we're talking value....I bought it '19 with 6500 miles....Im at 74k now, and my wife and I have ridden all over on this thing having the time of our lives.... money well spent