Harley-Davidson has, of course, been manufacturing motorcycles for more than a century. However, the company has only produced bikes under the Custom Vehicle Operations wing for 25 years, debuting the limited edition models in 1999. Manufacturing numbers for CVO motorcycles can vary from one year to the next. But production on most of Harley-Davidson’s custom-made motorcycles rarely seems to top out at more than a few thousand of each model every year.
Given the level of customization that goes into the manufacture of most Harley-Davidson CVOs, it’s easy to understand why the company opts to keep production numbers low. As for what sets a CVO build apart from your standard, straight-off-the-manufacturing-line model Harley-Davidson, like the bike’s production numbers, customizations vary from year to year. A look at some of the 2024 CVO models offers a glimpse at the sort of customization involved, with the current line boasting everything from eye-catching paint jobs to massively upgraded engines, suspensions, and lighting packages, as well as “Infotainment” packages with Bluetooth connectivity and color TFT touchscreens as large as 12 inches.
If you know anything about Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, you know some of the features boasted on the CVO models are about as far from stock as you can get. While that may not always be the case, Harley-Davidson diehards may cherish the chance to test them out in high style before the company starts including them in factory builds.
