2023 Harley Davidson CVO Road Glide - Honest Review - 3,700 miles in 12 Days. Rider’s Opinion..
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2023
- My 2023 Harley Davidson CVO Road Glide. Rode bike from Houston, Texas to Sturgis, South Dakota. This is not a Demo Ride Review, this is an actual review from a rider that has put the bike on the highway. Added Khrome Werks slip ons, did the rear speaker upgrade. Also added Harley Davidson Chopped Tour Pak and 12” Windsplitter windshield.
The best review I've seen on this bike. Exactly what people need, straight forward with no sales pitch. Good stuff man.
Really good review - could you share your thoughts in the handling? How does it perform on the twisties?
@@kwill9686 I can't believe I didn't mention that. Traditionally I haven't been one of those lean/twisty guys. With this bike, I'm leaning like crazy in the twisties. You can feel the 34 pound difference in the weight. It's 34 pounds lighter.
MilesOn2 speaketh the truth.
LOVE your review! Can’t wait to get mine in next week.
Man you're so right on other UA-cam influencer saying; the bike is great, oh my god the power is ridiculous, and so on! I want the rider experience on a long trip! Great video and congrats on your new bike.✌🏾
Great info video thanks waiting on mine
love some of your changes
Great review! Nice to know about the speaker upgrade. I agree with want you said about the bike. I have Street Glide CVO. Also in the Houston area.
Honest review !!! Great voice presence! Solid dude !!
I just put a down payment on one, and appreciate your comments. I totally agree about needing a backrest as I am 6ft 2 as well. 1st thing I asked the dealer about.
Great timing! Been at my local Harley dealer this week and they have that same bike and the same silver in the CVO street Glide. Great to hear some of the ups and downs. Will help to make my decision for sure. I do want a seat and back rest, the same slip on pipes, highway pegs, luggage rack or a removable tour pack. I was worried about not having lowers like my ultra classic had. Thanks again!!
Looking for the truth! You did an outstanding job. Thanks for the info. I can’t wait to purchase one
Good solid review. I got mine today. I traded a 22 SGST, this is way smoother. Can't speak for performance yet.
Outstanding review Frat 🤙🏾. Really gives me something to think about 🤔
Thanks for this awesome review !
great review lol some hater didnt like your honest opinion but they stayed and listen
Excellent review. Thank you.
Thanks ET. Great review.
Wonderful honest review - real shame our existing corbin/Mustang/whatever seats wont fit despite the frame being the same. Thanks and well done.
Good stuff waiting on more colors
Very nice bike I had to turn the radio down you had the seats in the car vibrating when you started the motorcycle up.very nice video GOD bless.
I'm 6'2 as well. I have put floor board extensions on all my Harleys. It Put them another 2" away from the bike and alot more room for my size13" boot.
Very informative review. Thanks
Great review. Nice details about things like the floorboads, and finding out there is no backrest, even as an option. And how the seat feels. Appreciate the feedback on the windscreen too. As you said, too many reviews all parroting the same glowing reviews without giving any real information we can use. Subscribed!
Thanks for watching!
she'ss a beauty! I can relate to waiting on companies to get some aftermarket parts out!
Cool bike, I hope to get my Whiskey Neat soon. It will be the prototype for Wilbers research to adapt the self leveling suspension to the new touring platform. You might wanna wait with your suspension upgrade. Safe rides
Keep us posted Stefan. Be very interested to know how the suspension has changed
@@Meldelkel will do!
This is exactly what I was looking for! I have Wilbers on my 2022 RG (front and back) and love them. I'm looking at the new CVO and wanted to know if Wilbers will be making upgrades for it.
great Video ..... very informative. I pick up my 2023 CVO Street Glide in a few days . FYI ... CORBIN makes a seat for the new 22 /23 / 24 models l
Thanks - Yes I currently have 2 Corbin Seats.
Breezy rider seat cover would have helped with the seat. Fits right over the stock seat. I've got one on my road glide limited. Game changer for distance rides. Still not perfect but it helps. Very nice bike congratulations 😮 kind of reminds me of the low rider st. I have the khrome werks full exhaust on my road glide limited, loud but not obnoxious.
Khrome Werks Sounds really good 👍🏾 I’ll be coming to HTown soon
Good honest review. Thanks! I live in NC. When you go to the Tail of the Dragon, the best direction & loop, is the Cherohala Skyway, to the TOD & then Moonshiner 28. Also, 209 Rattler, Copperhead Loop & Wayah Road are also in the area along with Foothills Parkway & Blue Ridge Parkway. Devil's Triangle in Tennessee is a good too. Wheels Thru Time Museum is Maggie Valley is a must. Try to do all roads on a weekday. Stay away from the TOD on Saturday. The best section of the Blue Ridge Parkway (highest point, scenery & lots of tunnels) is from Cherokee to Asheville. Ride safe.
Thanks for the info
I replaced my seat on the SGST almost immediately. BadBoyz Cycles has a seat for your CVO. I put the BBC Venom seat on mine and rode to Sturgis and back to NM no problem! I did the Tab Performance 50 Cal slip ons and wow!
Great feedback on the new CVOs. As a 22 CVO owner, I agree with you on the order communication part from H.D. It took me three months after placing the order before I was told it was in a warehouse... but to be fair, it seams like auto dealers do that too.
How far can you ride on a tank if gas? You can go 250 miles on mine but you will be sweating it out. My 103 went about 300 miles and i do miss that. That extra 50 miles per tank was nice.
I adjusted my suspension yesterday. It helps a lot! My dealer didn't set the preload for me. If yours is like mine, you have zero pre-load and you will bottom out on a lot of bumps
That’s what I’m thinking. Bike rides so smooth. Enjoy the bike.
That's a shame that they didn't take the time to make sure the bike wasn't set up perfectly for you!
I loved the bike myself!
Congratulations Love this bike …one day it’ll be me 🙏
Wow, this was a great review...i just got mine, hoping i like the seat😂
Great review, hate to hear the seat in so uncomfortable. Just got back from a 2600 mile trip and you need comfort. the pipes sound great!
I have a2012 CVO Road Glide and I put the slime tour pack and my husband and I moved the tour pack forward for my back rest. We took the passenger seat off, I’m 5’5” so we moved the tour pack forward til I could rest my back comfortable. Give it a try it works for me. I’ve put over 108600 on my bike.
I could send you a picture
I’m enjoying your content thank you! Also did you need the spacers to Mount the tour pack?
No I didn’t need spacers. It’s close opening the saddlebags though. I have to be aware and open slowly. I have since ordered the spacers
This is a bad ass bike with a lot of power.
Great review, very honest and thorough except about the seat, didn't talk too much about the seat. Anyway, hope you get the seat asap and good luck, can't ever find a comfortable seat. Stay safe, see ya on the road, YODA.
Nice video... on the video it looks like the Khrome Werks mufflers have discolored at the front and rear of the muffler, or it looks like that through the camera, but not in person? We can't make up our minds about buying one now or wait. So many things are not available yet; tinted windshields, etc. Freedom windshield's says they'll be working on them this off season. Also you said there are no seats that will fit. Is it that there are no seats where the backrest will not fit or is it that seat itself does not fit, with or without a backrest.
Are the mufflers loud enough or do you think it would be better to wait for more options?
It feels great when you buy a bike and you don't need to replace anything (seat, screen, muffler, handle bars, suspension, speakers, lights, etc). For a $50K bike, no one should need any upgrade. The one's who suck up to the Manufacturers for Free Meals and Free Trips will tell you how amazing every bike is whether it's a $15K or $50K bike. The bike looks very nice with the top case and the black chrome pipes. Happy rides.
Just threw my leg over one of these today. I agree with almost everything you said. My first impression was this seat is not gonna cut it. I have a 15 RGS that has more added options than the Ultra, and like you I travel long distances on a regular basis. Just took a trip from DC to Beaumont via Nashvile and NOLA. I need that seat and backrest! Bike looks a lot better in person that vids and pics. Think I'm gonna wait for the touring version, hopefully next year. Thanks for the review!
I’m a Corbin fan. They are almost done with seat that will fit. About 1-2 weeks away
Excellent/fantastic review! I'm surprised the dealer you picked the bike up from in Dallas didn't adjust the suspension to your weight. Especially if they knew you were riding to Sturgis?? I test rode the bikes at the 120th. The seat felt comfortable, but a 20 minute test ride doesn't tell the tale. Hopefully, Saddlemen and others will come out with some new seats soon.
The tech did. He just adjusted the left side, not the right side. But not a lot of people knew much about the bike.
Very good job on the lawn also ,and yes the Denali is a Woww ,great bike,it’s a shame at that price the seat is no good and it should come with 3 different shield and the tour pack….
I agree
Really nice bike and my co-worker just picked his up yesterday. He went from a R1 to a Harley. You paid too much money for the storage compartment door to not work within the first 12 days. Let them fix it before be somewhere and it WON'T open and have something in there that you need to get out.
I actually like it better just letting it up. But yeah I have a to-do list for them to do at my 5,000 service.
Mean City Cycles in NC does amazing work on stock seats. I can sit on mine all day. They do custom stitching and piping as well. Reasonable pricing as well.
My Corbin Seat is on now. I'll post a video
Thank you for a review that was right to the point and touched some things I think we are all interested in.
thanks bro
Great looking bike
Thanks Kelly B. Enjoy your channel. This is Hard Rider ET. On your channel 2 years ago you got me as a prospect, then you got me again in Dallas as a patched member.
In watching POV videos on the new HD's it would seem there is quite of bit of feed back coming from the road into the handle bars. You mentioned that the ride was a bit harsh, you think this can be adjusted out and to that point is the front suspension adjustable? Really like the changes HD has made and may look at adding a SG to the stable in the next couple years.
I think the pre load adjustment will help. I’ll let you know
Still got the wing? Your review helped me make up my mind btw 👍🏼
Is it just the video or are the mufflers changing color due to the heat?
Thanks ET!! SOLD
Cool. I’m still loving the bike
Nice bike I like the color
Does the tour pack have remote locking like the saddlebags? Great review!
Does not have remote locking. Several people in various groups say it’s doable, but I’m okay with the regular lock
I'm trying to order one but I'm haggling to permanently remove the twin cooling and install an oil cooler and lowers with speakers. Then it goes to cut n shoot in Conroe Tx for a California side car trike conversion.
Why the Road Glide over the Street Glide?
I agree with you- Motorcycle UA-camrs do a great job of making 10-20 minute product reviews without actually telling you anything useful. The YT marketing industrial complex is a real thing.
Also, I knew from first glance there’s no way that seat would be comfortable.
Does the CVO RG come in black or white-ish only?
I purchased the same exhaust, hopefully they come soon. Does your Khrome Werks slip-ons have the standard baffle and if so does the torque perform the same as the stock HD mufflers? Thank you
Standard baffle
Nice job! Hope to see you on the road someday
Awesome man. I was actually supposed to come to Milwaukee for the Aloha Roundup. My frat brothers told me they came to your clubhouse
@@etontheground-ETOTG they sure did! I was wondering if you were an Alpha. Good to know!
I have exactly the same bike and I agree that seat sucks I ordered a drivers backrest it don’t match but says it fits
Just upgraded to a mustang seat and love it
Great review. I purchased the same bike. Do you know the actual name of the Khrome werks exhaust? also, with the 6x9 speaker upgrade for bags, did HD have to do any programming to install them or were they plug and play? thank you
Plug and play, but yes HD has to plug in the computer to program it
Thank you brother!@@etontheground-ETOTG
Great review. I picked mine up past weekend and only have a couple hundred miles on but, this is enough to tell me that the seat isn't going to cut it. My last bike was an Ultra with a bat wing fairing. If you were in Sturgis this year, I know you had to deal with a lot of rain. How'd it handle in the rain with rain mode, etc.? I see a lot of openings when i look down the handlebars. Did the fairing provide much protection from the rain?
Bike rode great in the rain. I didn't use Rain mode though. I had rain mode on my Goldwing and always rode in the rain in the normal mode.
Fairing is great. Aerodynamically sound
nice review! do you have an issue when you quick blip the throttle, I get a backfire.
No I do not. I now have Tab Performance 50 cal w/Zombie baffles. Runs really strong now
How about getting some gel packs put in that seat
Every 2023 CVO I've seen looks to have some fitment issue on the Fairing Spoiler. The gaps front to back as well as each side is not a tight gap and is surely inconsistent.
Bike rides great. Have owned 13 Harley’s, this is by far the best…. Love the 2023 CVO Road Glide. Goal of 30,000 miles in 2024.
Hey are you ready to part with your ChromeWerks slip ons since you got your Taps?
Sold already
Long time no hear ET, nice CVO, what happen to your Goldwing buddy?
Goldwing gone. SOld it. May get the DCT in December.
Did you what the whiskey orange one or the sliver mostly
I like solid colors. I wanted silver
H-town represent :)
H-TINE DINE
Nice bike I have been riding for over 45 years and had all kinds of bikes now I ride a ultra limited shame on HD when you spend a ton of cash amd you need to replace the seat.Did anyone at HD actually test these cvo for more than 10 miles ?
I agree. Ridiculous we have to buy a new seat / backrest. That's why I say HD dropped the ball with all the youtubers supposedly telling us about the bikes. They were all excited to be riding. They should of had an hour breakdown of the bike and what to expect. The sales staff and the techs no nothing about the bike. That's why I wanted to do a 3,700 mile review. I feel like I know this bike now.
Have you adjusted your preload and rebound for a better ride?
Yes. Did it shortly after the video
Have them put gell in the seat foe now you might like it. Nice bike, by the way.
I talked to a guy at Sturgis, he didn’t want to do it. He said seat was too nice to modify. He told me to just wait until aftermarket is available
@@etontheground-ETOTGI hear you, brother I would still have them change it And put gel inside just for comfort since you're gonna change it anyway❤
I have left comments to others youtuber’s about the short front fender that exposes debris to your oil cooler or does it have a oil cooler since it’s water cooled
Fender has been fine so far. On way to Sturgis, route included several unpaved roads. I was scared about that. It's liquid cooled, in an area that should be free from any debris.
@@etontheground-ETOTG ok thanks my brother
Congratulations 🎊
How do you like the Platinum colour?
I love it
@etontheground-ETOTG I was going to purchase the whisky neat but ended up purchasing the Deep Platinum.
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
check out Russell "day long seats". they can customize for your "rear".
Yes, but they don’t fit on the 23 CVO
can't you send your seat for redesign?
can u tell me why the mustang seat wont fit
No seat will fit. The way they did the side covers is the main problem.
@@etontheground-ETOTG damn them i just bought a $800 mustang seat was thinking of trading in for new cvo
nice showcase is it over 35k? how much does it weigh ? thanks !
Around 50k.. It’s 34 pounds lighter and yiu can feel itZ. Rides great
It's the Hot Harley, no doubt 🧐 ... My ol' German touring bagger is all road-weather-capable... With ride /suspension modes for •soft •med •hard, automatic pre-load adjustments with real time adjustments...gps navigation and a center stand complement heated grips with handguards..brembo brakes and spoked tubeless rims handle the full range of 19"/17"ADV rubber lineup... 🐒I'm out of fashion and it's a 2016gsAdventure...I sold my hog
You're pimpin' the 👑 Harley Davidson tourer... It has a stereo, I hear my earplugs 🙉
Did heat discolor your pipes, or is that just a shadow? Maybe a little lean.
They were somewhat wet. I sprayed some shine in them. Wiped it off better
@etontheground-ETOTG but you see what I was talking about? The black chrome looks discolored. But they do sound great. I picked mine up today. Glad you had a nice trip, great review again.
Great review. Interesting that you would replace the seat, replaced the pipes & speakers. Sounds like a lot of $ for a 43k bike. I just put a deposit on a 2023 CVO street glide in Whiskey neat and I am rethinking my decision after this review. The cost of the bike is over 48K with the custom color and the thought of having to upgrade the seat, Pipes, back rest and speakers might be a bit too much to swallow for the price point. Harley is getting greedy.
So you planned on keeping the factory seat for long cross country trips? But yeah, do what makes you happy. If that means cancelling... Good luck
I currently have a 2021 CVO limited. I've always had CVO Ultras and never had a seat issue so I found your review helpful@@etontheground-ETOTG
Why don't Harleys do the first camless engines
The bike seem quiet no ? Can you detail your impression ?
Nah it has a good rumble. Phone video doesn't do justice. I actually like it. Have had D&D for years, didn't miss that loudness while riding 20 hours one way.
I told them about the glove box thing
Was that the stage 3 speakers you put in?
Rockford Fosgate thru Harley. Sounds great
What size are your bars
those are the stock bars
A great review but owners having to buy screens is bs. Why the heck HD didnt put a electric screen on an expensive touring bike.
That Denali though.. 👀
I love it. Just got it..
Hey, you should start a drinking game where people have to take a sip every time you say hey. Hey.
Hey, I can do that. Hey thanks for watching my bike.
Sorry just finished this video after commenting on another video asking for a video of sound.
Congratulations ET, didn't you have a goldwing also
Sold the Goldwing. Outstanding bike though
When you pay that much for a bike surely you would expect the seat to be good. Can't you go back to the dealer and get it fixed?
I'm still waiting for mine and I'm in Europe.
Seat is not broke, just not a touring seat. I can take the cubby holder back, but I think I like it the way it is better.
What type of phone holder is that ?
Rokform. They are the best. Try them out. about $100.00. But you have to buy their case also - $80 or so. Phone is locked in
I have the same phone holder instead of buying there case, buy the sticky and you can use any case.. I use it on a otterbox
That had replace my door grommet already
I know. That was a bad idea IMO
You can add a backrest i bought mine saturday and put it on yesterday.
I know a lot of people like baggers, but this bike, beautiful as it is, seems to me more like an evolutionary step nearer the Honda Gold Wing than a Harley. Guess it's about Harley making sure they cater for all sorts of riders. I much prefer the look of the 2021 Harley Davidson Road King Special you got. Then again, I ride choppers and some old school stuff, as well as a latest model Dyna, and they are a lot smaller bikes (none is a bagger).
And no slot for the backrest on the stock seat.
None
Did you have to re map it when adding the slipons?
No
The 2 things i was looking for from Harley was upgraded suspension front and back. Im disappointed. I don't like the front fender. I can get that on any other bike. Dorrybto hear the seat is garbage too. I quess $60000 doesn't cut it.
Sorry to hear