2023 Harley Davidson CVO Road Glide - Honest Review - 3,700 miles in 12 Days. Rider’s Opinion.. 

The best review I've seen on this bike. Exactly what people need, straight forward with no sales pitch. Good stuff man.

LOVE your review! Can’t wait to get mine in next week.

Great info video thanks waiting on mine love some of your changes

Honest review !!! Great voice presence! Solid dude !!

Man you're so right on other RU-vid 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.✌🏾

Thanks for this awesome review !

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.

Outstanding review Frat 🤙🏾. Really gives me something to think about 🤔

Excellent review. Thank you.

Very informative review. Thanks

Thanks ET. Great review.

Good stuff waiting on more colors

Looking for the truth! You did an outstanding job. Thanks for the info. I can’t wait to purchase one

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!!

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

Good solid review. I got mine today. I traded a 22 SGST, this is way smoother. Can't speak for performance yet.

great review lol some hater didnt like your honest opinion but they stayed and listen

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

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!

Wonderful honest review - real shame our existing corbin/Mustang/whatever seats wont fit despite the frame being the same. Thanks and well done.

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

I loved the bike myself!

she'ss a beauty! I can relate to waiting on companies to get some aftermarket parts out!

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.

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.

Congratulations Love this bike …one day it’ll be me 🙏

I’m enjoying your content thank you! Also did you need the spacers to Mount the tour pack?

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.

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.

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 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!

I agree with you- Motorcycle RU-vidrs 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.

Wow, this was a great review...i just got mine, hoping i like the seat😂

This is a bad ass bike with a lot of power.

Are the mufflers loud enough or do you think it would be better to wait for more options?

Great looking bike

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.

Nice job! Hope to see you on the road someday

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.

Nice bike I like the color

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!

Thank you for a review that was right to the point and touched some things I think we are all interested in.

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!

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.

Does the CVO RG come in black or white-ish only?

Does the tour pack have remote locking like the saddlebags? Great review!

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.

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.

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.

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

Thanks ET!! SOLD

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….

Still got the wing? Your review helped me make up my mind btw 👍🏼

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?

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

nice review! do you have an issue when you quick blip the throttle, I get a backfire.

Why the Road Glide over the Street Glide?

H-town represent :)

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.

Is it just the video or are the mufflers changing color due to the heat?

Hey are you ready to part with your ChromeWerks slip ons since you got your Taps?

Did you what the whiskey orange one or the sliver mostly

Have you adjusted your preload and rebound for a better ride?

Congratulations 🎊 How do you like the Platinum colour?

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.

Long time no hear ET, nice CVO, what happen to your Goldwing buddy?

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

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

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.

Have them put gell in the seat foe now you might like it. Nice bike, by the way.

How about getting some gel packs put in that seat

Did heat discolor your pipes, or is that just a shadow? Maybe a little lean.

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 ?

can u tell me why the mustang seat wont fit

nice showcase is it over 35k? how much does it weigh ? thanks !

Was that the stage 3 speakers you put in?

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 🙉

Hey, you should start a drinking game where people have to take a sip every time you say hey. Hey.

check out Russell "day long seats". they can customize for your "rear".

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

I told them about the glove box thing

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.

The bike seem quiet no ? Can you detail your impression ?

That Denali though.. 👀

Sorry just finished this video after commenting on another video asking for a video of sound.

Why don't Harleys do the first camless engines

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).

Did you have to re map it when adding the slipons?

That had replace my door grommet already

And no slot for the backrest on the stock seat.

What size are your 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.

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.

What type of phone holder is that ?

I put a long hair sheeps skin on my bike to give it some padding

Congratulations ET, didn't you have a goldwing also

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.