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RIDE REVIEW I 2023 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CVO STREET GLIDE & ROAD GLIDE P112 Harley's designers have done extremely well with the graphic layout and ease of use with the system, and you've got Apple Car Play at your service to make it even easier. However, if you've got an Android phone, you'll run into problems as Android Auto no longer supports motorcycles, which means streaming music and taking phone calls are all you've got. Cruise control is a given for a bike of this nature, but like the lack of electronic suspen - sion, Harley-Davidson missed a trick by not fitting radar-adaptive cruise control. This is an even bigger omission than the electronic suspension because these bikes are de- signed to cover massive miles, often on the freeway, and the fact there are bikes literally half the price of these CVOs on the market that come with radar-adaptive cruise con- trol feels like H-D is falling behind the times when they should be leading them. Wrap Up The Road Glide CVO and Street Glide CVO both start at a whopping $42,999 and you can throw on an extra $6000 if you want the stunning Whiskey Neat with Raven Metal- lic paint scheme we had the Road Glide in, so you are paying absolutely top dollar for Harley's top-line touring machines. They are very regal motorcycles and perform exceptionally well on the open road. However, the fact there's no electronic sus- pension adjustment for a bike that will vary its payload significantly or the lack of adap- tive cruise control, make for a black mark against the models. At least Harley have given themselves room for improvement. Still, the ride experience is very good. The VVT-equipped motor is by far the smooth- est I've yet tried from Harley-Davidson and the infotainment suite is the best I've tried on the market from any manufacturer in any category. They are stunning machines and if you can look past the electronics omissions, you'll not find a more luxurious motorcycle on which to cross America. CN 2023 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CVO ROAD & STREET GLIDE ($42,999) ENGINE: 45° V-twin, 4-valves per cylinder COOLING SYSTEM: Liquid-cooled DISPLACEMENT: 1977cc BORE X STROKE: 103.5 x 117.5mm FUEL INJECTION: EFI, 50mm elliptical throttle bodies, Ride-by-Wire throttle CLAIMED POWER: 115 hp @ 4500 rpm CLAIMED TORQUE: 139 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm COMPRESSION RATIO: 11.4:1 EXHAUST: 2-2-2 TRANSMISSION: 6-speed CLUTCH: Wet multiplate ELECTRONICS: Six Riding Modes, Power Modes, Cornering ABS, Traction Control, Cruise Control, Power Launch, full LED lighting, Daytime Running Light, backlit handlebar switches, 12.8" TFT color display CHASSIS: Steel tube backbone FRONT SUSPENSION: 47mm fork, non-adjustable REAR SUSPENSION: Dual emulsion shocks, monoshock, rebound damping and preload-adjustable FRONT BRAKE: Dual 320mm discs, radially mounted Brembo monobloc 4-piston calipers, Cornering ABS REAR BRAKE: 300mm disc, Brembo 2-piston caliper, Cornering ABS FRONT TIRE: Dunlop H-D Series bias blackwall, 130/60B-19 in. REAR TIRE: Dunlop H-D Series bias blackwall, 180/55B-18 in. RAKE: 26° TRAIL: 6.7 in. WHEELBASE: 64 in. SEAT HEIGHT: 28 in. FUEL CAPACITY: 6.0 gal. WEIGHT (CURB): 838 lbs. / 862 lbs. (Road Glide) S P E C I F I C AT I O N S