Harley-Davidson's $110K Motorcycle Doesn't Know What The Word Depreciation Means

Harley-Davidson isn't a name you might readily associate with raw, unadulterated speed and knee-dragging cornering. No, the Motor Company's long-running history of lumpy 45-degree V-Twins is more likely to conjure mental images of "Easy Rider," the silly debauchery of Daytona Bike Week, or highway-faring tough guys with Iron Butt Association patches. It's just the reality of the MoCo's offerings, like the heartbreakingly expensive, yet comfortable 2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited.

Here's the thing, though: no one told the 2025 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR to stick to the lazy, long-legged bagger plan. Instead of focusing on comfort and utility, the Bar & Shield let the CVO Road Glide RR do its best King Of The Baggers (KOTB) impression. The result is quite possibly the wildest street-legal motorcycle Harley-Davidson has ever rolled out: an unhinged replica KOTB racing motorcycle. 

That said, whoever presumably had the task of telling the stratospherically-spendy CVO Road Glide RR to stick to the highway may have also failed to tell it to depreciate. A glimpse at the limited-run, motorsport-inspired bagger's sales data suggests it might be something of an appreciating asset. Hell, people seem keen to flip it.

The Milwaukee motorcycle brand wasn't shy about the price for its limited-run 2025 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR. At $110,000, it's still the priciest production motorcycle the company has ever produced. But like the similarly absurd Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, buyers have taken to buying and flipping the CVO Road Glide RR. 

Perhaps the best example of this is a CVO Road Glide RR for sale in Parkville, Maryland. The seller brazenly posted the 18-mile motorcycle at $210,000, an eye-watering $100,000 premium over its original list price. Another CVO Road Glide RR that went up for sale at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Florida earlier this year sold for $137,500, a 25% increase over the bike's original suggested price.

Now, that doesn't mean every CVO Road Glide RR will make a killing at auction. Mecum hosted the No. 72 bike at its Glendale, Arizona 2026 auction with a mere 26 miles on the odometer. It did end up selling, but for a price under the original: It netted $106,700 at auction, a 3% drop in value from when it was new. In yet another ill-fated attempt at a flip sale, a 10-mile CVO Road Glide RR failed to sell at Mecum's Kissimmee, Florida 2026 auction for $110,000. There might be a buyer for every bike, but that didn't seem to be the case for bike No. 70.

So what justifies the six-figure value? The 2025 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR is more KOTB racing bike than a FLTRX Road Glide with modest treatments from the Motor Company's Custom Vehicle Operations division. For starters, Harley built just 131 CVO RRs, each by hand, and distributed them through the brand's U.S. dealer network exclusively. Keeping the "131" trend moving, the heart of the CVO Road Glide RR is a naturally aspirated 131-cubic-inch Screamin' Eagle V-Twin. With 153 peak horsepower and 150 pound-feet of torque on tap, it's quite simply the most powerful Milwaukee-Eight V-Twin the Motor Company has ever installed in a production bike.

In addition to the big-boy engine, the American motorcycle brand gave the CVO Road Glide RR a host of Screamin' Eagle performance parts, including liquid-cooled computer numeric control (CNC) machine-ported cylinder heads, larger intake and exhaust valves, a high-performance camshaft, a high-volume oil pump, a larger 2.68-inch throttle body, and a high-flow air filter. And unlike the lesser Road Glides, the CVO RR gets a full titanium Akrapovič two-into-one exhaust system, ditching 10 pounds compared to the standard setup.

The CVO RR doesn't stop there, either. Inverted Öhlins forks and adjustable 14-inch Öhlins rear shock absorbers work in tandem to lift things up 2 inches and give the bike handling characteristics you simply won't find on a CVO Road Glide ST. Don't think for a minute that you'll be keeping up with full-fat KOTB bikes, though; the CVO RR adds a few things you wouldn't find on Kyle Wyman's race-prepped motorcycle, like a 785-pound curb weight and a huge thin-film transistor screen.