2025 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR Preview 

MotoAmerica’s King Of The Baggers series has exploded in popularity since it debuted in 2020, featuring Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles pushed to the limits of bagger performance. Now customers will be able to purchase a race-spec Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR streetbike for themselves. If they’ve got deep enough pockets. 

Harley-Davidson’s CVO Road Glide RR will be a limited-production model of only 131 hand-assembled units available through select Harley dealers in the U.S. with a whopping MSRP of $110,000. For that chunk of change, customers will get the most powerful production Harley Big Twin ever offered in the MoCo’s 122-year history, complete with a race-ready chassis, an intricate a CNC-machined billet swingarm, and championship-winning racing components. 

Starting with the engine, the Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR is powered by a Stage IV Screamin’ Eagle 131ci (2,147cc) V-Twin that makes a claimed 153 hp at 5,750 rpm and 150 lb-ft of torque at 4,750 rpm, with a redline elevated from 5,900 rpm to 6,500 rpm. It features a gaping 68mm throttle body and a CNC-ported intake manifold, with fuel flowing through CNC-ported cylinder heads and combustion chambers and 2mm-larger valves. The 34mm exhaust valves are made from expensive Inconel to resist fatigue. The 2-into-1 Akrapovič full-titanium exhaust is 10 lb lighter than the standard Milwaukee-Eight exhaust. 

The CVO Road Glide RR is also equipped with top-shelf Öhlins suspension components. Up front is an inverted 43mm Öhlins FGR Hypersport Superbike fork, and in the rear are Screamin’ Eagle Öhlins Remote Reservoir shocks. The fully adjustable suspension raises the motorcycle ride height by 2 inches for an increased lean angle of 36 degrees on the right and 35 degrees on the left (an increase of 3 degrees left and right compared to the CVO Road Glide ST).  

Premium braking components include Superbike-spec Brembo GP4-RX CNC 4-piston front calipers paired with 320mm Brembo T-Drive rotors that cost more than $600 each. In the rear, a 4-piston Brembo caliper bites a 300mm rotor.  

For a weight reduction of 50 lb compared to the CVO Road Glide ST, the CVO Road Glide RR features titanium, carbon-fiber, and aluminum components. The mufflers and exhaust headers are titanium, and exhaust shields are carbon-fiber. A woven carbon-fiber composite is used on the front and rear fenders, side covers, tank console, fork nacelle, and radiator shroud, and a carbon-fiber and Kevlar layup is used on the front fairing and saddlebags.  

The clutch basket was created from high-strength 7075 billet aluminum. Other billet aluminum is found on the powertrain covers, intricate swingarm, and footpegs. The bike’s as-shipped weight is a claimed 750 lb. 

Creating a race-ready riding position are new mid-mount foot controls, a solo seat that has a laden seat height of 28.9 inches (2.3 inches higher than the standard Road Glide), a Moto Bar handlebar, and a 6-inch handlebar riser. The seat’s raised rear bolster and padded pommel on the rear of the fuel tank help keep the rider in place during aggressive riding. 

The Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR comes with Harley’s Rider Safety Enhancements, including cornering ABS and traction control, cornering Drag Torque Slip Control, Vehicle Hold Control, electronically linked brakes, and tire-pressure monitoring. Riders can switch through the nine available ride modes to adjust the performance and intervention levels of these technologies. 

Ride modes include the normal Road, Sport, and Rain modes, and the RR gets four custom modes that allow the rider to select their preferences for torque delivery, engine braking, throttle response, traction control, and ABS. Track mode, developed with input from H-D Factory Team racer Kyle Wyman, is designed for best performance in a racetrack environment. Finally, Track Plus mode is designed for experienced riders to gain maximum control. Compared to Track mode, Track Plus disables electronically linked braking entirely and further reduces ABS and traction control. 

The RR also debuts the new Harley-Davidson Audio powered by Rockford Fosgate Stage III audio system with a four-channel, 500-watt amplifier powering 6.5-inch speakers mounted in the fairing. Additional features include a 5-inch dark smoke Wind Splitter windshield, and a 12.3-inch touchscreen display with Apple CarPlay and over-the-air software updates via wi-fi. 

The bike’s livery is inspired by the 2025 Harley-Davidson Factory Racing Team motorcycles competing in the King Of The Baggers series. It features Solid Racing Orange color that fades into a series of bars that form the shape of the Bar & Shield logo. Some areas of bodywork feature a clearcoat finish that reveals the carbon-fiber weave pattern, and there’s a white “Screamin’ Eagle” graphic on the fuel tank and fairing sides. The engine is finished in Hog Black with Racing Orange highlights, and the cast-aluminum wheels are finished in Gloss Black with red “CVO RR” laser-etched on the front wheel. For such a high-spec machine, we were surprised to not see a set of lightweight forged-aluminum wheels, but race-team manager Jason Kehl says that none were currently available that could handle the bagger’s weight.  

The Road Glide RR will become available in May, and it’s back by a 24-month unlimited miles limited warranty. Find more information on the Harley-Davidson website. 

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