The Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST motorcycle is the most responsive and sophisticated performance bagger on the road. Crafted for those who demand the ultimate in power and precision, this motorcycle sets a new standard for performance and style.
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00:00 Hey folks, welcome to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Today we're riding Harley
00:05 Davidson's 2024 CVO Road Glide ST. This is Harley Davidson's top of the range
00:12 hot-rodded, banger style cruiser. This thing's all new for the 2024 model year.
00:21 It is based around Harley Davidson's recently introduced 2023 Road Glide CVO
00:28 which we rode and reviewed officially this past summer. Now this particular
00:37 CVO Road Glide ST is more performance orientated. MSRP is right around
00:46 $43,000 where last summer's Road Glide CVO and its up spec whiskey meat paint
00:55 was nearly $49,000. So a little bit less expensive for that reduced cost you get
01:01 a much more high performance banger motorcycle. This thing has a nearly 2
01:08 liter 45 degree V-twin engine. It doesn't have the adjustable variable valve
01:14 timing that that Road Glide CVO had this summer. So it's four valve cylinder
01:22 heads are fixed in that they don't have a variable valve timing. Now this
01:28 particular engine benefits just like the CVO did this past summer from liquid
01:35 cooled cylinder heads. So the cylinder heads in this bike are water-cooled and
01:40 that is the deal. I really like this Road Glide, the CVO Road Glide ST because
01:48 it's got this awesome Screaming Eagle air intake on it. It also has a nice set
01:55 of twin pipes that really bring out the character in this vehicle. Harley-Davidson
02:01 did some nice modifications to the powertrain. The air box now has just
02:09 around one gallon just over a gallon of capacity. The throttle bodies are also
02:13 larger up to 58 millimeters. Harley-Davidson also changed the air intake the way that
02:22 the air intakes are shaped so the air has a straighter passage into the engine
02:29 that helps increase the velocity and that along with the bigger throttle
02:34 bodies helps this engine push more air. More air means more combustion. More
02:39 combustion means more fun! Woo!
02:43 Yes!
02:49 As usual this CVO Road Glide ST puts power back to an 18-inch rear wheel via
02:57 belt final drive on the left-hand side of the vehicle and a six-speed gearbox
03:03 with out a heel shifter. Gosh this 800 pound bike sure is agile and very easy
03:14 to change directions.
03:18 Now this Road Glide ST also benefits from a track riding mode. If you can even
03:25 believe it, it fitted a track riding mode. I don't know how many beggar people are
03:31 going to be doing track days on this bike but if you want to you can select
03:35 track riding mode and that gives the throttle a more aggressive sharper
03:40 response and just more racy feeling when you're out on the track. Yeah!
03:49 God this thing's a to ride. Now just like the 2023 Road Glide CVO this bike
03:57 benefits from a 47 millimeter Showa inverted BPF style fork. That's a similar
04:05 type of front suspension that you see on a sport bike and that really helps not
04:11 only increase the cornering clearance but it gives this vehicle a little bit
04:16 more posture when you're riding fast. Up back we have a pair of rear shocks.
04:24 Gas-charged rear shocks with just around three inches of suspension out back and
04:31 nearly five up front. Hanging off that front suspension is a set of wave style
04:39 320 millimeter rotors. Big thick ones. Good for dissipating heat and a pair of
04:46 Brembo bottle block calipers. Match to this conventional master cylinder
04:54 through stainless steel brake lines.
04:59 That gives us the ability to shed speed on this 800 pound bike really well. Now
05:07 Harley-Davidson wanted to showcase the performance aspect of its CVO Road Glide
05:13 ST so that's why we're whaling on this thing at the track. Yeah! Oh yeah those
05:21 triple disc brakes. Oh yeah. They're shedding speed in a hurry. It's worth
05:27 mentioning it just like the CVO vehicle we tested this past summer this product
05:33 has proportional braking. So over 25 miles per hour the brake circuit will
05:40 automatically add pressure to the front or rear circuit based on data driven by
05:48 the IMU. That's right this vehicle has a six axis IMU which basically gives the
05:54 vehicle positional awareness and helps power its traction control and ABS
06:03 programming. We're doing some photos here so I'm spaced out from the photographer
06:09 they yelled at me so that was racing too hard earlier but I couldn't help myself
06:14 all this performance in this 45 degree V-twin. What was I supposed to do? Of course I was
06:22 supposed to race and haul ass. Yeah! Gosh you can't believe how agile this 800
06:29 pound bagger is. It's literally unbelievable. Yes that tidal wave of
06:34 torque. This thing is just a hoot to ride.
06:39 All right there's James Raspoli up there. Let's get him in the draft. We're in the
06:47 draft now baby. Should we pass him? Let's pass him. Just joking.
06:54 As usual we have this nice bold and beautiful 12 plus inch color TFT. This
07:02 dashboard is awesome. It's super looks super good. The menu navigation obviously
07:09 we're riding on tracks we're not able to show that to you but the menu navigation is
07:12 super solid and it's generally a very awesome and functional display. Well
07:20 folks that's a quick rundown of Harley-Davidson's 2024 CVO Road Glide ST.
07:26 This thing shits and gets and it's an absolute hoot to ride. If you're someone
07:32 who wants the top spec performance from an American cruiser I think you're gonna
07:39 have a good time on this Road Glide CVO ST because it's awesome.
07:45 Yeah! All right folks as usual make sure to check out MotorcycleBlissOnline.com
07:54 That's where all of our content lives. If you really want a deep dive on this
07:58 bike please watch our 2023 Harley-Davidson Road Glide CVO review.
08:05 You're gonna find a ton of information that you're likely not gonna find
08:08 anywhere else on the internet about that product. So check out that content. Watch
08:13 our top five features video to see more insight on this vehicle and we'll see in
08:19 the next episode. Thanks for riding with us folks.