Harley Davidson Classic: Harley Davidson Electra Glide Custom

Kamis, 13 Juni 2013

Harley Davidson Electra Glide Custom

We frequent the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show, cover the AMD World Championships in Sturgis yearly and never miss a Willie’s Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show, so we’ve seen a custom motorcycle or two. And since Harley-Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations makes show-quality bikes in-house, we figured we’d ponder the features of the 2013 CVO Road Glide Custom as if it were entered in a show, dissecting the individual details which make up the whole.

Though the Shark-Nose fairing has been gracing the front end of the Harley Road Glide since 1998 in one form or another, the frame-mounted fairing is wide from side-to-side and short top-to-bottom and has immediately recognizable lines. The Shark-Nose on the 2013 CVO Road Glide Custom sets itself apart from stock with the addition of a smoked Windsplitter windscreen and space-age headlights called the Daymaker, giving the ’13 CVO Road Glide Custom the distinction of being the first Harley-Davidson with factory LED headlights. A brushed-nickel skull medallion sits just below the sharp-looking windscreen, a hint at the hot rod bagger aesthetic Harley is trying to achieve. The fairing also sets the tone for the paint and graphic scheme that runs the length of the bike, a two-tone affair separated by a clean pinstripe.