Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR – Utterly Mad, Brilliantly Powerful, and Completely Bonkers

Right, let’s get one thing absolutely straight: the new Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR isn’t a motorbike—it’s a two-wheeled act of madness. Born from the lunacy of the "King of the Baggers" racing series, this machine packs Harley’s outrageous Screamin' Eagle 131 V-twin engine, delivering a frankly ridiculous 155 horsepower and 203 Nm of torque. That’s 26 more horses and 7 more Nm than the previous most powerful Harley—and about enough grunt to reverse the Earth's rotation or awaken your entire postcode at 6 a.m.

Harley-Davidson clearly spared no expense, pilfering parts directly from the racetrack. You've got cylinder heads straight from their race-tuned Screamin' Eagle kit, a titanium Akrapovič exhaust system (legal in all 50 states, mind you), and a gearbox that sounds like it was forged from Thor’s own hammer. Throw in some top-tier adjustable Öhlins suspension, Brembo GP4-RX brakes so potent they're basically MotoGP-spec, and you've got a touring bike that probably thinks it’s a superbike.

Thanks to generous servings of lightweight composite materials, Harley has shed around 23 kilograms from the bike's weight, which is fantastic when you're desperately trying to lean into corners without scraping off vital body parts. To make things even more thrilling—or terrifying, depending on your viewpoint—ground clearance has been raised, allowing you to attack corners with the kind of commitment usually reserved for people wearing knee sliders and zero sense of self-preservation.

Of course, Harley-Davidson being Harley-Davidson, this piece of rolling insanity still has creature comforts. There's a full multimedia system with a 12.3-inch screen, premium audio by Rockford Fosgate (500 watts—just enough to drown out the screams of your terrified passengers), and even a Cardo Packtalk Edge headset, presumably so you can inform your friends exactly how terrified they should be before you open the throttle.

Now the bad news: Harley-Davidson will build only 131 of these magnificent beasts, priced at a gentle $110,000 each. That’s roughly the cost of a small house somewhere in Eastern Europe—but let’s be honest, no house could ever provide thrills like this.

In short, the Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide RR isn’t a motorcycle. It’s a glorious middle finger to rationality. And I absolutely love it.