HARLEY DAVIDSON CVO 2013

New to the 2013 CVO stage are the Road King and Breakout while the Ultra Classic Electra Glide and Road Glide Custom return for encore performances. Auspicious is the 2013 model year for Harley-Davidson as the company celebrates 110 years of motorcycle manufacturing. To augment the occasion, Harley is offering three CVOs in anniversary garb with 110th-anniversary badging and fuel tank medallions, but the Breakout is way too cool to participate in any organized merrymaking.

Standard among all CVO models is the Screamin’ Eagle Twin Cam 110 engine (110B on the Breakout) and the new Assist & Slip Clutch Pack said to reduce driveline loading during downshifts. The clutch lever has been reshaped to optimize control while clutch action is reduced by 10 percent and clutch lever hold-in force is 17 percent lower. Twenty-thirteen CVOs also come with cruise control, ABS and H-D’s Smart Security System as standard equipment.

Extra benefits when purchasing a 2013 CVO come in the form of a CVO embroidered indoor/outdoor storage cover and a one-year membership to the H-D museum including all kinds of special CVO privileges and discounts.

Let’s now get on to the specifics of each new 2013 CVO model.

2013 Harley-Davidson CVO Breakout
Price: $26,499
Worldwide Production: 1,900 units
Performance: 112 ft. lbs. @ 3500rpm
Colors:  
   • Black Diamond/Molten Silver with Crushed Slate Graphics
   • Crimson Red Sunglo/Scarlet Lace with Hammered Sterling Graphics
   • Hard Candy Gold Dust/Liquid Sun with Pagan Gold Graphics

Polished chrome Turbine wheels rolling on a fat 240/40-18 rear tire and equally wide 130/60-21 front with fenders chopped to the legal limit to show off as much rubber as possible, the new Breakout strikes an imposing profile without trying. Weighing 724 pounds wet and producing a claimed 112 ft.-lb. of torque at 3500 rpm, the Breakout boasts the best power-to-weight ratio of any 2013 Harley-Davidson model.

Powering the CVO Softail is a Screamin’ Eagle Twin Cam 110B engine with a Heavy Breather intake. The Electronic Sequential Port Fuel-Injected (ESPFI) motor is manipulated via Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) and the power is delivered to the rear wheel by way of hydraulic clutch operation, an Assist & Slip Clutch Pack, and a 6-speed Cruise Drive transmission.

Of the three paint schemes two feature hand-polished steel sections on the fuel tank and fenders while the third incorporates hand-laid lace stenciling. While the two hand-polished Breakouts sport black leather seats, the Crimson Red model flaunts brown leather seats. The CVO Breakout also boasts a polished and chromed single-rib cast aluminum oil tank.