To all of those who will be buying 2018s, best of luck to you. Did not go back to read the thread, but recall the 2017 CVOs were not that well received on paint either. Same deal on previous years. Through the years there are some CVO paint sets that really do stand out. Some of the older ones are beginning to remind me of when we started looking fondly back at '56-57 Chevys and wondering what the hell happened to the new cars compared to back then (from the mid 70s).
Bet they look better in person, they always seem to. Some of these at first glance are as ugly as a bowling shoe. Sometimes in person they are too. Somebody, somewhere will buy one & they will like it. Am happy with mine, was not interested in an 18 from the get go. M8 will sell a lot of bikes. MoCo revised 2018 sales numbers down earlier this year, my guess is that was done after they saw what the 18 color schemes were going to be.