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[grc]

Based on the uneven pin striping on my bike (both the thickness and the distance to other paint detail) I would think at least some CVO models are done by hand.

Sadly, bad quality doesn't qualify as custom either.  If it did there are a whole lot of us who could claim true custom status.    For instance, a bunch of us from 2005/2006 had the next best thing to signed parts; finger prints of the folks who handled the parts at the paint vendor, under or in the clearcoat, no extra charge.

As I mentioned, Harley claimed that a couple (few?) models had hand painted pin stripes.  I'm guessing yours is one of those models.  After seeing the results, do you still think it was a great selling point?  Btw, you can get the same sort of thing on pretty much any car dealers lot these days, "custom" tape or paint stripes applied as you wait.  Doesn't make the car or the paint job a true custom.  Just sayin'.

Jerry

[cambo]

Agreed.

[Ironhorse]

What year did they stop the "Special Hand Building Teams" at York, PA., and start building the CVOs off the mainline?

[sadunbar]

What year did they stop the "Special Hand Building Teams" at York, PA., and start building the CVOs off the mainline?

Four or five years ago.  When the York facility was remodeled and the Union had to agree to new management terms to prevent the facility from being closed and relocated...

[YELLOWBIRD]

What year did they stop the "Special Hand Building Teams" at York, PA., and start building the CVOs off the mainline?

2009' was the last of the "Hand Bulit" CVO's. In 2010' they joined the regular assembly line right next to the standard harley models.

I ain't getting rid of my scoot,

 

YB

[Twism_23]

+1 to that!

[RonandJanet]

Still love my bike.  One point that may be correct is that the pin stripping is hand applied. I saw this on a video a while back but maybe that was before 2010. I think I will ask my dealer as well. I still love my bike and the way it looks. They may make 1000 (about) in this color but you don't see another bike like it very often. The last CVO I had was the same way. I looked at a 2006 CVO and the paint job did have an issue which was from the factory and although I loved it I didn't buy it due to that. 

[RoadDawg]

When I got my Hard Candy Sedona Sand and Blaze Orange with Black Abyss Graphics CVO Breakout, my dealer told me the graphics were hand painted and that if i put two bikes together I would see some differences due to the hand paint. Whether it's true or not, I'll likely never see another like it to compare....and that's the point for many of us. The bike is a Harley-Davidson unlike most other Harleys off the line. I wouldn't change a thing.

[FlaHeatWave]

The paint on my 3 CVOs is pretty much perfect, the only "defect" (if you want to call it that?) is in the hand rolled gold leaf flames on the '01 Switchblade...

[FLY-DOG]

I thought this thread was "What makes a CVO SE 110 Engine Special?"; how did it shift to paint schemes and the like?   

[Jswerve]

I thought this thread was "What makes a CVO SE 110 Engine Special?"; how did it shift to paint schemes and the like?   

Haha no doubt 

[sadunbar]

I thought this thread was "What makes a CVO SE 110 Engine Special?"; how did it shift to paint schemes and the like?   

Threads evolve like any conversation between friends.  And usually for the better!   

[Jswerve]

Threads evolve like any conversation between friends.  And usually for the better!   

True true! 

[UAV Pilot]

Unfortunately, Its also called Hijacking a thread!

[grc]

OK, to get back to the true subject of this thread, I'll answer the OP's question one more time.  There is nothing that makes a CVO 110 engine "special".  It's a slightly larger regular production engine, and it's made in fairly large quantities so it isn't exactly "special" or "custom".  It also hasn't been terribly reliable.

Jerry