13 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles With Great Resale Value

From an investment perspective, motorcycles are a losing proposition. Usually, a buyer walks into a motorbike dealer, buys one, and then watches it lose 20% to 30% of its value when fired up for the first time. That’s bikeonomics 101; vehicles typically lose a chunk of value (roughly 20%) in the first year of ownership, and then about 10% each year thereafter, before stabilizing around year five. This holds true for anything with wheels and an engine, and bikes that buck the trend are exceptions rather than the norm. However, it seems that Harleys tend to defy those expectations a fair bit more than other brands.
This is probably because of genuine demand meeting (comparatively) low supply, bolstered by the cult-like following that HD has in the land of the free. Harleys are bought not for the best specs (though that helps) but for that distinctive, rumbling V-twin sound and the chrome-laden styling that has basically remained unchanged for decades. Here are 13 Harleys that keep their value well.
We begin with the Harley-Davidson Street Glide, which is a large, touring motorbike that was first released for the 2006 model year. Power for the current generation comes from the Harley-Davidson 117 Milwaukee-Eight engine from Team Orange, though older versions used the 107 engine. That was a four-valve-per-cylinder, much-beloved V-twin unit. It has a bore of 100 mm and a stroke of 111 mm, which, for those doing the math, works out to a displacement of 1,746cc. This gives the Street Glide 111 lb-ft of torque at 3,250 RPM. The engine routes power to the rear wheel via a six-speed transmission featuring belt final drive.
Certain model years also offer a CVO version of the bike, which stands for