See Harley-Davidson’s New 2026 Models Before You’re Supposed To
New Limited, Trike and CVO models to be announced January 14, 2026
Back in November, Harley-Davidson announced its carry-over motorcycles, while confirming a second announcement to come in January for its new and updated 2026 models. The Motor Company teased these upcoming models on its official website, identifying them by name and showing several images of bikes covered by tarps. Well, Motorcycle.com has managed to get a peak under the covers and secured official photos of all the new 2026 Limited, Trike and CVO models, plus some additional details ahead of the official January 14 announcement.
Harley-Davidson updated its Softail cruiser range in 2025, and its Road Glide and Street Glide bagger models in 2024, so it’s no surprise that the company would now shift its focus to the three-wheelers and fully loaded touring models.
These models include the new Street Glide Limited and Road Glide Limited tourers, the Street Glide 3 Limited and Road Glide 3 trikes, the Pan America 1250 Limited adventure bike, plus its premium Custom Vehicle Operation range, which includes the CVO Street Glide, CVO Street Glide Limited, CVO Street Glide 3 Limited, CVO Street Glide ST, and CVO Road Glide ST.
The first thing you may notice is that Harley-Davidson has simplified its nomenclature for the touring models. There are no more Ultra models, including the Street Glide Ultra, which will apparently be unique to the 2025 model year. Moving forward, the touring models equipped with a top case will all be called Limiteds.
With the exception of the Pan America and its aluminum luggage, the Limiteds will come with a redesigned topcase that we first wrote about in 2024. MO can now confirm the new piece of luggage will be called the Grand Tour-Pak, differentiating it from the previous King Tour-Pak and Chopped Tour-Pak cases. The name is mentioned several times on Harley-Davidson's online pages for the King and Chopped Tour-Paks, saying "'26-later Limited models should use the Grand Tour-Pak Luggage." The Grand Tour-Pak will include a passenger backrest, built-in speakers, and a raised hump on the lid. The Limited models (again, excluding the Pan America Limited) will also come with the new fairing lowers that debuted on the Street Glide Ultra.
The non-CVO Road Glide and Street Glide Limiteds and the Trikes will all be powered by Harley-Davidson’s Milwaukee-Eight 117 engine with variable valve timing. Up until now, Harley-Davidson has only deployed VVT with its CVO models with the higher 121ci displacement. Thanks to vehicle identification number information released by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we can confirm the engine will produce 106 hp on the two-wheeled models, and 105 hp on the three-wheelers. We’ll go over this information and more again as we look at each of the individual models below.
2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Limited FLHXL
The Street Glide Limited essentially replaces the Street Glide Ultra in Harley-Davidson’s lineup. Visually, the two models look quite similar, but as we can see from the juxtaposition below, there are a number of significant differences.
The batwing fairing, lowers, side panels and panniers all look unchanged from the Ultra. The Street Glide Limited, of course, has the Milwaukee-Eight 117 VVT engine, with a claimed 106 hp, but other than the labeling, the engine looks the same (Harley-Davidson will likely offer a choice of chromed or dark finishes).
With the overlay, we can visually confirm the Grand Tour-Pak is significantly larger than the Street Glide Ultra’s 4.9 cubic feet Tour-Pak, but we won’t know the actual capacity until details are released in January. The Street Glide Limited’s two-level seat is noticeably thicker than the Ultra’s saddle, so we can expect the unladen rider seat height to be taller than the Ultra’s 26.6 inches. Despite the higher seating, the pillion’s footboards are at the same location, though they appear to be longer. The rider’s foot controls are in the same location, but the Street Glide Limited comes with highway pegs.
2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited FLTRXL
The Road Glide Limited is equipped similar to the Street Glide Limited, but like the regular Road Glide, it is fitted with the current shark-nose fairing design and higher handlebars.
Like the batwing version, the Road Glide Limited is powered by a Milwaukee-Eight 117 engine, with a claimed output of 106 hp.
2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide 3 Limited FLHLT
The Street Glide 3 Limited replaces Tri Glide Ultra in the 2026 lineup, bringing the new Street Glide design to the trike platform. This includes the new batwing fairing with integrated lighting, the new fairing lowers, the Grand Tour-Pak and some significantly smaller fenders.
The Milwaukee-Eight 117 VVT is listed in the NHTSA VIN decoder as having an output of 105 hp, and we notice the transmission casing looks different from both the previous trike design and the modern Street Glide’s gearbox. This suggests some change to its internals, such as a redesigned reverse gear system, but we’ll have to wait for the official announcement for confirmation.
What we don’t know is whether the new three-wheelers are getting a new independent rear suspension system. From the image juxtaposition above, the rear wheel and brake disc look larger than they do on the Tri Glide Ultra, but we can confirm via a tire listing in Harley-Davidson’s online parts catalog that the 2026 trikes use the same 18-inch rear tires as the 2025 models. The visual difference may be due to a wider distance between the two rear wheels bringing the right wheel closer to the camera, which suggests that something has changed with the rear end design. Again, we’ll have to wait for January 14 to know for sure.
2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide 3 FLTRT
The 2026 Road Glide 3 retains the previous model’s name, but introduces Harley-Davidson’s current Road Glide design and tech. We’ve juxtaposed the new Road Glide 3 with the 2025 version below to illustrate the differences.
As per the VIN decoder, the Road Glide 3 shares the same M-8 117 engine with VVT as the Street Glide 3 Limited, with the same reported peak output of 105 hp.
As with the Street Glide 3 Limited, the 2026 Road Glide 3 has a new transmission casing, and the wheels again look larger than they do on the previous version, again hinting at a wider distance between rear wheels. The front suspension is taller than the previous design, and the wheelbase appears to be slightly longer as well. We again notice the passenger floorboards are larger than the previous design.
2026 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Limited RA1250L
The Pan America 1250 Limited essentially replaces the CVO Pan America in the 2026 lineup. While still a Limited, losing the CVO designation suggests a significantly lower price than the $35,599 Harley-Davidson asked for in 2025.
The Limited looks quite similar to the CVO model, but there are some visible changes to account for a lower price point, beyond the obvious paint and graphic differences. The Pan America 1250 Limited loses the passenger backrest and some of the CVO model’s extra heat shielding.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide FLHXSE
Not surprisingly, the 2026 CVO Street Glide is not too different from the 2025 model. Apart from the new paint scheme, Harley-Davidson appeared to have swapped out some of the accessories, such as the rider floorboards, foot controls, passenger pegs, and handlebar grips.
The 2026 model’s seat has a much gentler curve than the 2025 model, but otherwise, the differences appear to be a matter of taste.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide Limited FLHXLSE
The CVO version of the Street Glide Limited features a Milwaukee-Eight 121 VVT engine, claiming the same peak output of 115 hp. Apart from the two-tone color scheme and pinstriping, the CVO model is equipped with a rider backrest that’s missing from the regular Street Glide Limited.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide 3 Limited FLHLTSE
Like the two-wheeled version, the CVO Street Glide 3 offers some upgrades over the regular model, including the rider backrest and the M-8 121 engine with VVT, with a claimed 114 hp. The rack on the Grand Tour-Pak also looks much beefier than the rack on the non-CVO model.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST FLTRXSTSE
The CVO Road Glide ST has been a stalwart in Harley-Davidson’s lineup since the current touring designs were introduced in 2024, and it’s returning once again for 2026 with a new custom paint scheme.
As per the VIN decoder, the CVO Road Glide ST’s Milwaukee-Eight 121 non-VVT engine has a peak output of 127 hp, compared to 115 hp for the non-ST CVOs.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide ST FLHXSTSE
For 2026, the CVO Road Glide ST is joined by a CVO Street Glide ST. Harley-Davidson previously offered a Road Glide ST and Street Glide ST on the old touring platform, but this will be the first time the Street Glide ST received the CVO treatment.
Like its shark-nosed sibling, the CVO Street Glide ST features the same M-8 121 engine without VVT, and forged carbon fiber components.
Full details to be announced January 14, 2026
While we now know what the new models will look like and have an idea about some of their features, we still don’t know full specifications, color options or, most importantly, pricing. For those details, we will have to wait until the official announcement in a couple of weeks.
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Dennis has been a part of the Motorcycle.com team since 2008, and through his tenure, has developed a firm grasp of industry trends, and a solid sense of what's to come. A bloodhound when it comes to tracking information on new motorcycles, if there's a new model on the horizon, you'll probably hear about it from him first.
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Where are you getting $35K for a CVO Pan America? MSRP us about $28K and that's what most dealerships are selling them for.
I think you accidentally published the 2003 models by mistake.