2026 Harley-Davidson Touring Models – First Look
New full-dressed Limiteds, CVO and Pan America Limited revealed
Harley-Davidson filled out its 2026 lineup with the reveal of new full-dressed touring models, a new Pan America 1250 Limited model, plus its latest premium Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) models.
They are joined by an updated Trike platform, which we’ve covered separately (we get it, Trikes aren’t for everyone, but there’s a case to be made that the changes to the three-wheelers were the most interesting new products Harley-Davidson announced this week. So even if you’re only interested in two-wheelers, they’re worth a look.)
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We’ve already written about the new 2026 touring models when we first uncovered photos of these new models in December, and for the most part, the announcement merely confirmed most of the conclusions we drew just from the photos. The big takeaway this year is that Harley-Davidson finally replaced the previous Ultra Limiteds, Electra Glides and even last year’s new Street Glide Ultra with two new models offering Harley-Davidson’s latest styling and tech in the new Street Glide Limited and Road Glide Limited. That’s one full-dressed model with a fork mounted batwing fairing, and one with a frame-mounted shark-nose fairing, both equipped with the levels of performance and comfort, and a much simpler naming scheme.
For those looking for a more premium touch (and the higher prices to go with them), they are joined by the 2026 limited production CVO range, which includes the CVO Street Glide, CVO Street Glide Limited, CVO Street Glide ST, and CVO Road Glide ST. Interestingly, Harley-Davidson opted against introducing a CVO Road Glide Limited this year, or a standard CVO Road Glide. Perhaps we’ll see them next year.
We’ll go into more about each model below, but first, let’s take a look at the new touring models, and just what makes them “Limiteds.”
The Street Glide Limited and Road Glide Limited come equipped with a new Grand Tour-Pak combination top case and passenger backrest, and the new fairing lowers that debuted on the now-discontinued Street Glide Ultra.
The Grand Tour-Pak has a new, larger exterior shape designed to complement the new styling while providing better back support for passengers. Despite looking larger on the outside, they offer the same 2.4 cubic feet of carrying capacity as the older King Tour-Pak luggage. Harley-Davidson says that’s enough to fit two large full-face helmets. We’re sure a lot of people were hoping for more storage, but you could always secure some soft luggage to the redesigned luggage rack.
You also have the hardshell locking saddlebags, which combine for 2.4 cubic feet of storage, and the fairing lowers have compartments that offer an additional 0.15 cubic feet. All together, that’s a total luggage capacity of 5.1 cubic feet.
The Limiteds also come powered by the new Milwaukee-Eight VVT 117 engine, becoming the first non-CVO Harley models to make use of variable valve timing. According to Harley-Davidson, the M-8 VVT 117 produces a peak of 106 hp at 4,600 rpm and 131 lb-ft. at 3,500 rpm. That’s about 14% more horsepower and 7.4% more torque than the previous full dressers, which were powered by the Twin-Cooled Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine with conventional valve timing.
Like the regular Road Glide and Street Glide, the Limiteds come equipped with a suite of electronic rider aids including lean-sensitive linked anti-lock brakes, traction control, drag torque slip control, vehicle hold control, and a tire pressure monitoring system. The Limiteds come with three preset ride modes plus a user-selected custom mode.
Whether you go with a sharknose or batwing fairing, you’ll get a 12.3-inch TFT color touch screen with Harley-Davidson’s Skyline OS. The software includes a factory-activated navigation system, and Apple CarPlay (Android users are out of luck, though they can still make calls and play music over Bluetooth.)
Speaking of playing music, the new Limiteds come standard with a four-channel 200-watt Rockford Fosgate audio system with two 6.5-inch fairing mounted speakers, and an additional two on the Grand Tour-Pak. If that’s not enough, Harley-Davidson also offers amplifier upgrades and additional speakers.
2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Limited
The Street Glide Limited comes with a clear touring windshield that is about four inches taller than the standard Street Glide’s stock windshield.
For 2026, the Street Glide Ultra starts at $32,999 for the base Dark Billiard Gray color and chrome trim. It’s also available with blacked out trim and six premium color options: Vivid Black, White Onyx Pearl, Iron Horse Metallic, Brilliant Red, Olive Steel Metallic/Vivid Black, and Purple Abyss/Vivid Black.
2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited
The Road Glide Limited also comes with the taller clear windshield, along with a choice of chrome or black trim and multiple paint options.
The color options are the same as the Street Glide Limited. Pricing starts at $32,999 in Dark Billiard Gray with chrome details, but quickly go up with black trim and one of the other paint options: Vivid Black, White Onyx Pearl, Iron Horse Metallic, Brilliant Red, Olive Steel Metallic/Vivid Black, and Purple Abyss/Vivid Black.
2026 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Limited
For 2026, the Pan America 1250 adventure-tourer gets its own Limited variant, but with a starting price of $26,499, it’s essentially a more affordable replacement for last year’s $29,249 CVO Pan America.
Apart from the custom paint and orange engine guards and subframe, the Pan America 1250 Limited comes pretty close to the CVO’s package. Despite a lower price point, it still comes with an aluminum topcase and side cases, a bidirectional quickshifter, a muffler guard, and an aluminum skid plate.
The Limited also keeps the features of the Pan America 1250 Special, inducing semi-active suspension, tubeless laced wheels, adaptive headlights, adaptive ride height, and the Revolution Max 1250 engine, which claims an output of 149 hp at 8,750 rpm and 91 lb-ft. at 6,750 rpm.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide Limited
The CVO Street Glide Limited adds a custom paint scheme and a number of upgrades over the base model. Chief among them is the larger Milwaukee-Eight VVT 121 engine, which Harley-Davidson claims to produce 115 hp at 4,000 rpm and 138 lb-ft. at 3,750 rpm.
The CVO also adds higher-spec dual Brembo radial-mount four-piston front brake calipers, a light smoked tall windshield, heated seats with an Alcantara EXO cover, a heated passenger backrest, a removable rider backrest, heated grips, highway pegs, a heel shifter, and a six-speaker Rockford Fosgate Stage II audio system.
Pricing starts at $51,999 for the Electric Coast blue paint scheme pictured above, or $56,499 for the orange Citrus Heat paint with black trim shown below.
Harley-Davidson also ships the CVO Street Glide Limited with a branded bike cover, a Packtalk Edge headset, and branded liners for the Tour-Pak and saddlebags.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST
The CVO Road Glide ST returns for 2026 as a performance-focused model based on Harley-Davidson’s King of the Baggers racebike.
It will again be powered by a 1,977cc Milwaukee-Eight 121 High Output engine with conventional valve timing that produces a claimed peak output of 127 hp at 4,900 rpm and 145 lb-ft. at 4,000 rpm. The CVO/ST comes with three custom ride modes plus five preset modes: Road, Rain, Sport, Track, and Track Plus.
Premium Brembo radial-mount four-piston calipers return for 2026, as well as a high performance 47mm Showa fork and dual remote reservoir rear shocks. For 2026, the CVO ST gains braided stainless steel lines to the shock reservoirs to match the brake lines.
Other features included a Fast Johnnie graphic on the left side cover, red CVO/ST branding, forged various carbon fiber pieces, Gloss Black 7-spoke cast aluminum wheels and a handlebar riser that puts the grips 2.2 inches higher than on the standard Road Glide (which may not be legal in some states that regulate handlebar heights, so buyers beware!)
The 2026 CVO Road Glide ST starts at $44,999 for either Inferno Gray or Electric Coast Blue. For an extra premium look, there’s also the Citrus Heat orange color which clocks in at $49,499.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide ST
The CVO Road Glide ST might be a returning model but the CVO Street Glide ST is new, adding a second high performance bagger to the 2026 lineup.
Both models share a lot of the same equipment, including the M-8 121 HO engine and Screamin’ Eagle titanium slip-ons, forged carbon components, and upgraded brakes and suspension. The CVO Street Glide ST does have an advantage in weight over its sibling, with a claimed curb weight of 816 pounds compared to the CVO Road Glide ST which claims a weight of 838 pounds.
The 2026 CVO Street Glide ST starts at $44,999 in Electric Coast blue or Infernal Gray, both with black trim and a red tinted windscreen.
2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide
Rounding out the two-wheeled CVO lineup is the CVO Street Glide, which returns for 2026 with cosmetic changes.
For 2026, the CVO Street Glide comes in a Torched Orange CVO Tri-tone color scheme, which combines orange with a Raven Metallic black and Magnetic Gray colors. The livery is matched with chrome trim, an orange tinted windscreen, and a selection of accessories from Harley-Davidson’s new Carbide Collection.
The 2026 Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide starts at $49,999, and it comes with a branded bike cover, a Packtalk Edge communicator, and branded saddlebag liners.
2026 Harley-Davidson Touring Model First Look Gallery
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