Nashville man was sent a giant crate by Harley-Davidson but didn't know what was in it or why he got it
- This guy received a massive crate from Harley-Davidson
- The box obviously contained a motorcycle, but he didn’t know which or why
- As it turns out, Harley sent the bike for an interesting reason
Published on May 08, 2025 at 12:16 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on May 08, 2025 at 5:13 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This guy in Nashville received a giant crate from Harley-Davidson, but he wasn’t sure why.
The box obviously contained a bike, but Harley doesn’t typically ship motorcycles in boxes.
When he opened it, he found out why he got the box.
And it was better than he thought.
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The reason why Harley-Davidson sent this crate
Shawn from the Bikes and Beards YouTube channel received a large box from Harley-Davidson.
The only giveaway was the initial on the side of the box, ‘CVO’, which stands for Custom Vehicle Operations.
CVO is to Harley what, say, AMG is to Mercedes.
When he opened the box, he found two things.
First, a Harley-Davidson Road Glide ST, and second, a letter from Harley.
As it turns out, Harley sent him the motorcycle so he could test it, which Shawn was happy to do.
On paper, this CVO Road Glide ST is powered by a 121-cubic-inch engine, capable of putting out 127HP.
In practice, Shawn dyno-tested the motorcycle – in Tennessee, not in Nashville – and it ‘only’ produced 116HP at the wheel.
Which means that 11 of those horses are lost at some point during the transition between internal combustion and delivery of power to the wheels.
Even so, Shawn put the Road Glide up against a much more powerful Boss Hoss motorcycle (245HP) and, amazingly, the Road Glide won.
Despite being a grand tourer, this bike is also fitted with some pretty neat features ordinarily reserved for sportbikes.
“They’re putting the tech in sportbikes into these things. [For example], it’s got lean angle stability control, so if you’re too far over, it won’t let you get full throttle to slide the thing out,” Shawn explained.
One of the biggest names in the industry
Harley-Davidson is one of the biggest names in the industry, with fingers in several pies.
A while back, the manufacturer unveiled something that was halfway between a motorcycle and a limo.
The company also used to build engines for other vehicles, including aircraft, in the past.
Harley was also one of the first to unveil an electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, but to be fair, that was an experiment more than anything else.
This is because, unlike cars, electric bikes aren’t exactly flying off the shelves.
