No free rides on limited edition Harley

For nearly $45,000 you could buy a decent family car. Or you could instead feel the wind on your face on the open road riding a limited edition Harley-Davidson.

FOR nearly $45,000 you could buy a decent family car. Or you could instead feel the wind on your face on the open road riding a limited edition Harley-Davidson.

Toowoomba motorcycle dealership Boyd Yung Motorcycles currently has a unique motorcycle on their showroom floor.

The Harley-Davidson CVO Breakout is a sport custom chopper-style bike guaranteed to bring out the Easy Rider in us all.

The legacy of the name, custom touches, big, tricked-out wheels, attention to detail and performance make the cobalt and silver machine stand out from every other bike on the road.

Veteran rider - complete with "no free rides" tattoo - Keith "Cheffie" Carnell explains that a bike like this could be ridden in a show tomorrow and easily take out a major prize.

"It's got tricked-out paint and everything you could possibly want. It's totally awesome, it'd be the best forty grand plus you've ever spent in your life," Mr Carnell said.

"There is a Harley for everybody. If you have never ridden one do yourself a favour and go for a test ride on one."

Owner of the Mort St business, Mr Boyd Yung, explained that these custom bikes are only produced in a limited edition with dealers across the country generally only able to access two a year.

"If everyone wanted to come into my shop and buy one these, it's not going to be able to happen. So it helps protect the person's investment in that special model," Mr Yung said.

Demographically buyers of the brand are over 40 years of age although in the last eighteen months Mr Yung said he has seen younger people getting an interest in Harley and moving away from the sports bikes.

"I have customers who have probably been saving for 25 years and finally they are in a position, the kids are off their hands, now they can start living their life a little bit!"

Ipswich Easy Riders vice-president Keith "Cheffie" Carnell with the Harley-Davidson CVO Breakout at Boyd Yung Motorcycles. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Five things you didn't know about Harley-Davidson

• William Harley and the Davidson brothers, Arthur and Walter, made their first motorised-bicycle in their 20's in the 1900s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• The origin of the Hog nick-name came from the 1920's when a group of farm boys, who had a live hog as their mascot, consistently won races.
• There are assembly factories in Brazil and India.
• The value of the Harley-Davidson brand fell by 43% to $4.34 billion in 2009.
• A $1M Harley designed by Jack Armstrong is known as the most expensive bike in the world.

Originally published as No free rides on limited edition Harley