For what it's worth...
My opinion is to purchase a CVO
Case in point... A friend of mine wanted a '07 CVO Ultra but hated the idea of a leather TP. I advised him to buy the bike and also purchase a king TP and have it painted to match. Upon checking with others he was informed that it could not be done due to too many parts to order and fit.
As pointed out in another post on this site, I also advised another friend who also had a '07 CVO Ultra to do the same thing which he did and it cost him approximately $2,500.00 after selling his leather TP for $650.00.
Getting back to the first guy... He listen to others and purchased a 2007 custom colour Ultra (Jake & Elwood Blue) and proceeded to turn it into his own CVO.
Well, after chroming everthing and then some, putting in a 110 motor, power locks, liner and lights for the TP, heated seat, painted inner fairing, etc., etc. He made sure that everything that was stock on a CVO was now on his beautiful new bike and his total bill for his new purchase was only a little over $56,000.00! Unfortunately he didn't take my advise which with the price of the stock CVO being $41,500.00 in '07 plus $2,500.00 for the fiberglass TP (such as my other friend did), this guys bill would have only been $44,000.00 and he would have saved himself as cool $12,000.00.
Foot note - The above mentioned figures are in Canadian dollars, just in case you were wondering.
So, again, I would go for the stock CVO.
But on the upside, he does have a real unique and very cool looking bike winning him a few trophies as pictured below.
PS - One final note: He did take my suggestion on a custom license plate which reads "MY CVO"
Ain't that the truth!