Harley Davidson Pan America Brave New Foray Into a Hotly Contested Segment For a Brand Renowned

Take any and every preconception you have about Harley Davidson and park them in the corner, Good or bad you won’t need them for this. We’re looking at a company founded in 1903, recognisable the world over even to those who have no interest in motorcycling with as much brand recognition as Coca Cola and with this motorcycle it has dramatically changed its future, For a manufacturer known for its chapters, this is a whole new one. Meet the long awaited Harley Davidson Pan America 1250, There are two of them, the standard model and the Special which has no additional power but plenty of extra goodies for the £1500 price difference. It’s a brave new foray into a hotly contested segment for a brand renowned for making big cruisers with excess chrome and rattly motors ever since Noah was counting animals in pairs. Like I said park those historic notions because the Pan Am is an adventure-tourer designed from the ground up to take on BMW’s stranglehold in this market with the GS and GSA range. A new motorbike means new ideas, new chassis, new engine with variable valve timing in a 150 horsepower Revolution Max V-Twin, new technology and new market focus. And the Milwaukee team have created somewhat of a talking point, Had unveil day been 1st April you’d have been excused to think it was a wind up. Thankfully for the forward thinkers among us, they were serious and they’ve served up an absolute treat. The new Revolution Max 1250cc 60 degree V-twin is a liquid cooled 1252cc engine designed pretty much on a capacity par with the 1254cc BMW boxer in terms of capacity but punches harder, with 150 horsepower at 8750 revolution per minute compared to the German bike’s 136 horsepower at 7750 revolutio per minute. The tables are turned when it comes to torque with the Pan America peaking at 94 pound feet and 6750 revolution per minute, the BMW at 106 pound feet and 6250 revolution per minute. That surge of low to mid range as well as roll on power depends on the selected rider mode, with one of the biggest differences between Road and Sport I’ve known on any bike. Road mode soaks chunks of entertainment away but suits those longer motorway stretches or the occasions where aggressive riding isn’t required. Sport is rather obviously the more energetic in terms of throttle connection while dampening technological intervention which demonstrates the performance versatility of the new motor. You might expect an almighty heave from the mid range and while it doesn’t hang about with a fistful of throttle, it’s silky smooth in its application with all sorts of balancer shafts calming the lumps, thumps and bumps one associates with a Harley engine. One thing to note is the amount of throttle grip rotation required from zero to full, you’d almost need two grabs at it.
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