Pan America Down in the Dirt with the Harley-Davidson's Adventure Bike
#21
11-05-2019, 08:04 AM
Road Master
I don't think the serious "adventure" rider group will take the Harley seriously until someone does something like a Patagonia - Alaska ride, like "Itchy Boots" (youtube channel name) is currently doing on a Royal Enfield Himalayan. If Harley sponsored an experienced rider and provided a Pan America, it would be the best world wide advertising they could do - if it finished. A Canadian is back in Mexico while trying this round trip from Alaska. Poor fool started on a Ural sidecar rig, wised up and switched to an Africa Twin in Nevada. Even that highly respected bike has needed a lot of repairs along the way. Itchy Boots (Dutch lady), I have hopes for, but not expectations, unless she's careful to pick out the best roads, the Canadian hit many nightmare roads and trails that even the Honda had problems with. A rider like one of these finishing on the new Harley would ease a lot of fears about reliability. Maybe not Itchy, she's a little lady and no 1000+cc bike is a lightweight.
The PA would have been a better choice but I am NOT a marketing exec.
#22
11-05-2019, 11:08 AM
Grand HDF Member
If the Pan America existed, it would have been an infinitely better choice. But the Pan America is a 2021 model and is still around a year away.
So this year they got LiveWire bikes. If they have another season next year, that's when they get Pan Americas.
So this year they got LiveWire bikes. If they have another season next year, that's when they get Pan Americas.
#23
12-01-2019, 06:37 AM
Stellar HDF Member
However, the terms "adventure", "duaL sport" and "off-road" have been used so often as the same thing. I'm not sure that's correct. I don't see an "off-road
" bike needing cruise control, as they are usually trucked to the off-road location.
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