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2024 Harley Davidson Pan America

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Going to give a brief review of my new PAN just going to highlight nagging issues and wonderful things, already ran it on the Dyno fully stock not even broken in with the EPA restrictions it was surprising to see a fifth gear run of 137HP and 89 FPT.

This bike sounds like a Singer sewing machine. It is Ultra quiet both in the Intake and Exhaust, The Header contains the CAT, and then in front of the rear tire is a large pre-chamber muffler leading to an exceedingly long silencer, idle sounds like Pfff Pffff Pffff LOL.

Probably some decent power gains with a free-flowing intake and Exhaust!

List the cool features first

* The Variable valve timing controls both Intake and exhaust using independent phasers from what I saw so far is 40 degrees of advance and retard.
* Hydraulic valve lifters meaning NO VALVE ADJUSTMENTS, Redline is set at 9500 RPM
* Electronic Adjustable Suspension that so far seems to isolate you from bumps, Sport Mode firms up, and the Bike flicks through corners along with almost no brake dive, There is a dirt mode that I have not tried, And a Road mode that softens things up, Has automatic Pre-load setting meaning it will keep 30MM of preload automatically and adjust itself for loads.
* Really neat feature any speed over sixteen miles per hour the Suspension raises two inches, and as you come to a stop it lowers itself two inches so that you can flat foot the bike. Makes the seat height around thirty inches while stopped.

* Wet Weight 554 Pounds.

* TFT Display.

* Wheelies and more Wheelies are no effort at all, just twist and lift, not everyone will like that but I do!

* Cruise control, electronic ride modes (including one custom mode), linked brakes, cornering ABS, lean-angle aware traction control, Wheelie Control, Hill Hold Control, Drag-Torque Slip Control, LED cornering lighting, a 4-way hand-adjustable windscreen, a 6.8” color TFT display that includes Bluetooth integration for calls and music, plus turn-by-turn map Kind of on the Fence with that stuff but people want it.

* Brembo Brakes are Sublime and near-perfect and in Dirt Plus Mode can shut off the rear ABS and Traction Control- not for everyone!

* Hill Hold Control (HHC) applies and holds brake pressure when activated and prevents the motorcycle from rolling.

* Fit & Finish, paint typical beautiful Harley

So Far what did I not like, to be honest, nothing yet mechanically was only able to ride about 300 miles.

The one thing that stands out is WHY new bikes have no fenders, the front coverage stops at the fork tube and exposes the cooling system to destruction. As for the rear, there is nothing!

I ordered a rear fender and a new front one with full coverage and then I will do much more riding and update.

* New Full Arrow Exhaust that eliminates the restrictions and the Heat.

* They make a free-flowing off-road Intake system.

* Some Tuning especially on the Restrictions- This machine's horsepower and torq are restricted heavily on the top-end side, it's down at least 15-20 HP
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I am one of the few that really like this bike, and, I'm no HD guy by any means. I just like the way it looks and all the features on it. This single bike alone has made me look at the ADV bikes with much more interest than all the others combined. I love that it's HD but man, THEY GOTTA MARKET THIS THING OR IT'S GONNA GO THE WAY OF BUELL!!!!! Trying to sell it to the core HD buyer is gonna be a losing bet. Just like Buell's in the past, I go to dealers and they look at me when I ask about them with a question, like, huh? Oh, yeah those dirt bike things, F***ing morons.
 
I agree David, it's a nice bike. I hope they do better with it than with the original Street Rod...same engine as the V-Rod but more upright riding position; heck, the V-Rod didn't seem well either.
 
I put 300 - 400 miles on one a few years ago, I brought it home from my neighbors used bike dealership. This is really convenient for riding different bikes. Seemed that it would make a nice touring bike, it was comfortable, ran well & handled well. I didn't know how to use all the gadgets on it so I can't comment on those. I'm nowhere close to a Harley guy but overall, I liked it for the time spent on it.

On a different note though, last year I rode the TAT from NC to the OK line with a Pan America. It had several problems along the way, mostly cranking issues & the dash display going blank. It wouldn't crank after a fill up, we crossed the starter solenoid to start it & made it to a dealer 30 miles away in Maryville TN. There are dealers everywhere & they had the part in stock, but it still randomly wouldn't crank. The battery & starter solenoid are located behind the skid plate, which I thought was a strange location. So, with every water crossing the electrics/battery are under water & there was some sort of dip stick down there also.

Like Dave said, they've got to market it more!
 
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