REAL WORLD Long Distance Test on the H-D Pan America
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We're watching Spite transform into an ADV dad in front of our very eyes
Transform ? He has sons of technology stickers, he’s been in dad mode for a while.
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We love to see it.
Nah... That thing is basically just a tall cruiser
He has found the perfect balance between a Harley guy and an adv dad
Spyke turning into a "real adventurer", from zero to hero in a matter of months. Well done mate, keep up the good content all of you guys!❤️
is it me or is his name spite
Papa Yam: Sportbike
Spite: Was cruiser now ADV DAD
The other 2 whos name escape me at the moment : Token Girl rider and New rider ( though josh seems like hes really got the yeet energy)
@@tjpfz6 Josh definitely is a sports bike squid too
Crazy what happens when Harley actually tries to make a good bike, isn’t it?
i thought his name was spike too. he too nice of a guy to be called spite.
I am flat out obsessed with the pan am! 🙌 I rode it through all 48 states in 9 days stock. 👌
This was nostalgic for me, I went to these parts of the USA when I was younger. As a european it brought back loads of memories, you driving past Sequoia national park and the Meteor crate and all the roads over there. The nature is incredible in the USA and nothing like where I live in Europe. If you're a european planning to go to the USA. I definitely recommend you don't just go there for Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The national parks is where the really beauty was at for me.
I wish more foreigners understood this. They come here, stay in the cities the whole time, see how awful they are, then go home and tell everyone they know that the U.S. is a terrible place. You gotta get out of the cities and into the rural areas. See the small towns, explore the wilds. That's where the real America lives.
I happen to live in Fresno now after traveling around the sates and most of California is within a day's ride. Motorcycle mecca I tell ya.
@@bachelorchownowwithflavor3712 I mean, I know the nature is pretty. Doesn't change the fact that murrica is a hellhole not worth living in. I can have beautiful nature in the black forest without chancing all the horrible things you murricans just accept as natural.
@@bachelorchownowwithflavor3712
Exactly, mate 👍
I'm not a huge Harley Davidson fan and more of a simp for Ducati, but I have great respect for Harley Davidson that even after so much clowning and trash talking from this channel, they still let them have a bike for the long term and let them do what they wanted and say what they wanted to say.
But Ducati got so butthurt when yammie didn't like the Multistrada v4.
HD has definitely been doing something right lately, both this bike and the new sportster S seem like a step in the right direction, hopefully they can bring technology to the baggers too without the old timers going crazy
That's exactly what journalists have to expect from AUDI...
@@lurrdluffy They need to have a separate division. HD Classic and HD modern. By making a new nameplate, they can really go deep in making the most advanced bikes they can dream up, still have some name recognition and not tick off the old guard.
32:00 Coming in to Albuquerque from the east side on 40 is an incredible experience. Once you pass the Sandia range and see the face of the mountain and city, it's just epic.
I’m sure there are plenty of nice areas in Albuquerque, but I didn’t see them any of the times I’ve been .... I got propositioned by a hooker at 5 pm.... at a red light I looked over and like a scene out of a movie... a guy passed out or dead with literally face down in the gutter with one arm on the sidewalk and the other out into the shoulder..... the sun was still up and it was minutes after the hooker - all I wanted was an oil change at pep boys before they closed at 6 - I realized why they wanted to get out of the area before dark. My experience...New Mexico is a dump.
@@stubbingtonmarigold3032 Lmao. I have friends from ABQ and have visited a few times myself. It's definitely like that, especially on southside and near the airport. If you're ever in NM again, skip ABQ and head up to Santa Fe. Go from there to Chama via Abiquiu, especially during the fall it's incredible. Taos is a beautiful area too, the scenic loop around Red River and Eagle Nest area is incredible but definitely a warm-weather trip. Get out there outside of monsoon season too.
@@stubbingtonmarigold3032 Jesse!
It was way before breaking bad.
Ahhh. The open road. Wether on a Harley or a Honda It's a great feeling. Glad you made it home safe Spite.
This bike performed exactly how I expected it to, requiring dealership attention.
Sad but true, 1200 mi ? Even abused, damn that’s HD for ya. I’m poor so I’ll stick to my Yamahas and Honda’s, shit that lasts forever with a little TLC
@@deborahchesser7375 I doubt it was abuse prob bad install or defective part.
That's press bikes for ya, you do burnouts and donuts and shit on any bike and the clutch and back tire won't be long for this world.
I will be extremely surprised if Spite does not buy this bike this year.
It fits him perfectly and checks EVERY box for him.
I'd bet he's going to buy one right after the long term loan
@@OAK_MTN and turn into the king of harley simps.
I think what us holding him back is the price. It is still a new bike and used market is virtually nill. A new bike is a big strain on your financials for a long time.
@@porkoholic "Turn into" 😂
Just kidding... his Harley Boi power level is well within normal ranges.😜
I took this stretch in November on my sporty from LA to Cleveland and it was really nice seeing all these sights agian. Great vid and thanks for the nostalgia
I'm from the Roswell area and lived in ABQ for a long time and it warmed my heart to see all that dirt! Great video!
It’s awesome to fully understand the roads and beauty of California. We were just there, pretty much most of the areas you were at.
Feel like Spite just tore up all the lessons we learned in the recent vid about riding in unfamiliar places 😄
Not a HD guy at all but love putting down miles. This made me miss AZ and Cali, glad you made it safe
just my 5 cent from the other side of the pond, HD dealerships are not as common as in the US (abviously). HD bikes arent rare but there is no comparing to Japanese bikes or European bikes, especially BMW
Yea his comment there seemed a bit off to me. Was thinking BMW or a Japanese bike would be the best option as you said.
30:15 "Now THAT is a Busa highway right there"
The pure bliss from that roll on at the beginning is gold!
"Kale eatin' phone watchin' Californian's Tesla"
Nothing like feeling like you're back home in Austin,TX...LOL
"i hate riding through west texas" - that's exactly why the frst day of any long haul tour out of austin for me is officially designated the "i just need to get the hell out of texas today" day :)
It’s the way the scenery doesn’t change for soooooo long El Paso to San Antonio suuuuuucks
I grew up and still live in West Texas. It isn't for everybody. I love the place though.
Can attest to west Texas not being the greatest area to ride around. But I live there and will not stop riding, so I’ll make due. Wish some of it had made it on screen however.
This is really the new most exciting riding style out there now! We are blessed to have such great motorcycles out! I just rode a Pan Am today and wow! I’ve been riding my entire life and have ridden almost everything. This new Harley is absolutely badass! It has the most power in its class, it freakin rips! So fast and powerful! No valve adjustments needed on this. Awesome bike! Highly recommend you all test ride one!
Love this, I'm about to do pretty much this same trip in July on my FJ09 from Austin, this just gets me more pumped for it!
i love watching these kind of long trip long videos. very enjoyable!
So glad you're safe man.... that is terrifying what happened to you.... some reckless person I. A car trying to pass at the wrong time is one of my biggest fears when Riding.
This outro always gets me while clicking away on another Chrome tab letting autoplay do it's work. Always silence and out of nowhere "KEEP WATCHING YAMMIE NOOB" 😂
That was literally the best part of the whole 45 mins. Rest of it was Spite simping on his subpar excuse of an adv.
Looks like fun. Masterful editing. You kept me interested the whole 45
Making fun of Californians when you live in Austin lol. Lmao bro, the rest of Texas make fun of y'all for being the California of Texas!!! 😂😂🤣
If I wanted a pig, it must be reliable. Like my 2013 súper tenere with 75000 kilometers of the oem clutch
thought my 2011 super tenere felt quitye squigly pigly but when i ive now changes the front damper seals and fluid its like a spry young machine by comparison didnt expect that much diffrence i also turned up the preload a bit
Well, that's why people don't buy sports cars from rental agencies, becuse you know whoever drove hit beat the shit out of it becuse it wasn't theirs.
Grew up dirt bikes, teenager and young Marine got my first Suzuki Katana 600. Then cbr600 for long time. Then gsxr1000 and was sold. Then got into Harleys as I got older. I’ve had 5 bad ass Harley’s. All these Harley stores are most likely adding aftermarket performance parts on customers bikes. It’s the same thing as any other brand of bikes. Harley responds huge to aftermarket engine parts. And most guys who know anything upgrade their Harleys to Ohlins suspension, breaks, engine performance and now you have a complete different better faster bike. Harleys Network is definitely one of the best! Nice job on your video. I have fallen in love with this pan am
Spike!! Thank you so much for talking about the front end on the highway. I thought it was just me!!! Great video. I have the same bike and love it.
This is on my radar with a BMW 1250GS. By all means the consensus is that its a great bike. I especially like the attitude of Harley in knowing full well you will be talking about it to millions of people and they were totally supportive of it!
Man oh man no bike regardless of abuse should have a clutch die at 1,200 miles. I never heard of a new clutch slipping until the plates break in either. In any case I hope you guys do some comparison videos with other popular ADV bikes eg., the 1050 V-Strom, Africa Twin, Versys 1000, ... etc.
It’s a fleet vehicle tho. If a dbags fried the clutch before spite there’s nothing to be done outside changing it.
Doesn’t mean anything about the quality of the Panam
we're talking harley davidson here, which up until recently still sold the sportster 883 unchanged with a GRENADE PLATE. they love selling 10k plus motorcycles with hideous flaws and severe need of upgrade entirely unchanged for decades long production runs
A Harley simp comparing it to other bikes!?! We already know how much this guy loves to put that exhaust in his mouth and he probably got some good tongue skills too. Its never gonna be a fair comparison.
Add this to how nice, soft and precise DH's gear shift is and the result is far from nice...
Not to mention that any self-respecting rear tyre should last for a minimun of 10k miles (Crap, if you make proper use, any cheap on/off for small bikes live for some 20k km!), unless you plan to burn it out on a race track...
@@eddiestray4870 "Not to mention that any self-respecting rear tyre should last for a minimun of 10k miles"
Huh? Found the guy who's never ridden a proper ADV bike with proper tires on proper terrain in his life.
Sure, you can put marbles on your commuter and get 10K miles or more, hell, go darkside and get 50!. But that's not realistic for ADV bikes doing ACTUAL ADV things. 100 miles of proper off-road/fire-road mix is equal to at least 250 highway miles (emphasis on at least).
You with your marbles aren't making it 100 miles though. At least not without a broken mirror and a cracked fairing after you dumped it half a dozen times 🤣
I rode my 2020 Harley Softail standard from Arizona to Kansas. It was an awesome ride definitely recommend going to that part of the country.
Awesome vid!! You guys rock! Best channel around no question!
As a european I am absolutely vexed by the lack of lane discipline. No one moves right, when not intending to overtake. People just pass where ever they fit and there is space. Total mayhem on the highway.
I was somewhere in an Eastern USA State on my busa from Arizona.
People were actually respecting the left lane and letting me pass, they'd signal move, speed up, pass and move over!
I then saw the sign on how much it costs if you get caught cruising in the left lane; I immediately moved my busa over to the proper lane...
@@SmittyAZ Wow, I didn't know this was actually controlled anywhere in the US. Some years ago I was on the west coast, where obviously nothing changed.
Ideally you do not need high fines, of course. However, given how rarely people actually check the other lanes properly, this sounds necessary.
@@punkbutcher5321 I was surprised to see it. I can't even remember if it was one of the toll roads.
Those sweet dirt roads at 20:30 I recently figured out are actually fire breaks to protect the hills from roadside vehicle-induced fire. We have them in Idaho and Oregon, and I felt like an idiot when I realized what they were. Like you, my thought was, man those are some sweet off-road trails! But I almost never saw ruts or tire tracks in them. Then, my first time driving an 18 wheeler past them, it dawned on me, and I added a wrinkle to my smooth brain. Now you know too!
Wow that was awesome. I did a similar trip in the other direction on my pan am. I went from Williamsburg Virginia to Austin Texas.
Man your channel has blown up, respectively. Well done.
The transition for kicked back to riding after the flipped truck was crispy
tall windscreen made a MASSIVE difference on my adv390. I modified my madstad windscreen and added like 6 inches to it now I can listen to music and make phone calls on the highway
This is one of the best videos you have ever put out Spit love it.
I live in Santa Clarita and we have some pretty beautiful routes to take. Definitely missed out on some killer views Spite.
The "take home message" is that Harleys ARE less reliable than the vast majority of bikes. Apples to apples? I'll wager paychecks NO demo GS has ever had it's clutch shit the bed at 1200 miles........Further anecdotal info? The first 2 PAs that have been brought on ADV tours with a group I ride with have 1) Had a small electrical fire and 2) died on a trail due to a bad switch. Neither of them had more than 2000 miles ridden entirely by their owners. Harley apologists will eternally make excuses and rationalizations. There are just SOOOOOOOO many better options, especially in the ADV world.
Uh huh, sure, GS’s never have problems. 🤣…. There are Pan Am’s with 25k miles in one year, no issues…
I’ve never ever seen a gs do a burnout, I’ve also never seen a gs used in biker games..... I suspect someone was doing burnouts on bleach or something of the sort. Gs riders are all 70.
@@stubbingtonmarigold3032 Jesse!
I have owned several BMW's, Honda's, Suzuki's, Kawasaki's and they break down as well. Known some who own KTMs, they really break down too. Nothing like being out in the middle of nowhere and breakdown with the nearest dealership 500 miles away so having the dealer network is a bonus.
@damian haha no Harleys for me.
Ah SoCal. I lived there for 5 years and I agree. The biggest threat on the freeways are those kale eating, phone scrolling, avocado toast nibbling Prius drivers haha.
Great video Spite... feel like you really enjoyed this trip despite the dramas.
Pan America seems like a nice ADV bike for a new effort, but I could buy two of my V-Stroms for what it costs, and like the GS, yes, it can do more, but it can't do twice as much, so I'd rather have my 'Strom and another bike for the same money.
Vstrom 650 msrp 10500. Vstrom 1000 13k msrp. (And not recently updated with inflation numbers) Pan America: 17.3k msrp difference of about 4k if your talking big suzuki. And the Pan am is going after the r1250 market not the suzuki market. Can't really blame you for your choice, given my budget and riding style I'd probably go with the 650 vstrom myself.
Tiger 850, 900 and 1200 are great affordable options
"I don't want to give you the impression that a bike from a company famous for spending more time at a service station than on the road is a problem with this platform"
Also, it was fun to see Flagstaff! I lived there for ~10 years and it's always fun to see it in videos like this!
I live in Dallas Tx. and I recently did a trip to St.Louis and back over a 3 day weekend (1500 miles) Through 105+ heat, rain, muddy dirt roads(side trip to friend's ranch) etc.... Other than wearing the wrong undergarments, the trip turned out awesome. Like the ride modes, the power, lights and comfort. Even with the stock seat. I was not sore or overly fatigued. Though I did have to stop because of heat exhaustion mostly. On the way back I did 11 hours in one shot.
I like riding long distance on this more than I did my Road Glide or even my Kawasaki Concours 14(Has almost 70K on it). Great experience!!! I am going to put a lot of miles on this bike!! Thanks for the video!!!
I did a Los Angeles to Austin trip a couple of years ago with my 2020 Fat Bob. Such an amazing experience, I hope I get to do it again on Pan Am. Also, while I love my Harley and I'm fan of the brand, I feel like they put the shittiest tires possible on their bikes. Great video!
The Anakee wild isn't a bad tire by any means, it's just a bad tire choice for this bike ... unless you're spending a LOT of time in the dirt with it. The PA would be better suited with a good 90/10 or 80/20 tire for most riders, 50/50 tires are for people who take their ADV bikes on singletrack and jeep trails, not 99% pavement with the occasional dirt road.
Road my 2002 VRSCA from Spring Branch to Los Angeles labor day weekend a few years ago right after the hurricane caused the refinery to close in Houston. Took three days , one just to get out of Texas stopping every 50 miles to fill up just in case the next station didn't have fuel. I took 10 all the way. Between the desert heat, asphalt radiating heat and the exhaust pipe baking my leg all day, when I stopped for the night I dumped the sweat out of my helmet, peeled off my boots and fell into the pool. I stayed in California for the next two years flying home to Texas every other weekend. The weekend I stayed it was beautiful rides in the mountains and yes, filtering is fantastic.
I don't even have a bike yet, and this made me wanna do a nice long road trip on it...
I literally scrolled through the video to find the 3 minutes you rode some dirt… by the time the 45 minutes was over I felt like I watched you ride a paved straight line for 3 days. Moving on to some videos where I hope you actually have some fun. I wonder what you would be like in the actual back country in a tent with a couple buddies after 4-5 days. PS I also drove that part of Texas from New Mexico only I headed down to El Paso and the south route skirting the Rio Grande was very cool.
It always baffles me why aliens who can traverse the expanse of space need little flashing lights to draw attention to themselves when they have no intention of landing and saying Hi. :) I've seen some unexplainable stuff but none of it looked otherworldly. Regarding dealer networks that's why I've scratched the Aprilia Tuareg 660 off the list for touring Europe, It's Japanese for me.
the needing lights comment tho..nice so good😆😅👽🤘
Yea I found his comments about Dealer networks in Europe a bit strange. Why would there be lots of Harley dealerships there? Surely a BMW Adv would be a better option there? Or like you said just go Japanese.
Great video. Glad you made it. On an unrelated topic, will you guys ever test out a Boss Hoss? They seem gnarly!
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Nice to see Thunderbird HD…great dealership 👍 Dunlop Mission tires are amazing…10k miles, 50/50, still good off pavement
That's quite a bit of miles per day so the bike must be comfy then. Can't imagine almost getting creamed by a car like that. I had the same response when I saw a collision happen next to me in my cage. Excited to see more offroading since that's the one part of motorcycling I haven't done much of.
As someone who has ridden Texas for over 8k miles in the last 7 months I agree. DesertX ADV.
I ride to get to off-road locations in hill country and explore trails and lakes. I've begun to think Texas motorcyclists who ride sport and cruiser bikes are nuts. The fun starts when the bike gets away from Texas cagers.
Yall were quite literally 5 minutes away from me. That biggs and harley was were I did my msf in class tests.
I was in the middle of writing "oh, that looks like san marcos" when you said it too
While in Santa Clarita, you are within range of Hungry Valley/ Gorman which I think you and yam would love. Very close to it, off the 5 freeway you take Smoky Bear Rd. It’s an OHV park you guys should check it out
Can Harley just gift Spite a PanAM already? They'd basically be getting free advertising for life lol
His poor KLR's basically a side piece that thinks it's a main squeeze, and it really doesn't deserve to be toyed with like that.
If Harley made a plane would you fly???
Hell No!!!
Love my Tuono 660 but this looks like a fun bike as well.
You rode across the part of the country I rode across for 34 years. Yes, it is good bike country. You have also discovered what only a few of us know; a big adventure bike is a super fun, really excellent sport touring bike. I rode the wheels off my '04 BMW R1200GS-A out there where you're riding. But... those tires? Gotta tell you; for what you did - even off-road? Metzler Tourance 80/20's work much, much better...
I love my Pan America. I have the Dunlop Trail Max Mission tires on mine. I have 10,000 miles on them so far. They still look like they have another 1-2 thousand miles on them, but I am switching them out this week with my 15,000 mile service. They are a 50/50 tire and probably the best tire I have ever used. They perform well both on the highway and dirt/gravel roads. I don't do much motocross on my Pan America, so I can't really speak to that.
Great tires. A little vibey tho.
Best part about Fresno, driving east to Kings Canyon, or north to Yosemite and crossing the sierras thru 120.
The bungee that everyone has, used on the tank is the best part 👌
Haven't laughed that hard in days! Kale eating, phone watching Californians. Too funny Spite!
Just for those that might see this because they're considering the bike...the Pan Am comes with the Michelin Anakee Adventures (HD branded ones), not the Wilds. Bike is rock solid with the 80/20 tire.
The reason that your rear tire is wearing out is that it is clawing for traction on the asphalt and it is a knobby. The asphalt is like a carburandum grinding wheel against the rubber . Knobbies don't have but a couple of blocks of rubber touching the asphalt at a time which wears them out much sooner. The front wheel has very little to do except for go along for the ride. It's the same principal as your front breaks wear out much faster than your rear ones do. Knobbies have no place on highway asphalt for safety reasons. I'm an old dirt bike rider as well as a street rider and have experienced what we just spoke of. Everything is a compromise. You accept one thing and forsake the other. Some of my 70's & 80's enduro bikes came with street and road combo tires. The didn't excel for either, just mediocuer for both.
Had a chance to ride one...good effort for HD's first effort in this market....can't see me swapping my 2nd BMW GSA...2021 Rallye.
As a New Mexican I have a few thoughts to give: 1. Did you drive through during the WIND storms we had during the month of May? 2. Did you get lunch after Thunderbird HD at a Lotaburger? 3. Did you know there is a forest/mountain road going through the Sandia Mountain that connects I-25 and I-40? A bike with them tires can have some serious fun on that road. 4. Did you know the Indian Motorcycle dealership is literally across the street and down the road a little from the HD dealership.
heading to Roswell, I doubt he was going to hit I-25
I want one of these. Hopefully the used market will be kind to me in a couple years and I can pick one up.
i loved the video, i just wouldve liked to see the dash display, i know spite likes his phone mounted there but in such a nice bike i enjoy those displays as well
It hides the speedometer readout ;) you never know who's watching these vids.
I liked the Triumph Tiger 1200 so much more after test driving both. Bought the tiger. BMW GS was 2nd option.
Spent about 3 wks in Artesia, NM back in the day….not far from where you were. It’s some desolate, barren country. The NM mountains are beautiful tho. I do like riding out here in the west.
Cool video, anyway W800 when yam?
You proved my point. Who wants a HD when that’s the quality control? Lol
With the tire after the clutch - I suspect someone was doing burnouts in bleach or something stupid.
It’s a press bike. A beater. It’s not like they refurbish these bikes as they change hands.
In order to make a good adv you need to know how to make a good dirtbike first.
HD dosent has no idea how to do that but they have simps who will buy their subpar advs regardless.
In order to make a good _____ bike is miles and abuse... it takes time to find the weakest spot and a solution... people abusing these press bikes and not caring because they don’t own them will speed up this process... people don’t get that upset if a free bike breaks and is immediately fixed for free
@@stubbingtonmarigold3032 1200 miles though? I'm considering buying a Pan Am ,but HD quality has me worried. I have a 2000 Kawasaki ZX12r with 60k miles and still runs like a champ. My co workers (all Harley guys) don't have a third of the miles. And they're constantly taking their bikes in for service. LoL one of them has put a crap ton of money into his just to get 100 hp.
I’m from Ireland… always fancied riding in America, but man, the journey seemed so boring. Maybe I’m just a homeboy. Can take the man out of the glens, but can’t take the glens out of the man. Lol
A ride up or down either coast is full of beautiful scenery. There are large gaps of nothing in between a lot of the cool stuff here.
Mosty the area he is riding through is desert or extremely arid. Lots of great riding, but where they routed out interstates tend to be the flatest (boring) they could find.
Try the middle position for the windshield it tilts forward more than the high position and can help with wind for taller people.
It is on the second to highest position judging by the handle. Which is the position that deflects most wind (i got a pan am)
here in the UK we have three main dealer networks: Sinnis, Lexmoto and Honda. Because they all use the same engine.
OMG The Starship Enterprise had me laughing 😅
loved the video.
You need to bring that to Montana,I can show ya some stuff
You pass thru where I live..👌👌👍
Yeah so I know this is late, but regarding that light in the field, it’s possible that it was the flashing light fixed to the pivot point of a center pivot irrigation system. We have a few near me and that light out in the middle of a large field does appear like it’s keeping up with you as you pass it.
Tell ya what man. Sometimes a trip IS cursed from day 1 it sucks but it happens sometimes. You could make all the right decisions and be totally prepared and sometimes shit just doesn't work out. Gotta dust it off and get back on the saddle.
Cursed you say ? Go watch Jamie @pfi take on Rocky Mountain race week in his srt-4 race car called ..... the curse.... 100% on the nose.
im from fresno….. love that drive
I sat on the PA for the first time a couple months ago. It seemed kind of big and bland from the driver’s seat. There seemed to be just this huge expanse of featureless gas tank stretching from the front of the seat ALL the way up to the front of the bike. I think the bike actually looks ok if you look at it from the ground. It definitely has its own look,anyway!
I wouldn't say it's bland, but in my six months of ownership of the bike, I just never found anything about it that made me want to keep it. I came off a GS, and in the end, I went back to a GS. I find the fit and finish of the HD simply not up to par with a $20K USD bike.
Kills KTM’ and African twin which look like you need a ladder to climb on. HD out of box has put fear in other ADV brands. 4 weeks 2500 miles and it’s more comfortable than any motorcycle I have rode.
Well, I almost bought a set of Anakee Wilds….Almost. Great vid brother!
I’m down for more of these shade tree surgeon type videos
A bike that heavy driven in places that require heavy clutch work. No surprise here.
so weird. You drove right by my place off of 40 in albuquerque. Im up in the sandia mt area
Logical gas station spite: I'm going to have to ride in rain mode.
Squid spite: Sport mode! Weee!
Good looking Bike
Love it!
The left lane is for passing, if you are not passing, move over, regardless of traffic/lack of. Great Video though!
27:24 That's so they can keep the pieces to themselves and charge you for it
The lady that crashed was shocked to realize that when you play stupid games, you get stupid prizes.
36:36 Finally someone with a 4K camera sees something alien wise, but doesn't record...
Road trips are so much more fun when there are better roads and sights then what you just did lol...
Ah yes, the PanAm Papa Smurf edition, lol. I actually do like the color, but I can't help seeing smurf blue with a white hat.
Well that's ruined, thanks I hate it
I'd love to see how the Pan-Am stacks up against other flagship ADV's. KTM 1290 Super Adventure (or whatever it's called) comes to mind
Well when compared to other flagship advs it is pretty much at the same level as far as the features and electronics goes. But where it really falls behind is handling and chasis design because those really need years of experience to master unlike gimmicky features that can be had by just throwing some cash at it.
Watch other TH-cam vids that compare it to the KTM 1290 super adventure R, BMW 1250 GSA, or even Africa Twin.
You'll find that Harley is wayyyyy behind.
I have a KTM1290 SA. It's one of 6 bikes I own, and its my go to for this kind of travel. I really love the idea of the Pan-Am, and it seems well sorted, but as I was watching this, all the little things (and maybe the bigger things with the front end shakes) have all been engineered out of the KTM. Its just fast, comfortable, and stable. Maybe HD will catch up quickly - I hope so, because I'd like to give the brand a chance.
Got 4000 miles on my Pan Am...no issue's, I come from the liter bike supersport world and ride it hard. Never even a hint of head shake all the way up to a buck 30. The 50/50 tires still look new and out perform my wife's jeep offroad everytime.
@@porkoholic I would expect the AT to be better on dirt as it's basically the best heavy ADV bike on dirt, but the AT is also well known for being unreliable as shit, that 1000cc/1100cc twin is legendary for oil leaks, and is notoriously expensive to maintain a bit of an oddity for Japanese bikes. I would expect the PA to be outperformed by the GSA and SA but should be close.
I go touring on my Kawasaki Concours all over the country. I stop at Harley Dealers to bring T-shirts home for my husband.