Is my 2022 Pan America Special a great adventure bike? I’m not sure. My focus of riding is not off-road adventure riding. In 1977 I rode a 1976 Honda 750K model, 5500 miles from Anchorage, Alaska to Gainesville, Florida. About 1500 miles of that trip was down the unpaved Alcan highway. That bike did ok on the Alcan, was ok as a cruiser and was ok around town. For 1977 it was an excellent bike. If there is any unpaved Alcan highway left, I’m sure my PAS would be a much more capable bike than the Honda was. I didn’t buy my PAS for dirt road adventure riding, but I'd gladly go down a dirt road on it. I bought the PAS because it works extremely well (much better than ok) as a standard motorcycle. It is the best standard I have ever ridden. The PAS is a blast around town, it is a comfortable cruiser that can eat up the miles and can go off road. I am a big fan of sport bike power, speed and handling, but I can’t comfortably ride a sport bike (or even a sport touring bike) for long distances. The feet forward cruiser bikes just don't do it for me. I have been looking for a standard bike that doesn’t use a detuned sport bike engine, is comfortable and has excellent handling. I am convinced my PAS has all those qualities. Harley should advertise the PAS as a kick-ass standard with very competent cruiser and adventure riding capabilities. They might sell more of them if they did. Thank you Harley for a great ride!
PAS as an Adventure Bike?
Jeff T.
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Is my 2022 Pan America Special a great adventure bike? I’m not sure. My focus of riding is not off-road adventure riding. In 1977 I rode a 1976 Honda 750K model, 5500 miles from Anchorage, Alaska to Gainesville, Florida. About 1500 miles of that trip was down the unpaved Alcan highway. That bike did ok on the Alcan, was ok as a cruiser and was ok around town. For 1977 it was an excellent bike. If there is any unpaved Alcan highway left, I’m sure my PAS would be a much more capable bike than the Honda was. I didn’t buy my PAS for dirt road adventure riding, but I'd gladly go down a dirt road on it. I bought the PAS because it works extremely well (much better than ok) as a standard motorcycle. It is the best standard I have ever ridden. The PAS is a blast around town, it is a comfortable cruiser that can eat up the miles and can go off road. I am a big fan of sport bike power, speed and handling, but I can’t comfortably ride a sport bike (or even a sport touring bike) for long distances. The feet forward cruiser bikes just don't do it for me. I have been looking for a standard bike that doesn’t use a detuned sport bike engine, is comfortable and has excellent handling. I am convinced my PAS has all those qualities. Harley should advertise the PAS as a kick-ass standard with very competent cruiser and adventure riding capabilities. They might sell more of them if they did. Thank you Harley for a great ride!
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IMO, every big ADV bike is a bear off road unless the rider is exceptionally talented. Great for gravel fire roads and long interstate cruising. I love big ADV bikes but the industry (mostly looking at BMW) has convinced too many people that they need to spend $20k+ to have an "adventure". Adventure can be had on anything with 2 wheels and some decent tires.
Best bike ever!
Amen to that✊️
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Nice bike! got the same one with the sport bags instead. Agreed though; much more comfortable than my street glide I traded in for it. I do however miss the deep rumble of the street glide.
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