Hey, just curious on peoples opinion on which of these two tires (Wilds or Scorchers) you prefer to keep on your pan am. I’m sticking to these two tires because, of course, it’s what Harley sells mainly for these bikes and since it requires a Harley tech to adjust the air pressure and get it calibrated with pressure monitoring systems it seems to be easier to install them.
My bike is my daily rider as long as there is not snow or ice on roads. Ride to work, errands,etc. I had the scorchers on my PAS with cast wheels when I got it. I was fairly happy with these. They were amazing on road tires and I was able to ride dirt and gravel roads without any drama. Though I never had to travel a muddy road. I did suspect if I did things would get interesting. Off road I always felt I was missing out on more fun for not having the wilds. About 7000 miles I got a nail in back, plugged it, and figured it was time to get new tires. I decided I would try the wilds. So now I have the wilds. I’m a dedicated Harley guy ( this is my 6th Harley and first “adventure bike”) so I’m not familiar with running knobbies on heavy bikes on the road. They definitely feel different. They don’t feel planted at highway speeds like I’m used too. Especially on grooved highways. I tend to ride heavy on the throttle and the pan am is a great bike for that. Often while cruising through traffic on the pan am I will check my speed and realize I’m cruising at over 100+ mph. So easy to do on the pan am with the scorchers. Well today I did that on the knoobies……ok, lesson learned! I know the wilds are rated to 100mph. I can cruise comfortable 80 -90 with the wilds. I was trying to get around some semis today and got to 106mph on a grooved highway and got into a very serious high speed wobble. I didn’t fight the wobble just slowly back off the throttle. Man was that an eye opener! I think maybe the pan am is too much bike for the wilds, at least how I tend to like to ride. The wilds have been, as would be expected, great on dirt and gravel roads, but I think I will go back to the scorchers because, i feel if the Scorchers cause me to loose traction and fall in the dirt, one, I will probably be going a lot slower and two, in the dirt if you fal, your less likely to be ran over by a semi. I also probably should have waited on getting the Wilds because I’m leaving this week on about a 2000 mile round trip to the Oregon coast which will be all on road because I’m traveling with a buddy on his road glide. I will definitely know how I feel about them by the end of this trip. I know there are some other brands that may be a better option but I want to keep this discussion about the 2 types of tires that Harley is selling.
So that is my thoughts so far. Which of these 2 tires do you prefer ( if you have one of these two) and why?
My bike is my daily rider as long as there is not snow or ice on roads. Ride to work, errands,etc. I had the scorchers on my PAS with cast wheels when I got it. I was fairly happy with these. They were amazing on road tires and I was able to ride dirt and gravel roads without any drama. Though I never had to travel a muddy road. I did suspect if I did things would get interesting. Off road I always felt I was missing out on more fun for not having the wilds. About 7000 miles I got a nail in back, plugged it, and figured it was time to get new tires. I decided I would try the wilds. So now I have the wilds. I’m a dedicated Harley guy ( this is my 6th Harley and first “adventure bike”) so I’m not familiar with running knobbies on heavy bikes on the road. They definitely feel different. They don’t feel planted at highway speeds like I’m used too. Especially on grooved highways. I tend to ride heavy on the throttle and the pan am is a great bike for that. Often while cruising through traffic on the pan am I will check my speed and realize I’m cruising at over 100+ mph. So easy to do on the pan am with the scorchers. Well today I did that on the knoobies……ok, lesson learned! I know the wilds are rated to 100mph. I can cruise comfortable 80 -90 with the wilds. I was trying to get around some semis today and got to 106mph on a grooved highway and got into a very serious high speed wobble. I didn’t fight the wobble just slowly back off the throttle. Man was that an eye opener! I think maybe the pan am is too much bike for the wilds, at least how I tend to like to ride. The wilds have been, as would be expected, great on dirt and gravel roads, but I think I will go back to the scorchers because, i feel if the Scorchers cause me to loose traction and fall in the dirt, one, I will probably be going a lot slower and two, in the dirt if you fal, your less likely to be ran over by a semi. I also probably should have waited on getting the Wilds because I’m leaving this week on about a 2000 mile round trip to the Oregon coast which will be all on road because I’m traveling with a buddy on his road glide. I will definitely know how I feel about them by the end of this trip. I know there are some other brands that may be a better option but I want to keep this discussion about the 2 types of tires that Harley is selling.
So that is my thoughts so far. Which of these 2 tires do you prefer ( if you have one of these two) and why?
