The 2022 Harley Davidson Pan America 1250 Special (G.I. Enthusiast) Is A Solid Adventure Bike 

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Not a GS killer because there is room for improvements, but a hell of first design for HD. I am loving mine.

Honestly for a new guy in that ring, they came out swinging

I love my GS, but my next bike will probably be a Pan Am. Maybe the next gen. It's pretty amazing how they nearly nailed it on the first try. As a platform it's awesome, and all the little things can be fixed. Given the number of dealerships, availability of parts and service, and the entire massive HD aftermarket if it entrenches itself - it's hard not to envision a bright future.

Fantastic Review!!! Love that your positive on all brands and the freedom of choice for all riders. The PanAm is a real contender and right up there with all the great ones in this category. Anyone who doesnt try this bike is missing out on something REALLY fun. Congratulations Harley for designing something that is not only WAY out of the box for you, but a really really great machine on the first try!!! It shows what your capabilities are! Rubber side down folks, ride safe.

I don't do off road but I love the comfort and power of big ADV bike. I have a short inseam. This bike is perfect for me.

Awesome video Excellent review and the best thing about it all is that you're not bashing other bikes. It's nice to hear a review without bashing other machines and brands. Keep up the good work

Man, I really miss San Diego. I had to move for financial reasons, and that did work out. But, if I can, I will move back someday! Thanks for the video.

Sold mine. Tired of a new bike that would randomly not start or throw engine codes and Harley techs with no answers. Right side heat is crazy. Fun to ride but the cake wasn’t fully baked.

i just got a super sport, Honda cbr600rr...i love it! but my next bike is going to be an adventure bike! i love the idea of being able to go anywhere, do anything on a bike...i kinda fell in love with the bmw 1200gs after watching a video of a bmw1200gs school where they were teaching folks how to ride them and do all kinds of stuff in all kinds of terrain etc...this Harley is absolutely beautiful too!

I had one for 3 days. AMAZING bike! They missed on critical feature. Chain drive!! I own the only Triumph 1200Tiger GT explorer in the USA right now according to my dealer. NO CONTEST!!!!

Man! I’ve been waiting for you to review the pan America. That’s the bike I just purchased.

Finally you got your hands on this bike. I've been hoping to hear your opinion on it for about a year or so now, as a lot of other channels (that i don't trust to much) came out with reviews.

It’s good to see HD trying new things. If I was looking for a larger adventure bike I would definitely check it out.

Good review man. I'm going to buy the GI as a first bike soon. I appreciate your content and I'll likely buy your books to hone my skills in a nice quiet parking lot lol.

I went and did a showroom test ride! Really like the bike from what I saw. They offer a lifetime engine warranty standard, so that is a big plus. Not big on off-road riding, but I do like the option with a great highway cruiser. Maybe in the spring I will jump on one.

Wow. You’re killing me with history!! Early 1900s would be WW1.

I just bought the same bike two days ago …I traded in my 2021 FatBob in deadwood denim green ….I love this bike

Test rode, rented (3 days), purchased. I liked it that much. I added off-brand (better, cheaper and available) boxes, a H-D tank bag and Touratech mount with Garmin. 20,000 km/12,000* mi of European alpine twisties in the first year. *People will say, 'I do that in a week'. Highway feel is fine, but I find it boring and don't do much. but I live in the Alps, why would you ride on the highway? 20,000 km is a LOT in the mountains.

Just bought mine today. Can’t wait to go for a ride!

I don't do off road riding at all. And don't intend to start riding off road. But I do like the seating position and feel of adventure touring bikes, so for the price I went with the Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE LT+ back in 2019. It comes with all those options, electronic suspension, FACTORY installed quick shifter, heated grips, cornering lights, etc... everything. AND it includes the hard luggage for touring which is what i do with it. I think i paid like $15K for mine but they are around $19K now.. but that includes EVERYTHING including the hard bags.

While it’s true that you can’t ride a spec sheet, my experience in both California and Texas is that most dealerships don’t have very generous test ride policies. Manufacturer’s demo days are okay, but not very often. Had a very good experience on a Versys 650 LT at a Kawasaki demo day.

Just goes to show HD still knows how to build competitive modern tech bikes. If I was looking for a ADV type of bike it would be between this or KTM Super Adventure.

I personnaly prefer the GS, but indeed a beautiful and great bike, Harley did a great job on this one! Love the color to! Great review Greg, thanks for making it! ;-)

One aspect is the adaptive suspension being the best of both worlds. It lowers about 2 inches.when riding to a stop and raises back up when you shut it off. When lower, it makes it easier to get your footing when stopped. When turned off, it resumes the normal height, which makes it easier to get on the center stand.

I'm loving the ride reviews

First Harley I've ever thought looked like a reasonable bike to own. I'd buy a Yamaha Super Ten over this but, this one is in the same ballpark. Looks damn nice.

Kinda snazzy looking, seriously doubt it's a GS killer. Just another option in this class. Nice: video. May I suggest a gimbal for the walk around, it's will make a super smooth shot.

Great info as usual. There is a rumor they will come out with a 975CC version of the Pan America in 2023. Interested to see if that happens.

A buddy of mine lent me his Pan America for 6 weeks this summer. It was the first big bike I road and I loved it. At first it's intimidating because it looks big, but once I got on it, it felt perfect.I'm 6'2" 34" inseam so I don't have a problem flat footing, but I still appreciated the lowering thing it does when you stop. It was WAY more maneuverable than I thought it would be. The only downside for me was it threw off a TON of heat.

I'm glad I brought my popcorn ;-)

Recently HD in UK done Test Ride To Win, so I did🙂. Went to Uppingham HD dealer, mounted on 1250 S and spent one hour challenging local twisties. My observations: just got off ST1100 and jumped on different kind of bike, and guess what? Feels like handling a bicycle. I asked for all ABS/TC off, engine in sports mapping and just took off. Handles really light, corners with a lot of spare lean angle, throttle response in S mode sweet and like an explosion, overtaking 10 points. Overall experience - waiting for a DRAW🙂. Fingers crossed!

I owned a 21 and had a ton of issues so they traded me for a 22. Rode it just over 30,000 mile and traded for a 23 Heritage 120th Anniversary and just now bought this GI edition and will fly down Friday to Orlando and ride it back to Tennessee Saturday

The panam is an amazing bike. I love my 2021. HD knocked it out of the park. They will need to iron out quality issues but the design is awesome.

For a adventure bike its looks good! Specially the front is bad ass!

Good quick review.

My son in law has a 2022 its a really v ce bike for avfirst or a cond year There is only one non issuse issue is that there is a 35lb resonator thatthe tail end of the exhaust exits, if you change out the exhaust will that make the geometry weird with a higher center of gravity.. Btw that bike rides as smooth or smoother than my then new 2006 R1200gs, rides way better than my 23 Triumph Tiger 900 Your channel is awesome ,keep itup thanks

I saw this bike recently. Definitely caught my interest. 👍

The engine sounds like my stock KTM 1290 Super Adventure S. And has the similar one-touch start button too Eric Black Swan Odysseys

That color suits this bike really well.

Gorgeous bike, great colour 👍👍

Firstly, I’ve ridden Harleys for nearly 20 years. I cancelled my order for a Pan an got a GS1250 adv. best decision. One of my mates is changing his pan to a GS. When the new GS1300 an GS1400 adv are launched they will raise the bar higher again.

The side stand is a bit of a PITA on low position since the stand is " springy " . It goes down about 3/4 inch when no load on it. The pivot hole is elongated on one end. I eliminated that by filling in the up side of the hole with my TIG and silicon bronze.to make it round .

Hi motojitsu. I am picking up a 2022 tracer gt soon. It will be mostly used for weekend rides with the mrs as pillion. I have a few questions 1 - how is the tracer 9gt as a bike 2- do I have to always adjust the rear suspension when riding solo and 2 up 3- if it has a Manual pre load how to adjust it and what setting it should be at. How would I know that it's at the right setting for solo and 2 up 4- is it ok to ride 2 up with pre load/suspension adjustment Also is semi active suspension better or electronic suspension for pillion riding Your help is much appreciated

Riding around Los Santos feels so good.

Can't forget the best feature about the Pan American the the GS don't have and that the variable valve timing so that eliminate a $600 + bill I would rather go that route any day

Love my '22 PAS. No problems whatsoever, except wanting to be naughty all the damn time. So much power and fun.

That machine looks beastly

I probably doesn't suck (my local HD dealer didn't let me test-ride only one specimen that they had on the floor so I wouldn't know). However, looking up close HD seems a bit unfinished. And quick shifter optional at $20K price point? I can get naked 1250GS for $21. And it doesn't look unfinished and has a quick shifter.

A friend of mine bought one about 12 to 18 months ago, he really like it BUT he is having a bunch of electrical/electronics issues with it. HD is covering it but it seems to be one problem after an other. Imo, HD did a great job for a first try, I really hope they keep at it.

Love the HD honest review you haven't always been a fan of HD especially the brakes. But stop telling people about our great weather here don't need more people living here 😆

That’s I bike that after this video I want to try. Not very keen about the maintenance costs for what I’ve heard but at it is a new bike on their range I’ll give it a try. Maybe would like to know more about the modern Harley’s touring models. I ride a BMW 1250 RT, I simply love the bike but wouldn’t mind to explore similar proposals from a brand like Harley. So if you have the opportunity to do some videos about the concept of bikes of this brand, from me it would be a plus. Thanks for the video ✌️✌️

Seems like a lot of HD cruiser riders are going to adventure bikes, primarily the GS. I'm not letting my GS go anytime soon.

A lighter more affordable 975cc version of the Pan America would be a genius idea!

awesome review. thank you sir.

I totally support the tribute of the company to the military. In virtually all the magazine and you tube comparisons of the new Pan America it is always tested against the GS and GSA. So in some ways it is recognized by almost all testers that the GS/GSA has been and probably still is the undisputed standard to which all adventure bikes are measured against. BMW was very smart when they introduced the GS series by not starting from scratch with a new bike but using the existing proven engines and modified the frames to some extent to make it an adventure bike. That way the new bike teething problems were almost none. And each year since they made small refinements to the bike to what it is today. It didn't hurt BMW that KTM opted out of Ewan's and Charlie's world trip and BMW stepped up to the plate. Harley, on the other hand, started their adventure bike with a new model and teething issues are to be expected with any new model. It is not really a Harley issue as much as any totally new bike would likely have first year glitches regardless of manufacturer. Harley does have a few things going for them that are fascinating that some of the other manufacturers don't. First, as you mentioned, they are well recognized for their support of the military and veterans. Harley also has a very loyal customer base that in some cases will not ride anything other than a Harley regardless of what it is, and Harley's business model is somewhat unique among motorcycle manufactures as the quarterly bottom line is important to a point but that the business model is similar to Southwest Airlines and Apple as the customer is also very important and the company absolutely wants and needs to be around next year and years after to support their customers. The quarterly bottom line isn't everything for Harley and that is refreshing among companies that only look to bottom lines and Wall Street stockholders. Harley is unique in many ways and I am not sure the Pan America will have the short life and go the way of the Live Wire. I am not a Harley guy but can certainly see and appreciate their business model. Maybe in a few years I will look hard at the Pan America, for now my ride is the GSA.

Well, dammit ! __I took a test ride on the version that lowers itself 2 inches at a stop, today. Looks like I'll be buying one. 😈

Waiting on the rumored 975 version, I don't want all the electronic options so hope its has less , just ABS, Traction control and a center stand.

It’s nice that Harley has come out with the Pan American. They need a middle weight adventure bike to.

Very tasteful slow mo

Good man for the slo-mo at that gas station..haha

You forgot to mention. The less than pretty front end. That headlight, yuck

I have a GS 1200 and the HD is the only other bike of this to type I would be interested in.

Concentrate Greg....😂 Good scenery is good scenery... Luv that Pan, luv it more if it was belt or shaft tho.

I have a GS but I am seriously thinking about the Pan America....I think I will give them a couple of years...

Looks like all it needs are tires more dedicated to Gravel and dirt and it's good to go!

You should test drive a triumph Tiger 1200 GT. And compare it to your BMW GS.

I'd like to see you review a Kawasaki Z900RS. I realize you had a Z900 but have you ridden the RS? I'm really hoping HD brings out the Pan American and the Bronx with the 975 motor next year.

I owned a Sportster S with the revolution max engine. These bikes are FULL of issues and Harley techs at smaller dealerships are struggling to keep up after years of working on 1970s technology. The weird rev hunting/power delivery the engine does between 3 and 4k RPM cannot be fixed. But don't take my word for it. Before you buy, join one of the owners groups and hang out there for a couple of weeks. I sold my Sportster S after 600 miles. But hey, each to their own. Go ahead and trade your GS on this. Good luck.

Cool bike! Are you going to test any midsize adventure/dual purpose bikes? At 73 I am still working and can’t afford anything like that; plus if I drop it on the trail I probably couldn’t lift it (although for an old guy I am still relatively “froggy”, lol). I do construction work for a living and still downhill ski. ,

Nice bike if you consider this is first Harley adventure-style bike. Test drove Pan America Special and GS 1250. GS felt like it had more torque down low. Harley feels like it has "race" motor. Toque goes with the revs on Harley. The only thing that I didn't in Pan America is that "check engine" light popped up when I was having a test-ride. And suddenly it became a 50 Hp bike instead of 150 Hp.

Couldn’t see one of these replacing my FLHR But damn.. I am looking forward to the 975 pan am that’s coming out. Lower price Still will be balls to the walls fast compared to my cammed 107 FLHR. I hear such good stuff about the pan am. Maybe as a 2nd bike some time. I’ve only ever ridden big cruisers and baggers so it’s what feels correct to me (minus the one block I rode on a R6 in my early 20s .. 20 Years ago lol) I need to get my damn license so I can test ride some other bikes to see if I do enjoy other bikes. The DMV in IL is awful. May just take the MSF to not deal with the damn DMV and I may learn something 😉 (Never really cares about the endorsement but want to go on some crazy long rides and I don’t wanna get jammed up 2000 miles away .. and I’d love to take the Lock and Lean courses but yup.. need endorsement

I would have a Pan American, But the set up fees and dealership fees of $3200.00 (this is not including state and sales tax) steered me to a Yamaha Super Tenere. Don’t meet to be negative, but the sale person at Rommel’s HD made me feel like I was a idiot and should pay for the privilege to buy a HD. I have only owned HD. The Tenere is my first metric bike. I hope that your HD dealer is better then the one in me area.

Hey Fast Eddie, can you review a F850GSA?

"I would not rule this out at all" - channeling the late Mitch Hedberg....

Hey Greg, is there a Pan America in your future?

I'd love a Pan Am, except I don't have the money. Until the Pan Am, I didn't see a single American bike that I'd be interested in. The more I look at it, the more interested I get.

Would appreciate your opinion on how it carries its weight in slow, parking lot maneuvers compared to the GS.

Not that I'm shopping a new bike, I'm happy with my 48, but maybe down the road I might change it up.

road pan am. Great great bike. Some bugs will be worked out next year

Did you try the ride modes?

Price is just way too much.... Honda Africa Twin or Tenere are much cheaper and probably much better. That being said, the Pan America looks brilliant!

Try the Ducati Multistrada V2S and/or Multistrada V4S.

Harley bro's not gonna like it; don't have to spend 5K on engine out the door and no bags for cosplay pirate gear.

Would be awesome to see ride on some dirt and see how it does in comparison to the GS.

I know you discourage beginners to have sports and higher cc. But is there a wiggle room for beginners to have this since this is not sport (although high cc)?

Good video devil dog.

the Pan America is a big seller where I'm at - I wanted to test drive one, but the dealer sold these as soon as they came in. I have a 1200 gs lc and I'll hang onto it for now, but would like to try one out for sure.

Hello, I’m 5’11” and weigh 125 lb. Do you see any issue buying HD Pan America?

and they say that the ducati multistrada 1000 is ugly...

Definitely better adv out there and cheaper. Aft least Harley is finally going in the right direction. I seen one review were the clutch was toast at 1,500 miles.

Nice test Sir, do you plan to swing a leg over the MG 85TT any time soon? I’d love to hear your thoughts about the bike 🏍️

The problem here is that the bike reminds us of the GS which reminds one of Germany with its emissions cheating diesel Volkswagens and Nordstrom pipe lines! Also I remember the Orange Harley-Davidson 250 MX that looked like a real dirt bike. It wasn’t!

Is it possible to try the Ducati Diavel 1260 ?

Now that is funny. HD will drop it within 2yrs. Not selling in Europe where it has to.

Looks like a great bike. I'm sure Rob is a mature adult who has the right to make his own riding choices, but a little personal protective gear besides helmet and gloves would have been a better choice. Chuck's don't give you much foot/ankle protection and those jeans and hoody would shred pretty quick if he went down because someone else in a car did something stupid.

How did your left foot feel at 4,000 RPM? Thought my foot would vibrate off. For Harley, this is a world beater straight out of the box. Quality is not in BMW’s ballpark, but the ride is more plush than the GS. Lots of heat from the rear cylinder onto right leg, heat hitting left leg from radiator fan on the left side. Electronics are unstable.

People compre this to the gs, but really it's meant to compete with the multistrada

One question when I’m connected to the app and through my phone, how do I answer calls?🤣🤷🏼‍♂️

I heard they were coming out with a 975 version