"Shouldn't care how you look on a bike." Tell that to a 6'2 300lb vanilla gorilla riding a Honda Grom.

everyone but harley will call it "the DirtGlide"

A fine replacement for your pasta rocket. You can now be a Ducatista without all the shame

"A sport bike for fat guys" is probably a better tag line to get your average Harley rider interested in riding it lol. I know, I ride a Harley!

"It go fast, it stop good" I'm sold.

Idk why this bike is getting so much hate, I think it's a great move by Harley.

Hey. Can this guy get an award, for best motovlogger personality, please…I’m looking forward to this adv segment for the wiz and his adventures!

I had a lot of traditionalist absolutely hating on my FXRT back in the mid 80's. Still have it

“The Dirt Glide”. I like it! I don’t understand the hate that this bike is getting from some quarters. I think Harley is making a smart move by branching out into another market segment. From what I understand, the ADV segment is the fastest growing one, and I haven’t read or heard anything bad about it from anyone who has actually ridden one. Enjoy yourself!

Might have to watch this video again later when my wife isn't eavesdropping and cackling to high heaven over the hilarious commentary. Thanks Shadetree!

Our dealership (Pig Trail Harley-Davidson) has gotten about 6 so far. The first one that was pre-ordered got traded back soon after delivery and 2 of them have been crashed already. One guy got his brand new around noon and it came back on a wrecker by around 3pm.

"A pickle in a pouch", that remark really hit me, I can't stop laughing at that. Plus, I too love the ole gas station pickle in a pouch.

Hawking voice "I like bike" is legendary now.

Agreed. Perfect city bike - good seating position, good visibility, good power to scoot through traffic, and all the suspension travel you need to deal with potholed city roads and rough railroad crossings.

I don’t think it’s what people talk about on reviews. It’s the Bevis and Butthead laugh that happens while riding that shows you just how much enjoyment you’re receiving!!! DAMMIT I LOVE MY PAN AMERICA!!!

Nobody: Ye ole Shadetree: loses voice after shouting ALL THE TIME.

You make me laugh out loud Josh... No easy task when dealing with a stoic grumpy old man such as myself... But then, Uncle Weems has softened my heart (with your help) quite alot... Another great video! I'm off to ride my Valkyrie into the unknown!

I don't know why people mock HD's attempt to break out of its mold. I think they should mimic Triumph with a range of m/c types. The cruiser bike is exiting many manufacturers catalogues and replacing them with big bore adventure bikes. Harley should or must do the same. I hope this bike succeeds.

the shadetree world just keeps getting radder and radder! congrats!

Love it…the Dirt Glide, or for the model junkies the FDRT

The perfect replacement for the Ducati😉

Thinking seriously about switching out my 2009 Dyna for one of these

Excellent! You are the first reviewer that so capably articulated the real reasons for buying Pan America. It is a big bike (not too heavy) for big guys, for shitty pothole ridden city streets, for normal body posture, for riding fast and stopping quickly and if really necessary--for leaving the main street and going where others cannot. I did some minor customization to make it more like a "street fighter" and cannot be happier with it.

Damn josh, people are actually jealous of your life right now. Hope that shows you the self accomplishment, and the pride of your work ethic has shown.

That outro, amazing 🤣. I went to test ride one, 100% expecting to hate everything about it. I was blown away at how good of a job HD did. The good thing about a late entry, is that you can take notes of everyone else, and pick the best parts. I really liked it. Now I'm trying to get some of my HD buddies to get one, so they can join me on my 1290 out here exploring everything NorCal has to offer.

I betcha the execs at Harley are pissed they didn't think of calling it the Dirt Glide. Haha

Love the ending of this one!... And keeping it weird is what ya do..... because "normal" seems so boring🤘

I understand why H-D released the Pan America, it’s really about appealing to a new customer base and selling to younger riders. From a business and marketing standpoint, I get it. This is a high performance, utilitarian motorcycle that was built to perform and eat up a ton of miles and have alot of adventures on.

Berts has the best dealerships in the country, awesome people there!

I've told my boss that I wanted to keep riding instead of going into work so many times that now on nice days she thanks me for stopping.

To work I loved stripped bikes with no bags, and used a back back. Just get off the bike and go to the office, no need to be digging thru bags and bike pockets. Just park, kill the bike get off and go. The extra layer of cushioning in your back inspires confidence, on the other hand, it tends to get ya a bit warmer/hotter in FL. But to just get there and keep going, the same way when you arrive at the house is priceless. Especially for half hour commutes. In my $20 backpack from Marshall’s I pack some basic tools, all my bike paperwork, rain gear, lunch, water and I was fine for my 30 min commute. It will get you going and under budget for sure.

4:36 - "Riding this bike feels Supernatural to me!" Shadetree used his sweet Swamp Wizard Powers to turn himself into Offroad Ghost Rider!!!! YEAH!!!

Your next shirt… “Bike go fast, Bike make cool sound, I like bike”

"Harley Davidson Dad Jeans Supreme" is one of my favorite names you've come up with. I know you've used it in the past, but it just seems to fit perfectly here.

Ending with swamp wizard robo voiceover.....priceless

The other John riding his on world record poker run . So far he loving it when got to Maxwell for 1st stop .

So much for the slow 1000 mile break-in period ! Ride it like you stole it ! Perfect insight , HD made a KTM . I love the military look the bike seems to portray ! No bags, get a top box for lane splitting and evasive moves in traffic !!! Love Berts or Barts dealership, whatever he is called !!!!

One more.... If there is any one in America that should get a Pan America long term review, it is YOU sir. Good on Bert's.

ADV bikes are great on the highway and they are the best for riding through the city. Nice high seat height, suspension, and it's my favorite way to commute.

I LOVE the apocalyptic urban assault look of em, 150hp, off road capable, awesome brakes. Good job HD. I want one.

My brother and I rode one. And The Dirt Glide is VERY QUICK !

I like the look of the bike. I’m looking forward to see how people mod them out

Finally Shadetree can embrace the dadbike life but still be a REAL BIKER on a Harley.

The Pan America looks great. I like the way HD is going 😺

The timing is perfect. The Pan American came along just as the trend towards smaller lighter ADV bikes is gaining momentum.

Straight to sport mode…. that’s how I roll 🤙😎

I was on the fence about the styling until I saw it in solid colors, and now I love it. I've seen a couple out on the street and they look awesome. I wish they had done it in solid orange instead of orange and white. Maybe it looks better in person. I'm glad you were able to get one to test!

Look forward every week to your videos. And you just dont disappoint. You are the shit !

You certainly and most definitely set the bar HIGH in the motovlog youtube industry! You always deliver the goods........and always leave us wanting more and more! Thanks Josh

I’ve been waiting for this! The old Wee Strom is approaching 150k and I’ve got the itch for an American bike. That effortless wheelie makes me happy. Ride well brother, looking forward to seeing some miles on it.

That's a great bike. Lowers and raises when you stop. Beautiful for us short folk.

I have never heard a very negative review on the Pan America yet. I'm glad you're getting the shot of one cuz I know you're given an honest review of it. A huge selling point to me is that it never needs a valve adjustment.

I can relate to that riding in and not wanting to stop. Daily life struggle when you live on 2 wheels.

Hey Josh, for soft luggage i love the simplicity of the Giant Loop Great Basin bag: at the end of a day riding i can toss the entire bag over my shoulder and walk to the motel room/camping site

I’ve been in love with this concept since day one! In fact I almost traded in my way less than stock road king for one, pretty excited about the sportster s, and the Brooklyn as well. Can’t wait to see the new bagger platform with such an aggressive power plant between the rails! I gotta say Harley-Davidson has found a way to keep a little soul in these new bikes unlike Indian and almost everyone else excluding triumph and Norton. Even though it’s a completely different animal you can still see the Harley in its shadow.

I test road one of them a few weeks ago and it’s amazing, just look at all those buttons lol

Finally got to view one at our local dealer, wow! I liked it, and a ton of older guys viewed it as well, (over 50)( I'm nearly there lol) looking forward to a ride.

I keep forgetting not everyone wears a backpack when they ride!

The outro fucking killed me. I'm still laughing. Awesome.

Love my H-D Pan Am Special and your video. And I’m a proud Multistrada owner too. What surprised me was that the Pan Am moves the soul just as much, though in different ways. Couldn’t agree more on the kickstand … only The Motor Company makes putting a bike on the kickstand dicey. My other nit … for a bike costing over $20,000, far and away most pathetic tool kit ever.

Sportbike for fat guys hahaha. This guy has way with words. Golden tongue haha.👌🏻

The Dirt Glide ... right? That's exactly what I thought when they started to talk about it a while ago! I know everyone's gonna call it that - Harley should just acquiesce now. Love it!

I am all about this bike and so excited to see your experience with it before I can get mine!

Gotta love the lime scoots all kicked over. Idk why people hate those and birds so much 😂

I wish a few KZfaqrs would take the advice about doing a review after riding a bike 100 miles. I will definitely be following this one.

I sat on one the other day, felt really really good. I'm 6'6 and 270 and it felt grreeaaat. Huge step up from my 97 Sportster

the Surgeon gets an adventure bike, drives straight to Davis Island! Love the video. I'm seriously considering getting a Pan America. Ask Berts if they have a set of sports panniers.

you're spot on, Shadetree, ADV bikes (and SuperMotos, imho) are the ultimate city bikes. Especially as the future is promising more, um, 'unrepaired' road surfaces. 50 years of riding has made me love these things. I think of them as a combination GoldWing (comfort) and SuMo (agility). High quality long-travel suspension is a beautiful thang!

Thank god, you are the first motorcyclist I've heard talk about sciatic nerve issues and being more upright vs. crouched over feeling better. It's the one thing I worry about with a scout bobber, used VRod, etc...the new Sportster S comes with a mid control option from the factory stoked about that. Good initial "first" impression video. I like cable clutches TBH. Round is a shape!

Love the Pan American ! Thanks for featuring the bike .

The great things about these big ATV bikes is they as you say they are great to ride, the bad thing about these bikes are all the electronics, the control, the modes the electronic suspension. It's all great from the start 2-3 years down the line, it starts going South.. Ex KTM owner.

I love it, I am 5'7" tall with the Pan America Special suspension and the seat in the lower position I and on the balls of my feet, not to far from being able to stand flat footed. I think the reach/lower seat they offer would make it a perfect fit for me. looking forward to your long term review.

Looks to me like HD looked at a Dozen other Brands of Morocycles and said "You know what, we could desing some Modern Motorcycles just like Eric Buell did two decades ago ..

A proper replacement for your Ducati. I think we will start seeing a lot of the Pan America. Very cool bike.

I’ve christened mine “The Pan America, the dirt glide the Off road king “.

ADV bikes do a lot of things right. They are comfortable, they come with a lot of modern tech and you can put enough cases and boxes on'em to have them as touring machines.

At 5'6" with one bum ankle, I'll pass on this one. Cool bike, though, with (by all accounts) a great motor, and personally I love the name "Dirt Glide."

I'm like you, I ride what i can afford and what i like. Currently parked is my 04 RoadKing. I'm riding an 87 Goldwing that I've chopped and cut on. Basically I have the panniers and cut off the suitcase while putting on a po po air ride seat. The Pan American looks and runs like a great touring bike. All the HP will disappear with panniers and a years worth of worldly travel gear. Those overloaded bike pics traversing the African plains or the Argentinian hills just met the new king of getting out there. Be safe young man, hug your ladies for all the work they do. I have only ever ridden a bike to work one time! I stopped at the next off ramp and told them " I won't be in today" the boss saw me and let me go. It was cool, I had a beautiful day behind bars. Keep the shiny side up! Hoka Hey

Mr Tree I just added the Pan America S in Grey and Black to compliment my 2020 Triumph Tiger XCX. My Tiger has the quick shifter and Harley needs to get working on this! I bought the Pan Am loaded with the crash bars and everything they had for it. As far as luggage goes, I'm waiting for SW-Motek to make mounts for their bags for the Pan AM. 🙌👏👌✌🖖🤙👍👋🙂

YES!! I.ve been waiting for the unfiltered shadetree pan america review!

That Exhaust sounds like a "FART" after a Chipotle Bowl with lots of beans!

I admit, I hated the very idea of the PanAm and swore no one would like it....then it came out, and I got see one in person and take it for a ride. Now I love it and totally want one!

A sportbike for fat guys! I never thought about it, but it really is, isn't it? All it needs is a sport fairing and street tires! Great video, I'm looking forward to seeing more of you on the Dirt Glide. I used to do intermediate trails((NOT trials!) on a Road King I bobbed and modded into a terrible ADV, and my friend's Pan Am is a whole different world. Let me get the important part out of the way: The Pan America 1250 doesn't sound like an air-cooled 45 degree OHV twin, and it doesn't feel like one either. It doesn't say potato at idle or gas out at 5000rpm or rattle your hands numb at any point, but in some intangible way it still sounds like a Harley-Davidson... Don't get me wrong, it hits all the same buzzy high notes as an Aprilia or a Ducati, but it still says BRUUUUUUUUUUUMP when all the rest say BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! Indian Scouts and FTRs do the same thing, but not as distinctly, more of an O tone. Seriously though, here's my review if it only takes 500 miles to form an opinion: It doesn't ride like a Harley unless you're used to another ADV, but its definitely the Harley of ADVs-plush, smooth, great to cruise on, more road focused than the BMWs and KTMs of the world and a little flimsy in spots(?!) but it's ridiculously comfortable and confidence inspiring. That's what he says, anyway-for me it might as well have been a fricking EBR! It was sporty and a little bit aggressive on the road, REALLY easy to maneuver slow and fast and not so much eager to go off-road as it was completely fine with it, whatever you wanna do bro! It slid big old loopy figure eights with ease, it jumped a bit(It wasn't really feeling my Evel Knievel act, but it made it through), it didn't mind getting a little splashy-and I was worried, there's some important electrical stuff under the front of that skidplate! I left desperately wishing I could afford one, but I can wait four or five years for somebody to get tired and my pockets to fatten up. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go rebuild this Road King I dropped down the side of a hill. Don't worry, it wasn't the steep side!

Hey, maybe do a power/torque comparison to the 131? Not so much because they are completly different bikes, but just for raw power and for future bobber builders .... hehe. Edit: I left a comment before I got to the end of the video. I gotta say, that ending had me in stitches.

Right on. I bought one and riding it is so damn fun. If people hate on it, what are you going do? All I know is the bike has exceeded my expectations and I’m happy as hell with it.

It was your video on Buell that brought me here in the first place. As a Uly XT owner, I love seeing this video! I can't wait to see as much as you dare make! Thank you!

Man. That's so cool you got that as a long term loaner.

"bike go fast, bike make wheelie, bike do sound, i like bike" - this is by far the best thing i've heard as a 'bike review' :)))

Modes? "Ramming speed" is the only mode. Fun, thank you for sharing.

I loved the Stephen Hawking computer generated voice at the end.

I don't know if anyone told you about the active ride height but yeah look that up. I got a "short term demo" from a friend who works at a dealer let me drive one for a day and I love the pan america.

Nelson rigg is def the way to go. I rock those on my KLR.

that's a beautiful ride man... Loved the look of the PA ever since it came out. Looking forward to your full impressions on this one!

I want all new bikes reviewed by Shadetree. Better than anyone out on any platform.

Best orator on KZfaq could listen to you talk day

Best, most honest, first impression ive heard yet. Chey makin sure everyone at Black Widow knew she thinks its ugly was hysterical.

It's like a weekend warrior safety vest! Love it!

I loved the ending of this video. Keep up the good work man

I think it's cool! It's just an ADV bike with a Road Glide headlight. It's a nice addition to a market ruled by the R1200GS.

"I usually get off about every 100 miles" Diiirrrrtttyyy You're dirty