pillions appear well-catered for , but my wife will be the judge of that . Stand-up ergos are spot-on , the adjustable screen works very well and the cornering headlight ( that ’ s the top one ) is a hoot . I was watching it go on and off on the bike behind me , but how effective it is in corners will need to wait until I ride it in the dark . My left-hand did snag the high-beam switch a few times , and you ’ ll have to get used to where the side-stand is – because it ’ s forward of the pegs . And it takes a little effort to lever it off that stand . There are a lot of switches , but they are easy to navigate , and I can only assume Harley has gone to great lengths to make the navigation as intuitive as possible because lots of Americans have handguns and bad tempers .
The Pan America deserves to be a success , because it ’ s every bit as good as it should be – and way better than I ever thought it might be . It ’ s always great when the bike you review exceeds your expectations , and that ’ s what the Pan America did to mine . I honestly did not expect it to be as wellsorted and refined as it turned out to be . $ 33,995 ride-away gets you the magwheeled black version , $ 34,710 gets you the two-tone paint , while an additional $ 1675 picks up the spoked version with that magical adaptive ride height thing . Buy that one . Seriously . So Harley-Davidson did not bring a knife to a gun-fight . It couldn ’ t . And it knew that . So it brought a gun . And the Pan America is a helluva gun . Now you ’ ve just gotta draw , Mister .
56 KIWI RIDER