Pan America RA1250S ADV
Although the bikes themselves
( the standard and the ' Special ') still won ' t be in dealerships until May ( apparently ), Harley has finally and formally unveiled the MY2021 debut of the long awaited , much anticipated Pan America Adventure Tourer . The primary takeaways from the information published by Harley are that it is a capable platform
The RA1250 Pan America S ( Special ) features Harley ' s innovative Adaptive Ride Height ( ARH ) system available as an option and is expected to sell at around the $ 19,995.00 mark .
loaded with consumer-friendly cockpit , handling and performance tech and that the new engine is by far the most sophisticated and contemporary Harley ' s engineers have been allowed to come up with since the Japanese Superbike market take-over of the 1970s . Equally important is the fact that the two Pan America models are globally compliant ( again , no small thing ) and that the company is being competitive with its pricing . The standard version is expected to have an MRSP of around $ 17,300.00 , with the ' S ' ( Special ) variant on showroom floors in the United States for $ 19,999.00 mark - a price differential widely being touted as reasonable for the extras involved . By Harley ' s standards , that is restrained and clearly indicates a lesson learned . These first two Pan America models are starting out as being broadly competitive . The RA1250 is a new platform that is going up against mid-range , if not premium , BMW , Honda , Triumph , KTM , Yamaha and even Ducati alternates . The segment benchmark is the BMW R 1250 GS with an MRSP of $ 17,895 for the base model and $ 20,195 for the R 1250 GS / Adventure - the range median is around the $ 19,450 mark . The 2021 Honda Africa Twin range has a base price of just $ 14,999 , but the median is the Adventure Special ES at $ 17,199 . The new and very well received 2021 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R is listed around the $ 18,500.00 mark , and while the new Triumph Tiger 850 Sport enters the fray at around $ 11,995.00 , it is manufactured in Thailand , so its base cost can be kept low , and as you move up the Tiger range , the pricing gets into broadly the same bracket . Described as an " Explore-It-All Machine ," the Pan America gives Harley a genuinely Dual Purpose ADV start-point that recognizes , in the continental American context , that the ' Getting There ' is as much part of the equation as the ' Being There '.
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