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You forgot all of the dealer fees to be added on.
Harley turns Pan Am into Sport Tourer
- Thread starter Weaselinsuit
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oops.. ok, 35 then there's leathers... 38... well, it's not 40
Maybe someone can hack the adaptive cruise and market it as an add on with McCruise or someone else?!
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
Back when the Pan American was introduced, I was interested in the bike from a technical perspective mostly. I joined a Pan America owners group on Facebook. I was curious who was buying them so I created a poll asking whether owners were first time Harley buyers or previous Harley owners. The results surprisingly showed 60-70% of owners were already Harley loyalists. Not the result I was expecting and probably not what Harley wanted to see if they were trying to appeal to a new non-traditional group.
ST Gui
240Robert
Since dealer fees are true of nearly every single new vehicle sold that's not really unique. May as well add on tax and license fees. Which added to any other vehicle in comparisons jacks up their OTD prices as well.
Mophead
Site Supporter
And throw in a couple of tattoo's and you are at $30K
Shuey
Site Supporter
Sorry, chain drive and spoke wheels . . . not for me. It would need some extra lights as well.
Shuey
Shuey
$30k with chain maintenance.
It's a badge (or name) "tax". Same as with bmw and Duc.
lddave
been there
First rider to arrive at the Hoka Hey challenge ending checkpoint is riding a Pan American. Except for a fuel pump he replaced on side of road in north Texas it seemed to be a good choice to ride for the last week and a half across the country on primary two lane roads .
Having followed the Hoka Hey in general and about 8 people I personally know who are riding it, can I opine that it seems like mechanical issues were encountered by most, if not all, riders. Some suffered multiple breakdowns of the same, or multiple, parts and lost considerable riding time at one Harley dealer or another. Perhaps mechanical repair ability is one of the characteristics needed to finish?
lddave
been there
I agree on your comment on the numerous mechanical breakdowns , seems lot of riders were not capable of some simple repairs . Lot of the bikes started with high mileage which didn’t help with rally reliability.
And I cannot help but notice they all started on Harleys. Just sayin'.
Ain't no Harley dealer gonna help with sponsorship if Honda's show up.
sirbike
Site Supporter
lddave
been there
Is this comment directed to me ?
sirbike
Site Supporter
Your comment made me think of W0QNX. I think he has hundreds of thousands of miles on his.
Therefore all those Harleys breaking down must have millions of miles on them.
Donk
Site Supporter
Hoka Hey is by rules limited to American made V-twins. That leaves out a certain amount of reliability right there. It's a cool concept and it does support charity but given the option sleeping next to my bike is not for me.