Ready-to-Wear: A Streetfighter Kit For the Harley-Davidson Pan America

When the Harley-Davidson Pan America first broke cowl, we knew it might shake up the journey bike market. What we didn’t count on, was that it might grow to be an everyday fixture on the {custom} bike scene.

The Dutch workshop Powerbrick was one of many first to indicate the Pan America’s potential, by turning it into an unapologetic streetfighter with razor-sharp styling. That bike despatched our servers into overdrive, incomes it the highest spot on our annual Prime 10 record. However, as store boss Tim Somers defined on the time, it was by no means meant to be a one-off.

Powerbrick’s first Pan America kicked off the event of a variety of plug-and-play components, below their CNCPT Moto label. After a lot refinement, these components are actually able to go—so Tim and his crew have constructed a pair of jaw-dropping Pan Americas to showcase them.

“We went a bit deeper than on our final Pan America construct,” he tells us. “These builds are far more subtle. We’ve got unofficially dubbed them Vexa and Nova, after chaos and order, as they’re absolute beasts to trip, but delicate from a design standpoint.”

Powerbrick began with two model new donor bikes—a Pan America 1250 Particular [black] and a Pan America 1250 ST [silver]. Launched earlier this 12 months, the ST is a street-focused model of the Pan America, probably the most notable change being its smaller 17” entrance wheel. However these two machines are near-identical now, save for his or her paint jobs and a few minor particulars.

For starters, each bikes have traded their OEM wheels for ultra-slick 17” carbon fiber hoops from Rotobox, wrapped in Pirelli Diablo Rosso II tires. The silver bike wears a custom-built rear shock from TFX within the Netherlands, whereas the black bike retains its inventory suspension, together with its adaptive trip peak tech.

Subsequent, Powerbrick used the CNCPT Moto front-end equipment to rework the Pan America’s fairing. Solely the decrease nostril cone stays—the windscreen and plastic dashboard housing have each been binned. A five-piece stainless-steel bracket holds the whole lot in place, together with the inventory TFT show, which now sits decrease.

The equipment additionally features a full complement of stainless-steel fasteners, together with anodized handlebar risers. They grip a set of tapered LSL riser bars, fitted with the Pan America’s customary controls and switches.

The Pan America Particular shed the crash bars that flank its radiator, however stored its radiator shrouds, which have been outfitted with slim LED flip indicators. Powerbrick added an identical set of shrouds to the Pan America ST, which generally options much less radiator safety. Each bikes retain their sump guards and entrance fenders.

The CNCPT equipment is designed to make use of the Pan America’s inventory gasoline tank, sans the plastic middle console that runs excessive of it. Eradicating it leaves the tank’s welds uncovered, so Powerbrick sanded these down earlier than repainting the bikes. Every tank now wears a slim CNCPT fuel cap, retrofitted with every bike’s authentic key barrel for ease of use.

Probably the most radical change to the Pan America’s format is CNCPT’s closely abbreviated tail part. Machined from a large chunk of aircraft-grade aluminum, it’s a bolt-on association that Tim says will be finished in a weekend—with out the necessity for a motorcycle stand.

The equipment is complete and intensely nicely thought out. It consists of the whole lot from a license plate bracket and lightweight, to built-in LED flip indicators which might be fitted with Harley connectors, making them a straight swap. There’s additionally a built-in electronics tray, a full set of stainless-steel fasteners, and a hydraulic hose equipment from Venhill Racing that means that you can cover away the Pan America’s ABS pump.

The tail equipment reuses the unique Harley taillight, including a bit OEM aptitude to the design. CNCPT affords it with or with out upholstery, and with varied exhaust choices. These two bikes use matching twin muffler setups, with bespoke stainless-steel headers that have been fabricated by Chiel Nipius at Nius Moto.

Different upgrades embody Venhill Racing brake hoses to match the ABS relocation equipment, high-grade silicone coolant hoses from Samco within the UK, and DNA filters. Some considered dyno tuning has every Pan America making 165-plus horsepower, whereas weighing round 45 kilos [99 pounds] lower than earlier than.

It took over a 12 months to prototype, refine, and develop the kits that adorn this pair of hanging Harley-Davidson Pan Americas. We’d name it time nicely spent. Resplendent in inverted liveries, with orange accents and leather-based and Alcantara upholstery, they make a robust case for the Pan America as a candidate for personalisation.