When the Harley-Davidson Pan America first broke cowl, we knew it will shake up the journey bike market. What we didn’t anticipate, was that it will turn out to be a daily fixture on the {custom} motorbike 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 High 10 checklist. 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 elements, beneath their CNCPT Moto label. After a lot refinement, these elements at the moment are able to go—so Tim and his crew have constructed a pair of jaw-dropping Pan Americas to showcase them.
“We went just a little deeper than on our final Pan America construct,” he tells us. “These builds are far more subtle. Now we have unofficially dubbed them Vexa and Nova, after chaos and order, as they’re absolute beasts to experience, but delicate from a design viewpoint.”
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 experience top tech.
Subsequent, Powerbrick used the CNCPT Moto front-end package 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 all the things in place, together with the inventory TFT show, which now sits decrease.
The package 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 commonplace controls and switches.
The Pan America Particular shed the crash bars that flank its radiator, however stored its radiator shrouds, which had been outfitted with slim LED flip alerts. Powerbrick added an identical set of shrouds to the Pan America ST, which usually options much less radiator safety. Each bikes retain their sump guards and entrance fenders.
The CNCPT package is designed to make use of the Pan America’s inventory gas 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 unique key barrel for ease of use.
Probably the most radical change to the Pan America’s structure 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 may be completed in a weekend—with out the necessity for a motorbike stand.
The package is complete and intensely nicely thought out. It contains all the things from a license plate bracket and light-weight, to built-in LED flip alerts which are 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 package from Venhill Racing that permits you to conceal away the Pan America’s ABS pump.
The tail package reuses the unique Harley taillight, including just a little OEM aptitude to the design. CNCPT gives it with or with out upholstery, and with numerous exhaust choices. These two bikes use matching twin muffler setups, with bespoke stainless-steel headers that had been fabricated by Chiel Nipius at Nius Moto.
Different upgrades embody Venhill Racing brake hoses to match the ABS relocation package, high-grade silicone coolant hoses from Samco within the UK, and DNA filters. Some even handed dyno tuning has every Pan America making 165-plus horsepower, whereas weighing round 45 kilos (99 kilos) lower than earlier than.
It took over a 12 months to prototype, refine, and develop the kits that adorn this pair of putting 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 powerful case for the Pan America as a candidate for personalisation.
Powerbrick | CNCPT Moto | Pictures by Paul van Mondfrans Lindén
