PEOPLE’S CHAMP / RUSTY BUTCHER / 2022 HELMETS / RIDING THE PAN AMERICA
jack of all.
Riding and Rating Pan America, Harley-Davidson’s Next-Gen Adventure Machine
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
Words: Bill Bryant
Photos: Geoff Kowalchuk
THE BIG QUESTION
INSIDE THE DESIGNER’S HEAD:
When we set out to design the Pan America, our goal was to find space in the ADVT aesthetic we could call our own. We found it by combining North American off-road DNA with iconic H-D DNA. Without designs like the International Harvester Scout, first-gen Bronco, and Jeep, the Pan America would not have roots.
WEIGHT, THERE’S MORE THE
TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
You don’t have to ride solo through Siberia to appreciate this Hog’s charms
GRINGO. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM A FULL-FACE HELMET. AND LESS
FLAT BLACK FACTORY
FLAT BLACK
GLOSS VINTAGE WHITE
GLOSS BLACK
FLAT BLACK FACTORY
GLOSS WHITE
METALLIC CHERRY RED
GLOSS COYOTE TAN
GLOSS BLACK SPECTRUM
GRINGO S
HELMETS
METALLIC GRAPE
FLAT BLACK
GLOSS WHITE
FLAT CHOCOLATE
GLOSS BLACK
METALLIC STERLING
GLOSS VINTAGE WHITE
GLOSS BLACK SPECTRUM
GLOSS BLACK SPECTRUM SHOWN
LANE SPLITTER
LANE SPLITTER
GLOSS BLOOD RED
FLAT TITANIUM
LANE
SPLITTER
GLOSS BLACK
GLOSS WHITE
FLAT BLACK FACTORY
BONANZA.
THE LEAST YOU NEED. THE MOST YOU’LL GET.
FLAT BLACK FACTORY
GLOSS BLOOD RED
GLOSS AGAVE
GLOSS BLACK SPECTRUM
GLOSS BLACK
METALLIC CHAMPAGNE
GLOSS VINTAGE WHITE
FLAT BLACK
We love what we do. I know we will continue to grow, create jobs, and build the team.
HARD WORK & COLD CASH
People’s Champ Sponsors
There aren’t many rules in the People’s Champ playbook, but one is carved in stone: you must ride your showstopper to the show to be eligible for final voting—no trailer queens, no exceptions.
“the People’s Champ”
“It’s not a typical show bike—I’m gonna be riding’ it, I’m gonna be crashin’ it, and I’m gonna be rippin’ around on it, so I didn’t want perfect paint or perfect chrome. The whole thing just kind of fell together the way it is.”
@Jacob_conard
H-D TWIN CAM
“It’s a Twin Cam with a six-speed transmission out of a bagger set in a twin top tube frame I designed and built based off old ‘80s BMX bikes. I got a long history with BMX… I’ve always liked the old BMX frame designs, and I thought it would make a nice chopper.”
“My friend Slab Side Joey Cano did the paint. All the colors are from ‘50s and ‘60s era home appliances. Of course, I forgot to do some things on the frame during dry build, so when it came back from paint I had to drill holes for fork stops and other stuff on a brand-new, perfect paint job. Yeah, I was sweatin’…”
Sonneborn
“Everything about this bike is 1960s—like something you’d see in a David Mann painting or an old biker movie. Devil’s Angels, Hells Angels on Wheels, Hell’s Angels ‘69… I’ve been obsessed with that stuff forever. If I’m not building something that looks like one of those guys rode it, it’s not me.”
ROBBIE PALMER
@robbie_palms
NORTHAMPTON, UK
“I find it easier to create a theme for a bike by giving it a name. Once I’ve done that, the inspiration for ideas seems to flow more smoothly. This one is called ‘Dune.’ There’s a lot of little desert critters on it… the frame is painted tan, and various shapes on the fender, the tank, and other sand-cast bits are inspired by sand dunes.”
THIRTYTWO + BILTWELL REST STOP FLANNEL
DIXXON + BILTWELL FLANNEL
PACIFIC LIGHTWEIGHT FLANNEL
BLACKOUT LIGHTWEIGHT FLANNEL
MORE THAN JUST T-SHIRTS THESE DAYS...
GOOD TIMES MOTO JERSEY
THE
ROUTE:
FOOD::
TREATS: ATTRACTION
Day Trippin’
“...I always save room for some banana pudding.”
High Times in Kernville
High Times in Kernville
High Times in Kernville
Parker Lindow’s ’57 Chevy Half-Ton Pickup
DEVILS & DETAILS
BORN-FREE 12
PHOTOS BY GEOFF KOWALCHUK
Hawke Lashe
JAKE WREESMAN
@METALLHAUS
JOSH SHEEHAN
RICK NAJERA
ADJUSTABLE VELCRO WRIST CLOSURE
SINGLE LAYER SYNTHETIC LEATHER PALM WITH THUMB REINFORCEMENT
RUGGED SINGLE AND DOUBLE-NEEDLE POLYESTER STITCHING
VENTILATED 2-WAY STRETCH POLYESTER BACK FOR COMFORT
LYCRA ACCORDION BAFFLES ON KNUCKLES FOR ADDED DEXTERITY
SMART SCREEN THUMB AND FINGERTIPS
MOTO GLOVES
FOR WRENCHIN’ AND RIDIN’
GREY/BLACK
COYOTE/BLACK
RED/WHITE/BLUE
“My alpaCAs have never spit on me.. only each other when they wrestle. Seems like something that would happen at a Biltwell event.”
