RE: 2021 H-D Pan American reviewed - 2

Harleys have had hydraulic lifters for years. I think they had them on the big twins since the 80's. It was always the first thing that went when tuning them.

I like what HD has done with this bike, made it modern, made it for performance. I'll be curious, I'll probably go see one. It's not a big attraction to me. But at least, it's a Harley I would go look at.

Both my 1984 Honda CB700SC Night Hawk and my 1993 CB750 had hydraulic valve lash adjusters and overhead cams like the new Pan American's engine. However the current H-D V-twins have hydraulic valve adjusters on their push rod engines, just like my 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet. In fact, I read somewhere that the Bullet uses the same hydraulic adjusters as do the H-D models. I just hope that the new H-D engine is reliable and doesn't have mechanical issues like some of their engines did in the past when they made changes to their previous designs.