Revised range also sees ‘117’ Milwaukee Eight spread to more models
Harley-Davidson has unveiled an array of new 2025 models including a revamped cruiser range and two new additions to the lineup in the form of the Pan America 1250 ST and Street Glide Ultra.
Starting with the Pan America, the new ‘ST’ branding indicates its ‘street’ focus, as it turns Harley’s first big adventure bike into a road-oriented high-rise sports tourer.
Bikes like Kawasaki’s Versys 1100 and Yamaha’s Tracer 9 show there’s plenty of appetite for machines that combine the tall, spacious riding position of an adventure bike with pure street suspension, 17-inch wheels and roadgoing rubber, and that’s precisely what the Pan America 1250 ST brings to the party.
Changes include a slimmer shape, losing the big radiator shrouds of the standard Pan America 1250. The suspension is also lower, with a smaller 17-inch front wheel compared to the 19 inch rim on the standard bike, gifting the ST with a sportier stance and lower 825mm seat height. The 47mm Showa forks and rear monoshock use manual adjustment for their compression and rebound damping instead of the semi-active control of the Pan America 1250 Special, although there’s still electronic preload adjustment.
The engine remains the same, a 112kW, 1252cc, liquid-cooled V-twin, with variable valve timing, but on the ST it’s paired to a transmission with a Screamin’ Eagle quickshifter.
Harley’s second new model is the Street Glide Ultra, which essentially replaces the Ultra Limited in the range as a full tourer with a bar-mounted fairing. Powered by the 117ci (1923cc) version of Harley’s Milwaukee-Eight V-twin, it has the same 80kW output as the Street Glide it’s based on.
Visual changes include the Tour-Pak top case and passenger backrest, a new seat targeting two-up comfort, and new fairing lowers with adjustable air vents. On board there’s Harley’s huge 12.3-inch TFT touchscreen. The changes push the weight up from the Street Glide’s 368kg to a hefty 393kg, but that’s still substantially less than the 416kg of the previous Ultra Limited, which made do with a less powerful, 65kW, 114 Milwaukee-Eight motor.
For 2025, Harley’s cruiser range fully adopts the 117 engine which previously appeared only in select models. The Fat Boy, Heritage Classic, Street Bob, Breakout, Low Rider S and Low Rider ST all share the same engine now, although power levels vary from a low of 68kW in the Heritage Classic and Street Bob to a high of 85kW in the Low Rider models, with the Fat Boy and Breakout sharing the middle ground at 77kW.
Other tweaks to the 2025 range announced in January include revised suspension for the Sportster S, adding 60% more rear wheel travel without increasing the seat height.