We’ve already talked several times about Harley-Davidson’s collaboration with the QJ Group to produce the X350 roadster for Asian markets, which is in fact developed on the same technical basis as the Benelli 302S. According to some online media – such as our colleagues at Motorrad – the manufacturer has also registered the name X350 RA and this would be a preparation for an endurance roadster version inspired by the Pan America.
In the past, this acronym appeared for the model dedicated to the Riding Academy, but according to the most tantalizing reconstructions on the Internet, it would be the acronym that identifies precisely a smaller Pan America, based on the 36 hp twin-cylinder. The image we see and which is circulating, it must be specified, is a rendering and not a photograph and, at the time of writing, the original source has not yet been identified.
Pan America 350: let there be speculation
If the hypothesis is confirmed, we could be talking about a Pan America (or should we say Pan Asia?) with the 350 cc in-line twin-cylinder engine we already know, and therefore 36 hp at 9,000 rpm and 31 Nm at 7,000 rpm, with a declared fuel consumption (for the roadster) of 20 km/l. The weight should be around 200 kg and the rims are 17 inches, the tires could be 110 or 120/70 and 150 or 160/60.
While we’re on the subject of hypotheses, we can also imagine that the design of the Pan America could also be transferred to the X500 platform, which would then be the same as the Leoncino and TRK. In that case, it could become an even more interesting bike for our market.