King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

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King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title
Harley-Davidson

King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

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King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title
Harley-Davidson

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Harley “Factory driver” Kyle Wyman won the third and final run of the King of the Baggers.

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Harley-Davidson

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On his Screamin’Eagle Road Glide with the 2.2 liter engine he was able to prevail against the Indian Challenger in second place.

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Harley-Davidson

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Wyman’s father is a Harley dealer and Kyle grew up flat track racing.

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Indian Motorcycles

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Mission Food S&S Cycles Indian Team dominated the Indian Challenger the weekend. The Indian drove the fastest laps in free practice, qualification and races.

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Indian Motorcycles

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Driver Tyler O’Hara also has a decisive knowledge advantage: he won the show race in 2020 and knows the machine down to the smallest detail.

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Harley-Davidson

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Harley-Davidson joins the King of the Baggers with a factory team at short notice. They come with a 2.2 liter V2 with a good 180 Nm.

King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title
Harley-Davidson

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As a works driver, Harley was able to win road racer Kyle Wyman, he has already won flat-track championship titles for Harley and has also won the famous Daytona 200.

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MotoAmerica

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The first King of Baggers race took place on October 24, 2020.

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MotoAmerica

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12 pilots stormed around the Laguna Seca track on spectacularly converted excavator models.

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MotoAmerica

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There were prepared Harleys …..

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MotoAmerica

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… and of course Indians.

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MotoAmerica

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The drivers gave everything.

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MotoAmerica

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The audience was thrilled.

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MotoAmerica

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Dynamic entry into the legendary Corkscrew.

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seanmacd

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The bagger bikes weigh a good 270 kilograms.

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seanmacd

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Disguise and suitcase are compulsory.

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seanmacd

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It was still dynamic.

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MotoAmerica

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The race lasted 8 laps.

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MotoAmerica

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Everyone had a lot of fun.

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MotoAmerica

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The winner was Tyler O’Hara on one of S&S prepared Indian Challenger.

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King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title

King of the Baggers
Harley wins the title

In 2020, the American motorsport organizer MotoAmerica had Bagger-Bikes run for a test. It will become a racing series in 2021. Harley-Davidson is now announcing its own factory team for the King of the Bagger and will take the title straight away.


Uli Baumann,

Jens Kratschmar

07/13/2021

In this article:

  • Harley wins the title
  • Indian dominates first race
  • Indian sponsors and repairs
  • Harley gets in with the factory team
  • Three races in 2021
  • Conclusion

In October 2020, converted super cruisers with V2 engines raged on the Laguna Seca racetrack. The motorsport organizer MotoAmerica called for the King of the Baggers and 12 machines competed in the spectacular competition.


King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title


MotoAmerica

The fans were thrilled, the drivers had a lot of fun. Accordingly, MotoAmerica has now decided to expand King of the Baggers into a complete racing series. The Bagger racers will return to the track for three rounds of the American Superbike Championship.

“To be honest, the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers’ debut race at Laguna Seca went better than we had dreamed of”, said Wayne Rainey, President of MotoAmerica. Accordingly, it was decided to turn the subject further. The new racing series covers the whole country. They also hope to attract new teams and drivers.

Harley wins the title

Harley works rider Kyle Wyman was not impressed by Indian’s first win and took the top podium on Road Amercia in Wisconsin and also at the season finale in Laguna Seca. This makes Wyman the King of the Baggers 2021 on a Harley. Second place goes to main competitor Tyler O’Hara on his S&S-Indian Challenger. Third place in the championship goes to the private team Vance & Claim Hines Harley-Davidson with driver Hayden Gillim. Fun fact: Superbike champion Ben Bostrom started with the number 155 on a Feuling Harley in Laguna Seca. 5th place was the result for the old master.

Indian dominates first race

On May 2, 2021, the first race of the King of the Baggers took place on the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta course. Mission Foods S&S Cycle Team dominated the weekend: With the victory on Sunday in 12: 58.498 minutes, the team confirmed the performance of the Indian Challenger with Tyler O’Hara in the saddle, which was already apparent in the free practice sessions and the qualification. Second place goes to the Harley works team with driver Kyle Wyman. In a disguise to disguise finish, the Indian was able to prevail against the Harley after eight laps with a wafer-thin lead of 0.454 seconds. The fastest lap on the four-kilometer circuit in Atlanta with many high-speed passages and few corners was only 1: 36.392 for the winning Indian. The second-placed Harley remains just behind with 1: 36.651. Third place again goes to an Indian team from Roland Sands Design: The RSD Challenger needed a total of 13: 24.250 for the eight laps, the fastest race lap was set in 1: 39.626. So each much slower than the factory Harley and the winning Indian. Six out of seven starters were able to finish the race.

Indian sponsors and repairs

Indian Motorcycles now officially joins the King of the Baggers and presents itself as a sponsor of the series. Furthermore, Indian provides a workshop truck for each of the races in order to be able to offer the Indian drivers the necessary factory support. In 2020 Indian was still officially racing with a converted one Indian Challenger and won. With the S&Last year’s winner, Tyler O’Hara, will compete again in 2021.


King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title


Indian Motorcycles

Harley gets in with the factory team

Harley-Davidson announced a good three weeks before the start of the season that it is fighting for the crown of the King of the Baggers with a works team. To this end, the Screamin ‘Eagle Factory is building a current Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special and is using the street-legal Milwaukee Eight 131 with 2,247 cubic meters and a good 180 Nm. The driver will be: Kyle Wyman. A very experienced road racer in the USA, six-time AMA Flat Track champion and winner of the Daytona 200. In addition to the commitment, Harley is offering $ 30,000 to enable other Harley riders to compete in the King of the Baggers races.


King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title


Indian Motorcycles

Three races in 2021

Fueling the bonfire of one of the oldest motorcycle rivalries – Harley-Davidson versus Indian – the series starts April 30th through May 2nd, 2021 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, and ends July 9th and 11th on the famous Laguna Seca in California with the infamous Corkscrew chicane. In between there is a race weekend between June 11th and 13th at the Road America Ring in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.


King of the Baggers: Harley wins the title


Moto America / Cali Photo

While the King of the Baggers debut was an invitation, the 2021 series is open to all qualified AMA licensees, with championship points accumulating with each round and crowning a national champion at the end of the season.

opinion poll

Converted excavator bikes race. That is ….

Voted 771 times

…. a real laughing stock.

… refreshing motorsport.

Conclusion

When 300-kilogram chunks are moved across the racetrack by experts, that’s pretty spectacular. In addition, all Big Twin drivers and fans can be tied to the racing action in this way. Smart plan, nice to look at and in the end Harley-Davidson wins.

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