Bagger racing

[andyvh1959]

Harley and Indian rule the King of the Baggers racing. No surprise there when it s a two brand racing series. I saw the Baggers racing at Road America and was able to see the bikes in the pits close up. Not stock baggers in any ways for sure. These bikes look like a Bagger from a distance but the closer you get the differences are real obvious; forks, suspension, footpegs in place of floorboards and the footpegs positioned much further back, lower handlebar, raised seat, etc. Basically all methods to get a Bagger closer to a Superbike setup. In the rules book HD is allowed much more mods for the air cooled engine versus the Indian water cooled engine. But the stock Indian engine is already much closer to the racing power level than is a stock HD engine. The rules also require a 635 pound minimum racing weight.

Too bad its just two brand names. If there was a Superstock version of the Baggers program it could open it up the class to the 1700 Vaquero, the Yamaha Eluder, the BMW K16B, the Gold Wing FXB, maybe even a Moto Guzzi MGX21. It would be fun to hear these bikes running fully open exhausts and revving at speeds not common to what we see and hear on the roads.