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FEBRUARY 2024 (# 295 )
COMMENT - Where Have All The Flowers Gone ? .................................................... 4
Writing some three weeks before Harley ' s new models are ( theoretically ) confirmed for 2024 , and some unknown number of weeks before it reports its Q4 and 2023 full year results , Robin Bradley is back to one of his time-honored themes - worried that unless the MY24 announcement really is the " Dawn of a New Era " and its results stellar , H-D could be back to where it was when Zeitz replaced Levatich as CEO four years ago ...
HARLEY-DAVIDSON : Committing Over $ 571,000 as Race Contingency for 2024 .... 16 As the manufacturers , sponsors and teams who oil the wheels of competition make ready for the 2024 race season , Harley has announced a massive prize pot of over half a million dollars , with getting on for half of that slated for the MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers series , some $ 185,000 for the AFT premier SuperTwins class and , new for this year , a $ 123,000 investment into the RSD presented Super Hooligan National Championship .
SPIRIT OF STURGIS : Racing Returns to the City of Sturgis .......................................... 6
Racing on the streets of Sturgis may not exactly be new , but rather than being a ticket magnet , AMA ProRacing and the City of Sturgis are collaborating to bring us the inaugural Sprit of Sturgis TT on a 1.9 mile track downtown that will include Main Street - slated for August 11 , the final Sunday of the 84th annual Sturgis Rally .
INDIAN RIDERS FEST : Budweis Indian Motorcycle Custom Show 2024 ........................ 8 " As a long-standing Indian Motorcycle fan from way back as a kid , the growth of this show in such a short time is food for my soul . The 2023 class winners were exceptional , and I ' m looking forward seeing the creativity and ingenuity infused in metal , chrome and paint at BCS2 ," says Ola Stenegärd , Director of Product Design for Indian Motorcycle .
SHOWZONE : Over 60 International Shows and Events ........................................ 6,8,10 A welcome return for AMD ' s long established global show , expo and event listing , curated specifically for the V-twin market . While the jury is out on whether the popular AMD Year Planner will ever return , this marks the start of a reliable , regular , beefed-up industry event date listing service .
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AMD Approved : Six Dates Listed for 2024 so far ............................................................ 42 From Italy to the Czech Republic , the Netherlands to the United States and Sweden - the school of cool ! p . 38 p . 40 p . 46
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