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MARCH 2021 (# 260 )
COMMENT - Consumers Need to Hear Harley Roar ........ 4
As Wall Street continues to digest Harley ' s Q4 and 2020 full year results , and not in a good way , Robin Bradley questions just how deep and for how long the cutbacks and negativity can be allowed to go on .
BAGGER RACING LEAGUE - New Three-Race Series .......... 1,8 As MotoAmerica cuts its planned five-race 2021 ' King of The Baggers ' race series down to three , a new Drag Specialties backed V-twinspecific series of three Bagger Racing weekenders has been announced .
BILTWELL 100 - Fun In The Sun .......................... 14
California based Biltwell , self-confessed race fanatics and purveyors of fine helmets , parts and accessories , invites Southern Californians to a day of fun in the desert with its all-new multi-class Biltwell 100 .
BIKER FEST - Postponed to September 2021 ........ 28
As leading Italian custom lifestyle magazine Bikers Life celebrates its 30th anniversary , the 35th annual Biker Fest , held near Venice on Italy ' s Adriatic coast , gets postponed to September again for this year - will they see another 90,000 crowd ?
AFT - 2021 Schedule and Sponsorships .......... 24,26
AFT unveils a 17-race schedule for 2021 with Mission Foods as the new Super Twins class Entitlement Sponsor and contingency backing from the likes of Vance & Hines , SBS , H-D and Indian .
PROGUIDE : The new , the best and the must-haves ...................... 36-56
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