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The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series kicks off its second season under the stewardship of Bill Rowe on April 17-18 at Atlanta Dragway ; followed by May 22- 23 at Cecil County Dragway ; June 4-6 at Rockingham Dragway ; June 19-20 at National Trail Raceway ; August 8-10 at Sturgis ; September 17- 18 at South Carolina Motorsports Park ( eighth mile ); October 1-3 at Summit Motorsports Park ( Norwalk ), and November 6-7 at Gainesville Raceway , with a regional event April 30-May 1 at Darlington Dragway .
Recent Harley patent filings show the company building on the radarassisted safety features it filed in the past couple of years - such as radarassisted cruise control . The ideas include radar-assisted automatic braking systems , with additional sensors that can measure the rider ' s awareness and body position to determine if rider alerts should precede braking actuation - features such as a rear-facing camera set into the instrument panel and focused on the rider ' s face could be used , or a helmet-mounted camera focused on the rider ' s eyes . If the computer decides the rider isn ' t paying enough attention for it to safely apply the brakes automatically , it ' s tied into audible , visual and haptic alert systems , potentially using vibration motors in the bars like those in games console controllers , along with warning lights and a buzzer , before going ahead with the emergency stop .
Another idea H-D appears to be working on is GPS-assisted cruise control for groups of riders - to get all the bikes to use a GPS-assisted cruise control that can make sure they ' re riding at precisely the same speed . Even by only making occasional GPS speed checks , the computer will know how far off its own wheelspeed sensors are from perfection and compensate , ending the constant juggling of cruise control settings as riders try to keep pace with the bike ahead .
Lurking among a recent slew of EPA-certified brand names that Harley has included in a filing was the name ' REVIVAL ' - alongside the Electra Glide Standard , Road Glide and Street Glide . It has been seen there and elsewhere as a Trademarked brand name . The missing-in-action 1250 cc custom , perhaps ?
<<< Continued from cover and combine them all into one loud , fast and fun weekend ," said John Oakes of BRL . Commenting on the start that Drag Specialties and their vendors gave to the concept of Bagger Racing with the King of the Baggers last year , BRL founder Rob Buydos said : " As far as King of Baggers goes , MotoAmerica is the gold standard for Superbike racing across the U . S . Bagger Racing League wants to give Harley-Davidson and V- twin riders , racers and manufacturers that same opportunity at a V-twin focused event ." The races will feature four classes of racing - Hooligan GP , which will include V-twin inspired platforms , Big Twin GP - any large displacement big twins , Stunt GP - an invitational with entrants competing in a judged stunt competition on the Friday night , then taking the same bike to the track for qualifying on Saturday and the main event on Sunday . Finally , the Premier Class is the Bagger GP for Harley-Davidson and Indian touring bikes to duke it out in the fight for Bagger Bragging Rights ! It is hoped to be able to stage three races this first year . The first round will take place June 25 – 27 , 2021 , at the Utah Motorsports Complex , Salt Lake City , Utah .
Feuling Contingency
Among those planning to compete at Salt Lake City in June , Feuling Parts is putting up to $ 5,500 in contingency cash prizes down to fourth place for riders using Feuling parts on their race bikes in all four classes . Nearly half of this goes to the Bagger GP class with the winner scooping $ 1,000 . The Big Twin class winner will get $ 400 , the same too for the Hooligan class winner , with $ 750 going to the winner of the Stunt GP . www . feulingparts . com
Originally announced as a five-race series for 2021 , the King of The Baggers ( KOB ) races at MotoAmerica rounds have now been cut down to three . Citing clashes with established V-twin industry
Eric Stahl on the Alloy Art # 99 bike making it around the track at Chuckwalla Raceway on Monday , January 25 for the Bagger Racing League announcement exhibition . Photo by Justin George .
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Two ' King of the Baggers ' Races Canceled
mainstays such as Sturgis and track time issues , planned races at the Barber Motorsports Park and at Pittsburgh have been dropped from the schedule . The three-race KOB schedule will now start at the Raceway
Road Atlanta ( April 30 to May 1 ), then be at Road America at Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin , June 11 to 13 , before repeating its successful concept debut of 2020 at the WeatherTech Raceway , Laguna Seca , California , on July 9 to 11 .
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