Despite having stated that it was to withdraw from direct racing involvements , Harley has announced a new Screamin ' Eagle factory racing team for the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Series as well as providing a contingency program for independent Bagger teams . The team is preparing a Harley- Davidson Road Glide Special powered by a race-modified Screamin ' Eagle M- 8 131 performance crate engine for pro rider Kyle Wyman . In addition to its factory team effort , Harley-Davidson will offer a nearly $ 30,000 cash contingency program for qualified Harley-Davidson racers competing in the three-race King of the Baggers Series .

" Competing in the King of the Baggers Series gives Harley-Davidson an opportunity to showcase our Screamin ' Eagle performance products in the heat of competition ," said Jochen Zeitz , chairman , president and CEO Harley-Davidson . " Nobody knows more about building Harley- Davidson performance than our Screamin ' Eagle engineers . Harley- Davidson created the first factory hot rod baggers , the Road Glide Special and Street Glide Special models , for riders craving performance and touring comfort ." Harley says that its Screamin ' Eagle M- 8 131-inch performance crate engine is the most powerful street-compliant performance engine offered by Harley . Built from the bottom up in Milwaukee , this street-tuned , 131 cubic-inch ( 2,147 cc ) Screamin ' Eagle crate engine delivers 131 ft-lb of torque to the rear wheel . It can be installed in 2017-later H-D Touring models . Veteran road racer Kyle Wyman , 31 , from Macedon , N . Y ., formed Kyle Wyman Racing at the age of 21 to compete at the highest level of

professional road racing in the United States . He started racing XR750s in flat track at the age of 15 . Wyman was a contender and won six races in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley- Davidson XR1200 series , the Daytona 200 in 2019 and placed seventh overall in the 2020 HONOS Superbike series - the premier MotoAmerica road racing class . Wyman is the son of Kim Wyman , owner of Harv ' s Harley- Davidson in Macedon , near Rochester , in upstate New York . " I am very excited and honored to be the rider of the Harley-Davidson Screamin ' Eagle Road Glide Special ,"

said Wyman . " To be a Factory rider for Harley is something I ' ve dreamed of since I was little , watching my hero Scott Parker win Grand National Championships on the Harley- Davidson XR750 . I look forward to our first race at Road Atlanta and competing aboard this amazing machine ." The MotoAmerica King of the Baggers series kicks off April 30-May 2 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and continues June 11-13 at Road America Elkhart Lake , Wisconsin , and July 9-11 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca , California .