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FEBRUARY 2025 (# 307 )
COMMENT : Rooting Out the Problems at Harley ...................................................... 4
Does the announcement of what looks like a first move in a restructure of senior management mean that Harley is about to get real about its problems ? Or is an ass-saving play ?
NHRA : Kudos to Wayne and Donna Pingel ....................................................................... 10-12
After a first season won by drag race legend Larry ' Spiderman ' McBride , Wayne and Donna Pingel ' s ballsy efforts to get Top Fuel Motorcycles back into the NHRA appears to have paid off - a second season featuring another four races beckons .
CUSTOMBIKE : The second of Europe ' s Winter Big Three .......................... 22-25
First it was the Big Twin Expo in The Netherlands in November ( see AMD # 306 ), and in January it will be the hugely popular Motor Bike Expo at Verona in Italy . Sandwiched between the two , the Custombike show at Bad Salzuflen in Germany saw three halls with more than 1,000 bikes across the show and nearly 200 exhibitor booths .
TRASK : New XS Series Modular Turbo Systems .................................................... 36
Serious , serious horsepower and already a candidate for AMD ' s prestigious Performance Product of the Year in 2025 , Pheonix , Arizona based Trask performance appears to have knocked it out of the park . Not just in horsepower and torque gain terms , but , just as importantly , with the simplicity and reliability of the V-Band architecture gasket-free XS Series .
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