It ' s not often that someone can give Kyle Wyman a lead in a Mission King Of The Baggers race, and then not only catch him but beat him. Frenchman Loris Baz did just that on a rainy Saturday May 3, 2025 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in what was his first outing on his S & S / Indian Motorcycle-backed Indian Challenger in wet conditions – and just his third race in the class. In winning his first Mission King Of The Baggers race, Baz became the 10th different racer to taste victory in the fifth year of the MotoAmerica V-twin class. Just when it appeared as though Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing ' s Wyman had this one locked up, Baz moved into second after passing his Australian S & S / Indian Motorcycle teammate Troy Herfoss and gained ground quickly on Wyman as the laps counted down. Baz didn ' t get to the back of the Harley until the very last lap, but when he did- he made it count, drafting past Wyman on the back straight, taking the lead into 10-A, and holding a tight line through the final set of corners to score the win by just. 199 of a second. Third place went to 2024 Mission King Of The Baggers Champion Herfoss, with RevZilla / Motul / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson ' s Hayden Gillim fourth and S & S / Indian Motorcycle ' s Tyler O ' Hara was fifth. In the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Saddlemen Race Development ' s Jake Lewis managed to hold back his teammate Cory West through the final set of corners to win Saturday ' s Mission Super Hooligan National Championship race at Road Atlanta. The margin of victory was just 0.174 of a second in the red-flag interrupted and shortened five-lap race. Lewis and West managed to get to the front and gap the field after a red flag that was brought about by ARCH Racing ' s Corey Alexander, with the New Yorker crashing in the final corner. A lonely third place went to KWR Harley-Davidson ' s Cody Wyman, who was almost five seconds behind the Lewis / West battle and seven seconds ahead of Giaccomoto Yamaha Racing ' s Dominic Doyle. Doyle, meanwhile, was just. 407 of a second ahead of fifth-placed Travis Wyman on the third Saddlemen Race Development Harley- Davidson Pan America.

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Wyman Takes Round 4 Kyle Wyman is far and away the winningest rider in the short history of the Mission King Of The Baggers Championship, and the force was certainly with him on a sunny May 4 when he took his Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing Road Glide to victory # 21. The win was also Wyman ' s third out of the four races held so far in 2025, with the Round 3 second-place finish the only blip in his season to date. Wyman started from pole position but butchered a start in a way he wasn ' t sure he ' d ever done before. He apparently forgot to put the bike in gear and was fortunate to not have been run over. Not so fortunate was TAB Performance Racing ' s Kyle Ohnsorg, who crashed seconds later when his Indian Challenger locked up. From there it got ugly with RevZilla / Motul / Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson ' s Rocco Landers couldn ' t avoid the crashed Indian and he crashed as well. Wyman, meanwhile, also had to find a way through the carnage, and the race was quickly red flagged. However, the second attempt at running the race was red flagged when Troy Herfoss ' Indian sent a smokescreen down the backstraight, leaving oil in its path.

Kyle Wyman( 33) got the jump on the Mission King Of The Baggers race over Troy Herfoss( 1) in Saturday’ s race at Road Atlanta. Photo by Brian J. Nelson

The third time was the charm, with Wyman getting the holeshot and never looking back. He was chased for the duration by Frenchman Loris Baz, who won Saturday ' s race on his S & S / Indian Motorcycle Challenger. Baz kept Wyman honest throughout but came up 1.7 seconds short. Brit Bradley Smith was third, earning the second podium finish of his fourrace-old Baggers career. He was some six seconds behind Baz and just. 090 of a second ahead of his Harley- Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing teammate James Rispoli, with RevZilla / Motul / Harley-Davidson ' s Hayden Gillim a shadow fifth.

In the Super Hooligan National Championship, Saddlemen ' s Jake Lewis made a double winning weekend looked over his shoulder on the second lap and no one was near, which is a rarity in the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship class. Second place went to KWR Harley- Davidson ' s Cody Wyman, who was 3.9 seconds clear of his brother and teammate, Travis Wyman, in 3rd. Edge Racing ' s Jason Waters raced his Triumph 765RS to fourth with Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing ' s Dominic Doyle rounding out the top five on his Yamaha MT-09 SP.

German sport bike builder Kramer Motorcycles( Burghausen, southern Germany) has seen its USA operation achieve an all-time sales record in 2024, more than doubling its 2023 unit sales volume there, doubling its gross revenue over the same period and quadrupling its business size there in just three years. Kramer USA is headed up by Joe Karvonen and former ' Asphalt & Rubber ' race and industry blogger Jensen Beeler. As a go-to brand for racers and track day enthusiasts seeking turnkey, dedicated track and racing motorcycles, the sales growth was led by the limited special edition GP2-890 RR with their EVO2-690 single additionally notching wins against top-level Twins Cup competitors. In addition to the Hooligan style GP2-890 XX naked announced at EICMA last year, Kramer ' s new APX- 350 MA is set to be the ' Spec-Bike ' for the new MotoAmerica Talent Cup- the new race entry level series for ambitious and talented 14 – 21-year-olds. The series is a stepping stone into the Red Bull Rookies Cup, as an official part of the " Road to MotoGP " program in USA.

The MIC has published fresh consumer sentiment data( April 20) based on the University of Michigan ' s latest survey- and the findings are not pretty. Consumer confidence in the U. S. economy fell for the fourth consecutive month, bringing overall sentiment down more than 30 % since December 2024. Buckner Nesheim, MIC Director of Research and Statistics, said these numbers warrant close attention- " the survey, updated monthly, tracks how consumers feel about the economy, offering insights critical for industries like ours that rely on discretionary spending. The latest survey results suggest caution. Declining sentiment can suggest that consumers may hesitate on big-ticket powersports purchases due to economic uncertainty;" www. mic. org

The Cologne Exhibition Centre( Koelnmesse) in Germany that hosts the( now annual and pre-Christmas timed) INTERMOT Expo has announced that it has to fold another of its " transport industry " event initiatives. After just three shows, the polisMOBILITY expo and conference will not take place in June 2025 as planned. An abbreviation for Metropolis Mobility, this city transport, green and sustainable transport policy initiative was backed by the Cologne City Council and the Nord Rhine Westphalia regional Government; www. intermot-cologne. com

RideApart. com has reported that Chinese automaker BYD recently unveiled an EV charging system capable of delivering a massive 1,000 kW of power, cutting recharge times to just five minutes. " This technology could reportedly add around 250 miles of range in the time it takes to grab a coffee."

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