Honestly, before watching a race live, I didn't know what to expect from the King of the Baggers motorcycle racing series. It seemed antithetical to the idea of a race motorcycle or a race anything at all. Race machines are lithe, light, nimble things, and a 700-pound bagger with the drag coefficient of a school bus just doesn't follow that prescription.
But, ho boy, was I freakin' wrong, as it was some of the most exciting, thrilling, loud as...heck racing I've ever witnessed. Imagine couches going head-to-head against one another at insane speeds, sounding like dinosaurs gargling porcupines, and bashing into one another as if it were NASCAR, all while mere inches away from pavement. It is, and was, one of the coolest races I've ever been to.
So when Harley-Davidson announced that it had partnered with MotoGP to bring a version of bagger racing to a global audience, I was beyond stoked to see what the two had pulled together. I mean, MotoGP is already a wild spectacle in and of itself. Add bagger racing and you just have *chef's kiss. Details, however, have been scant. That is, until the American icon dropped a bunch of new information at EICMA, and the inaugural series is shaping up to be a barn burner.
