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Harley-Davidson Adds Adreline Pulsing Hillclimb To The 15th Anniversary.

Harley-Davidson Unveils More than 80 Events Across 20+ Venues, All Packed Into Five Days.The Harley-Davidson® 115th Anniversary Hillclimb, which will offer a taste of Harley-Davidson heritage while showcasing the heart-pumping excitement of today’s racing action, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1 at Little Switzerland, a 200-foot-high ski hill in Slinger, Wis. “It will be rider […]

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Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release. An aging primary demographic is forcing the American manufacturer to shift its current marketing and branding strategies in an effort to stay relevant, and profitable. No model better encompasses this change in direction than the upcoming, fully-electric Livewire—which Harley just confirmed is still poised for a debut […]

Wrecking Crew Rider Brad Baker On The FTR1200 Custom

fA fun video of Wrecking Crew Rider Brad Baker spinning some laps on the FTR1200 Custom, the one-off build that was unveiled last fall at EICMA.

Jared Mees Takes Victory, Chad Cose & Indian Motorcycle of OKC Finish Third.

Indian Motorcycle Racing and reigning 2017 American Flat Track (AFT) Champion Jared Mees secured the top leaderboard position with a win at the Texas Half-Mile. Indian Motorcycle of Oklahoma City Privateer Chad Cose secured his first career AFT Twins podium with a strong third-place finish after setting the top qualifying time. Meanwhile, fellow Scout FTR750 […]

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Vietnam veteran, Character Actor And Spokesperson Of Victory Motorcycles R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey Has Died. R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket”, and known by bikers for doing promotion work for Victory Motorcycles,, has died.from pneumonia-related […]

Motorcycle LSR Holder Valerie Thompson Surrvived 343 mph Crash

Valerie Thompson was at Australia’Lake Gaitdner with the Bub 7 Streamliner Motorcycle checks attempting the overall two-wheel record of 376 mph during the World Speed Trials. During a run last Monday she survived an horirific crash at 353 mph her Streamliner bike fell onto its side, digging a deep trench into the salt flats and […]

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Jared Meeds Of Indian Motorcycle Racing Wins 2018 American Flat Track Season Opener in Daytona

Indian Motorcycle Racing and reigning 2017 American Flat Track Champion Jared Mees, aboard his Scout FTR750, repeat with another win at the Daytona TT. Along with Mees, a total of five Indian Scout FTR750 riders finished inside the top 10, including Brad Baker, Kenny Coolbeth Jr., Bryan Smith and Rob Pearson. Winning both his heat […]

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Valerie Thompson, World’s Fastest Female Motorcycle Racer (304.263 mph) To Be Inducted In August 2018 Sturgis Hall Of Fame. Royal Enfield Diversifies Its Offerings With The Official Anouncement of a New Fully-Electric Model. Royal Enfield has been investing important resources into the newfound electric powertrain technology for the Indian market. Rudratej Singh, President of Royal […]

This Year’s American Flat Track Dates

The upcoming American Flat Track season kicks off in Daytona on Thursday March 15. The Indian Wrecking Crew finished the 2017 season with 14 total wins, 37 podiums and six podium sweeps. What about 2018? Here are the 20 rounds that will take place this season. 15 MAR DAYTONA TT Daytona Beach, FL 07 APR […]

Daytona TT Tickets Upgrade For Unparalleled Access To The Riders And Machines.

American Flat Track (AFT) fans attending the Bigger, Better and Faster Harley-Davidson TT on March 15, 2018 at Daytona International Speedway are being presented with an opportunity to gain unparalleled access to the riders and machines of the world’s premier dirt track motorcycle racing series.For an additional $25, fans can have their event ticket upgraded […]

Vance & Hines Launches Officially Licensed American Flat Track Exhaust System for AFT Singles

Longtime aftermarket and racing powerhouse Vance & Hines has partnered with American Flat Track to engineer an officially licensed AFT Singles exhaust system that’s supported by more than $25,000 in contingency money for the 2018 AFT season. “I’m ecstatic to be working with American Flat Track on this co-branded exhaust system project,” says Vance & […]

2018 Daytona TT To Feature Trackside Seating, Fun-Filled Fan Zone, Rider Autographs and Harley-Davidson Stunt Extravaganza

America’s most unique motorcycle race – the bigger, better and faster Harley-Davidson TT presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys  is set to dramatically expand its fan-friendly flavor on March 15, 2018, with the addition of several exciting new features. These include pit-road bleacher seating (see yellow area on map, above), which gets fans across the […]

The New 2018 Harley-Davidson American Flat Track Racing Factory Team

The team was announced to the Harley-Davidson dealer network during meetings held today in Nashville. Halbert, Robinson and Vanderkooi will compete on Harley XG750R race bikes, mixing veteran savvy with youthful potential in a three-rider effort contesting the 2018 American Flat Track (AFT) Twin series. Returning rider Brandon Robinson will be joined by seasoned pro […]

Indian FTR750 Scout Becoming The Bike Of Choice For A Growing List of Privateers In This Year’s AMA Flat Track Championship

After last year’s dominant performance, many privateer riders are turning to Indian and its championship-winner Scout FTR750. The Scout FTR750 captured the 2017 American Flat Track Manufacturer’s Championship and swept the 2017 standings with Indian’s Wrecking Crew Jared Mees, Bryan Smith and Brad Baker finishing first, second and third, respectively (14 total wins, 37 podiums […]

Valerie Thompson Going To Australia With Team 7 Racing To Become The World’s Fastest Motorcycle Racer

It’s official! Racer Valerie Thompson with Team 7 Racing are heading to Australia to continue her quest to become the world’s fastest on motorcycle at the 28th Annual Speed Week competition at Lake Gairdner in Southern Australia March 12–19, 2018. Often referred to as “America’s Queen of Speed”, she has earned the famed “Red Hat” […]

American Flat Track. All 2017 NBCSN Broadcasts Available For On-Demand Viewing.

Looking to re-experience the grit and bar-banging action of American Flat Track’s 2017 season? You can now watch all 18 NBCSN telecasts from the 2017 season on FansChoice.tv. Watch again as Indian Motorcycle’s Jared Mees wins 10 of 18 races and clinches the AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines title. Or watch Shayna Texter win […]

S&S Cycle Adds To Massive Flat Track Contingency Program

American Flat Track, the American’s original extreme sport, has never been so popular with spectators. The 2017 racing season was pretty amazing with the renewed rivalry between Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle and the financial and technical support of teams by major brands like S&S Cycle whose high performance exhaust were often seen on the podium […]

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A surge In The sale Of Its Bikes Abroad Pushed Triumph Profits Ahead by 50%. Triumph Sold 63,400 Motorcycles In 2017. The 9,400 it sold in the UK represents a record for the company, shrugs off the gloom in the British motorcycle trade where sales this year have fallen by 15 per cent and puts […]

Donnie Smith Show® Brings War of the Twins Indoor Flat Track Racing To Twin Cities

The Donnie Smith Motorcycle Show, the largest indoor custom bike. car and tattoo show in the Midwest, is bringing authentic Indoor Flat Track motorcycle racing back to the Twin Cities where the roots of the sport were born. For 13 seasons, from 1968 to 1980, the revered Minneapolis Armory hosted “The Indoors,”flat track racing that […]

Bigger. Better. Faster. Here’s A look At The All-New Track Design For The 2018 DAYTONA TT.

Thanks to a thorough track redesign by seven-time A.M.A. Grand National Champion Chris Carr and made possible by utilizing the NASCAR pit road at Daytona International Speedway as part of the racing surface, the 2018 DAYTONA TT race track will be bigger, better and significantly faster when American Flat Track launches the 2018 season on […]

Harley-Davidson Posts Largest Contingency Package in American Flat Track History. $562,500 Payout To Privateer Riders.

Harley-Davidson announced today its 2018 American Flat Track Contingency Program totaling $562,500 – the largest contingency posting in the 65-year history of the sport. The contingency payouts are available exclusively to privateer riders mounted on either Harley-Davidson XG750R or XR750 machines. Of course, to be eligible to collect contingency payouts while competing riders are required to […]

American Flat Track Announces 2018 Schedule

The 2018 American Flat Track 18-race season will start with a bigger, better, faster Daytona TT pn March 15, 2018 and will end with a Finale to be held in the New York City Metro. America’s original extreme sport enters its 66th consecutive year of competition . In Daytona, inside the legendary tri-oval at the […]

American Flat Track Strengthens Management Team

With an amazingly successful 2017 racing season behind it and the promise of more intense action, event popularity and dirt track growth for 2018, American Flat Track has bolstered its communication and event promotion efforts with key hires. Longtime motojournalist, racer and industry insider Mitch Boehm has been named Communications Director, effective immediately, while motorsports […]

Roland Sands Presents Moto Beach Classic At Bolsa Chica (Huntington Beach, CA)

Tomorrow Saturday October 14, founder Roland Sands presents Moto Beach Classic, an event at the intersection of surf, moto and music. Roland has been dreaming about a beachfront moto event for years. Finally it’s going to happen tomorrow October 14. He has been given the keys to the kingdom at Bolsa Chica State Beach (Huntington […]

American Flat Track Names Sturgis Buffalo Chip Best Event of 2017

American Flat Track presented the Sturgis Buffalo Chip with a major new “Best Event of the Year” Award Sunday evening at the organization’s annual award banquet held in Temecula, CA. A monumental partnership between American Flat Track and the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® resulted in the epic, award-winning Buffalo Chip TT presented by Indian Motorcycle. The […]

The Indian Scout FTR750, Flat Track’s Most Dominant Motorcycle, Now Available in 2018 with $350,000 In Performance Incentives

Indian Motorcycle Racing, which captured the 2017 American Flat Track Manufacturer’s Championship, is offering professional flat track race teams and privateers unmatched incentives to compete on its premier Scout FTR750 race bike. More than $350,000 in contingency is available for those who ride an Indian for 2018. The Scout FTR750 powered arguably the most dominant […]



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