The King of the Baggers race went off on Saturday and MotoAmerica posted the full 8-laps of Laguna Seca online. It's a heck of a race. Want to see a pro road racer backing it 800lb of tuned V-twin touring machine? Course you do. We were also sent these photos of the official S&S-prepared Indian, and part of me is nodding in appreciation. Are bagger road racers the new hooligan dirt trackers? I can guarantee they won't survive a crash as well as a Sportster. GI #Indian #Rolan

Some of our favourite companies have just on the crazy idea of racing bagger V-twins at the world famous Laguna Seca race track as a support class of the MotoAmerica series. S&S, Indian, Vance and Hines, The Speed Merchant, Saddlemen, Roland Sands Designs and others have built heavyweight race bikes and some have signed up serious racers, including former World Superbike racewinner, Ben Bostrom (above and below). The race takes place today (Saturday). We'll share highlights w

Ay, caramba! Indian are extending their sporting ambitions (and their swingarms) beyond flat track and into the AMA's Pro Hillclimb series. The class structure changed recently to include a twins class, with the hope of attracting some factory interest, and Indian took the bait. Similar to how they moved into flat track, Indian A) got S&S Cycle involved B) contracted a top rider. The top rider is John Koester a multi-National champ, who, along with his father, modified the bi

I really liked the Interceptor 650 (INT650) when I went on the international launch (see Sideburn 35). I chased former road race champion, Royal Enfield road tester and amateur flat tracker, Paul Young, around the Southern Californian valleys faster than I could've imagined on an Enfield (and he still got away). And the price... You can't get a brand new, middleweight twin for that price anywhere else. It was clear Royal Enfield knew their niche and were after market share wi