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Harley-Davidson Rider Kyle Wyman Wins King of Baggers Title, Sets New Record

When you live and breathe motorcycles, it’s only a matter of time until you start breaking records. Kyle Wyman didn’t just lead every lap of the race, but also set a new class lap record. Despite personal challenges, the Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle factory team rider won the championship title at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers.
The Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special combines its aerodynamic design with Harley's most powerful street-compliant engine 9 photos
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Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021Kyle Wyman at the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers race 2021
What do you do when you’ve gone through surgery because of a crash, just weeks before one of the most important races? Others might think of giving up, but not Kyle Wyman. He skipped the races in-between and saved his energy for the King of the Baggers race.

His strategy was to focus on one lap at a time, as if it were the only one. And it worked: he led every lap on the 2.238-mile WeatherTech Raceway track. Not only that, he even set a new class track record for the fastest lap, of 1:31.983 seconds.

Having spent most of his childhood in a Harley-Davidson dealership in New York, owned by his father, Wyman knew how to get the most out of the #33 factory-prepared Road-Glide Special. Even though he had been road racing other brands in the recent past, and despite his injuries, getting back on a Harley most likely felt so familiar that the rider and the bike almost became one.

This was the second win for Kyle Wyman in the King of the Baggers three-race series, besides a second-place finish, which he wrapped up with 70 points.

The winning Road Glide Special was powered by what Harley calls its “most powerful street-compliant crate performance engine”, the street-tuned 131-cubic-inch Screamin’ Eagle crate engine. Built at the Powertrain Operations facility in Milwaukee, this engine delivers 131 ft-lb (177.6 Nm) of torque to the rear wheel, and it’s able to run with a wide throttle at high speeds.

The Road Glide Special comes with the Milwaukee-Eight 114, but this powerful engine can also be installed on Harley-Davidson Touring models from 2017 and later.
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