{"id":681,"date":"2024-09-02T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/?p=681"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:13:45","slug":"how-to-build-a-king-of-the-baggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/how-to-build-a-king-of-the-baggers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a ‘King of the Baggers’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jamie Scholter\u2019s build replicates one of the fastest and most powerful Harley-Davidson\u00ae<\/sup> race bikes ever built…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words: Jeremy Pick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The King of the Baggers race series has exploded in popularity on both sides of the Atlantic since the first series in 2021. The jaw-dropping sight of tricked-up cruisers with enough power and torque to compete on a World Superbike grid battling handlebar to handlebar at some of the greatest race tracks in the US is a spectacle that has captured the imagination of millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inspired by the King of the Baggers series and 2021 season winner Kyle Wyman from Harley-Davidson Factory Racing, Nottingham-based Jamie Scholter set out to build a replica of Wyman\u2019s race bike. This project was never going to be just a cosmetic makeover of a Road Glide\u00ae however; 38-year-old Jamie has an extensive history of racing and track bikes, growing up in a bike racing family and having owned dedicated track bikes and having raced on the classic bike racing circuit for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A visit to local dealer Robin Hood Harley-Davidson\u00ae in 2015 led to Jamie purchasing a Sportster\u00ae 48 and then later a Fat Bob\u00ae. While taking in the Fat Bob for a service, Jamie took a Road Glide out for a demo and quickly realised the powerful tourer was much more suited to his riding style and needs, so a deal was done for a 2022 model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How does the bike perform now? \u201cIt\u2019s amazing \u2013 like night and day compared to the standard Road Glide, which is already a powerful bike,\u201d says Jamie. \u201cThe changes I\u2019ve made mean I am as comfortable on it as a sports bike and it can be thrown around the twisties with complete confidence, especially considering it is a 400kg bike, or a little less with the modifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is definitely \u2018ridden not hidden\u2019 as well; I have put 12,000 miles on it from new and I use it for everything from going to the gym to riding it to site meetings or taking my wife out to lunch. I just rode it to and from the European H.O.G.\u00ae Rally in Senigallia with some friends from Sherwood Chapter, which was fantastic, so although the changes have been racetrack focused it is still very much a touring bike and it performs perfectly in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bike will be on show on the Harley-Davidson UK stand at the MotoGP at Silverstone at the beginning of August, where it will be displayed alongside a stock Road Glide and an actual King of the Baggers race bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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