Rennie Scaysbrook | May 16, 2024
The 2023 MotoAmerica King of The Baggers series came down to the final race of the final round in New Jersey, with Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson rider Hayden Gillim completing a dream double title to go with the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 crown he took earlier in Texas.
It was a dramatic occasion, with the rider everyone expected to be the one taking the title for H-D, Kyle Wyman, having to settle for third in the points behind Gillim and second placed, James Rispoli.
Harley-Davidson documented everything that year, from the first test to the final checkered flag in NJ, and put together a brilliant six chapter, second series on YouTube called Push The Limit, all of which you can see right here.
The series delves into the workings of the very first King of The Baggers Street Glide racer that Gillim used at Laguna Seca in 2020, very much a road bike with bits ripped off it compared to the bagger superbike he’s racing now. It’s amazing to see how far the engineering has come.
Push The Limit highlights mainly the factory team of the brothers Wyman, Kyle and Travis, and the Vance & Hines team of Rispoli and Gillim, but also gives light to the Saddleman team that ran Cory West, Patricia Fernandez, Jake Lewis and Frankie Garcia in what is the biggest outfit in the bagger paddock. The series takes you into the personal lives of each H-D rider, giving an insight into what makes them tick and gives a feeling of cohesiveness between the rivals, who all want to win but who equally don’t want Indian to win.
This is very much Harley-Davidson’s view of how the 2023 King of The Baggers season unfolded, so don’t expect any words from their chief rivals Tyler O’Hara and Jeremy McWilliams on the factory Indian Challenger.
It’s a very well done series (obliviously a little one-sided) but still a great watch to get you up to speed on the Harley-Davidson side of King of The Baggers racing.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
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