- Joined
- May 2, 2008
- Location
- Stockton CA
- Moto(s)
- 2020 BMW S1000XR Lowride.
- Name
- Bill Harr
- BARF perks
- AMA #: 1097
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Just 14 days until the AFT season starts.
So Royal Enfield is showing this "design exercise" Flat Track bike. Not a street tracker. However, this design exercise is pretty serious. Harris built the frame, it has chassis adjustment (steering head, swingarm pivot) in the ranges of a real flat track race bike. S&S built the engine. There were photos a few months ago of the bike on track at Flat Track practice days in the UK. Thats not the usual approach for building a show bike.
RE debuted the bike at EICMA yesterday. They are just calling it a design exercise. Of course, there are rumors about Royal Enfield racing AFT in either Production Twins or SuperTwins but that seems like a stretch.
Anyway, its a great looking bike. More photos at BikeEXIF.com
Mark your calendars, Lodi Night before the mile May 15, 2020
And a new race
Quoting myself because Royal Enfield announced a limited race program with AFT for the 2020 season. They will compete in Production Twins starting at the Laconia short track in mid-June and will do two wild card TTs (Buffalo Chip and Peoria) in the SuperTwins class. Johnny Lewis will ride and develop the bike. Lewis will also use RE Himalayan-based flat trackers for flat track clinics at selected events this season. Royal Enfield recently announced a partnership with AFT and is supporting a builder challenge for four women to build and race RE flat track bikes at special exhibition races this season.
I understand the goal is for RE to partner with S&S for engines and Harris for frames to offer racers a turn key bike for Production Twins.
The AFT season opener is still on. Just a few more days until the Daytona TT.