You've watched the King of the Baggers highlight reels. You've studied the lap times. Now Harley-Davidson is offering you a chance to get off the couch and onto the circuit — literally. The Harley-Davidson Factory Racing Fan Pass puts you inside the ropes for four 2026 MotoAmerica rounds, and it includes a Parade Lap where you ride your own Road Glide on the actual race track.
What King of the Baggers Actually Is (And Why It Matters to Your Build)
If you're newer to the series, King of the Baggers is a MotoAmerica racing class that pits Harley-Davidson Road Glides against Indian Challengers in flat-out, full-contact bagger racing at real road courses across the United States. These aren't glorified parade bikes. They're production-based touring machines pushed to their absolute mechanical limits — running aggressive high-lift cams, purpose-built exhaust systems, suspension packages that would embarrass most sport bikes, and electronics suites dialed on a dyno.
The 2026 season runs seven double-header weekends for a total of 14 races. The season-opening Daytona double-header is already in the books — Indian's Hayden Gillim and Troy Herfoss each grabbed a win there — but 12 races remain on the schedule, which means the championship is wide open. Every modification these factory teams make trickles down to what's available for your Street Glide or Road Glide. Watching the series live is essentially a rolling product development seminar.
The Fan Pass: What You Actually Get
The Harley-Davidson Factory Racing Fan Pass is not a glorified general-admission ticket with a lanyard. The package includes:
- Full weekend admission to the MotoAmerica event
- Meet-and-greet with KOTB champion Kyle Wyman, plus factory riders Bradley Smith and James Rispoli
- Q&A session with the Harley-Davidson race team
- Tech Talks — structured discussions about what the team is running and why
- Dedicated VIP motorcycle parking so your bike isn't in the back of a general lot
- Dedicated lounge area separate from general admission crowds
- Swag bag
- Parade Lap — pass-holders ride their own Harley-Davidson motorcycles on the race circuit
The Four Rounds and What to Know About Each
Passes are available for four of the remaining 2026 MotoAmerica rounds. Here's the schedule:
April 17-19 — Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia
Road Atlanta is one of the most technically demanding road courses in North America. The blind uphill entry into Turn 10 followed by the long back straight makes it a legitimate horsepower track. If you're making the trip, this is the round where a full exhaust system upgrade on your Road Glide makes the most sense to have sorted before you leave home. Long highway miles to Georgia plus a Parade Lap equals a full workout for your motor.
May 29-31 — Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Road America is four miles of fast, flowing circuit with massive elevation changes and corner sequences that reward suspension tuning over raw power. The Midwest contingent turns out in force here, and the campground atmosphere makes for a full weekend event. Riders showing up for the Parade Lap on baggers with properly sorted rear suspension will appreciate the undulating surface Road America puts under your wheels.
July 10-12 — WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
Laguna Seca is the iconic one — the Corkscrew alone is worth the price of admission. The California heat in July combined with the technical demands of this circuit make this the round where proper fuel management on your bagger becomes a talking point in the Tech Talks. Factory teams run sophisticated tuning packages here, and the conversations you'll have with Smith, Rispoli and Wyman at this round will be dense with technical content.
July 31–August 2 — Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Mid-Ohio is tight and technical, all chicanes and slow-speed corners that load the front end hard on the brakes. It's a chassis track, not a horsepower track. For your own build, it's a reminder that suspension setup and front fork upgrades are not an afterthought — they're what separates a bagger that handles from one that just goes straight fast.
How Fan Pass Pricing Breaks Down
The source article confirms pricing directly. Single-day passes are $95. Three-day weekend passes are $125. For a three-day full-access pass that includes VIP parking, lounge access, team Q&A, Tech Talks and a Parade Lap, $125 is straightforward value. Purchase is handled through the MotoAmerica website — the Fan Pass page is live now.
If you're only able to make one day of a round, the $95 single-day option still gets you the meet-and-greet and track access. The weekend pass is the better play if you can swing the travel — the Tech Talks and Q&A sessions are cumulative over a three-day weekend, and you'll pull more technical detail out of multiple sessions than a single afternoon.
What the Race Team Is Running vs. What You Can Run
This is where Fan Passes deliver value beyond the ticket itself. King of the Baggers factory teams are running highly modified versions of production bikes, and the parts they develop — cam profiles, exhaust headers, suspension links, air management — are the same categories you're shopping for your own Road Glide or Street Glide.
The Harley-Davidson factory team's Tech Talks are a direct line to understanding what modifications actually move the needle and why. When a tuner explains why a specific cam profile was chosen for a given circuit's power delivery requirements, that conversation is immediately relevant to your own Milwaukee Eight cam selection. When the suspension engineer walks through their shock setup philosophy, it informs what you should be asking your dealer when you're speccing touring bike suspension for your weekend rides.
Racing exists to develop parts and prove concepts. Fan Passes put you in the room where those conversations happen in real time.
Making the Most of Race Weekend With Your Own Bike
If you're riding to any of these four rounds — and the Parade Lap is hard motivation to do exactly that — your bike needs to be sorted before you go. Long-haul miles to Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca or Mid-Ohio are a legitimate stress test. Run your fluids, check your tire condition and make sure anything you've bolted on recently is properly broken in and tuned.
A few things worth having dialed before a race weekend trip:
Exhaust: Factory KOTB bikes run full systems optimized for flow and ground clearance. Your performance exhaust should not be something you're second-guessing at highway speed. Get it mounted and tuned before you leave.
Air intake: A performance air cleaner paired with a proper tune is the entry-level power modification for a reason. It's also the first thing the factory team will mention in Tech Talks when discussing the breathing package.
Suspension: Road courses punish soft suspension. Whether you're doing the Parade Lap or just two-up touring to the event, properly valved and sprung rear shocks make the difference between a confidence-inspiring ride and one that has you white-knuckling corner entries.
Get the bike right, make the trip, and ride the same pavement Wyman, Smith and Rispoli are going to race on. That's a hard thing to beat as a bagger experience.
Get Your Pass and Get Your Bike Ready
Four rounds. Three riders to meet. One Parade Lap on an actual road course. The Harley-Davidson Factory Racing Fan Pass is a legitimate access package for anyone serious about the King of the Baggers series and the machines that compete in it — and the $125 weekend price makes the decision simple.
Purchase your Fan Pass through the MotoAmerica website now before allotments fill. Then get your Road Glide or Street Glide ready to make the trip. Shop our performance exhaust systems and air cleaner and intake upgrades at vtwinbikers.com — everything your bagger needs to show up at the paddock the right way.