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bikes with custom-built chas- sis for flat track racing, and will be powered by race-modified, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected 750cc Revolution X V-twin en- gines originally engineered for the Harley-Davidson Street 750. "Unlike our competitors, we are going flat track racing behind an American-made production engine," said Kennedy. "The XG750R is a purebred racing motorcycle, but its modified en- gine is based on the same Revo- lution X V-Twin anyone can buy from a Harley-Davidson dealer in a Street 750 motorcycle, an engine designed by Harley-Da- vidson engineers and assembled at Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations in Kansas City. There's a direct link from the Street 750 to the XG750R flat tracker the Factory Team will be racing for a championship, and that link is our passion for performance." The XG750R raced through a development season in 2016 alongside the air-cooled Harley- Davidson Factory Team XR750 motorcycles. The XR750 has carried racers to countless victo- ries and 37 AMA Grand National championships in 44 seasons of competition. That winning DNA is the foundation of the XG750R, an evolutionary step into the fu- ture of flat-track racing. Its race- tuned Revolution X engine and racing chassis were developed in collaboration with Vance & Hines Motorsports. The XG750R flat tracker motorcycle is not a production model. The 750cc XG Revolution X V-Twin engine is for sale through Harley-Davidson dealers today and can be modi- fied for racing use by aspiring dealers and privateers. "I'm excited to be one of the riders helping to push the XG750R to the front of the field," said Robinson. "I'm sure I'll be battling with Kenny and Jake to see who can make history and score the first win aboard the new bike. I've learned a lot racing against them. Now we're working together to bring home a championship for Harley- Davidson." The race-modified Revolution X engine and a racing frame for the XG750R were developed in collaboration with Vance & Hines Motorsports. The XG750R flat tracker motorcycle is not a production model. The 750cc XG Revolution X V-twin engine, however, is for sale through Harley-Davidson dealers and can be modified for racing use by aspiring dealers and privateers. The Harley-Davidson Fac- tory Flat Track Racing Team is partnered with Vance & Hines Motorsports. CN VOL. 54 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 31, 2017 P27 2017 GASGAS OFF-ROAD TEAM G asGas North America an- nounced its 2017 U.S. Off Road program led by 10-time AMA National Trials Champion Geoff Aaron. In its first full year since its rejuvenation under the Torrot Group, GasGas will head into 2017 with a star lineup of off-road racers including Aaron, Noah Kepple and Broc Hepler. "We're excited about the 2017 season," said Mark Berg, operations manager at GasGas North America. "Geoff and Broc continue to be great am- bassadors for the brand, and we're excited for sure about Noah. Geoff and I had been eyeing him up for a while now. We're looking forward to having a young rider to sculpt." GasGas will focus its ef- forts on the AMA EnduroCross Series later this year, where the team looks forward to debuting the new 2018 GasGas models. Until then, the riders will con- test WORCS races, extreme events and National Enduros aboard the venerable EC300 two-stroke, the bike Geoff Aaron rode to a top-10 finish in the 2016 EnduroCross Champi- onship. "We're looking forward to doing more on the east coast when we have the 2018 mod- els," Berg continued. "But we're quite happy with the amount of talent we have repre- senting GasGas right now." CN