You or someone you know is certainly guilty of tossing shade at baggers. Admittedly, they’ve been an easy target for years, with more than a few catchy nicknames like land yacht, road sofa and chrome fortress. But a new day has dawned for dressers, and some of today’s hottest OE freeway liners make well over 100 hp in stock trim, not to mention wild aftermarket options like (oh yeah) forced induction.
Not convinced? Go watch a King of the Baggers race once. Pitting Harley versus Indian, the series draws thousands and is promoting serious performance development. Who would have imagined a dresser (albeit a seriously modified one) could lap a pro race circuit within 4 seconds of a Superbike. And we’ve all seen the videos of modified baggers dragging rear fenders down the street (not that we can back this sort of behavior).…