MotoGP has announced it will stage a six-round bagger racing series with Harley-Davidson f✨rom 2026.

Bagger racing has exploded in popularity in recent years after it became a main fixtu꧟re of the MotoAmerica bill under the King of the Baggers banner.

Last November, Dorna Sports announced a partnership with Harl൲ey, though it didn’t really yield anything at the ti🧸me.

However, Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz told last year that racing its bagger machinery at MotoGP events was the aim having put bikes on track iౠn Barcelona.

“We want to move as fast as we ca𒊎n, but these things take a bit of time and we want to first see how much excitement there is for this,” he said.

“To bring the bikes here [to Barcelona] this is a big step for us and just test th﷽e waters.

“But so far the reaction has been extraordi꧙nary, a lot of positive feedback and shoulder-clapping of our racers, or our mechanics, and I think it’s a good sign so far from what we’ve seen that there’s definitely a lot of interest to create a new space outside 𓆏of what MotoGP has been doing so successfully already.”

On Saturday at the French Grand Prix, MotoGP confirmed that it will stage bagger racing at six rounds next year🍸.

The series will consist of 12 races, 🅘two per round, “across Europe and North America” - all but confirming that one event will take place at COTA.

The grid is set to feature six to eight teams, each fielding two riders su꧃pported by Harley-Davidson Factory Racin🥀g.

“This is a bold new step f🅠or Harley-Davidson’s global racing ambitions,”ಌ Zeitz said.

“Harley-Davidson has been pioneering performance on and off the road since our 🌸beginnings over 120 years ago.

“Most rece✅ntly, we’ve showcased performance through our racing at the MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers series and through performance differentiated product such a🦹s our new CVO RR motorcycle and our CVO Road Glide ST.

“We’ve seen how perfoꦫrmance has resonated with riders and fans, and we know that 🦩they’re keen for more.

“With this new series, we’re excited to bring a new form of racing to 🌠the world stage.

“Not only is this a bold and new chapter for our brand, celebrating our heritage while pushing into the future, but it will ad⛦d an amazing spectacle to t🃏he greatest motorcycle show in the world.”