Ice Racing the Harley-Davidson Street

Ice, ice, baby

A few years back, Harley-Davidson took its new Street 750 motorcycle to the ice for racing at the X Games in Aspen. Here’s a look back on that in this video from the event.

While it’s difficult to pin down when and where someone had the idea of putting a motorcycle on ice, the first records of ice racing date from Sweden in 1924. Today, ice racing is primarily on quarter-mile, half-mile and road course tracks setup on frozen lakes or indoor arenas. The sport usually is divided into classes for full-rubber and studded tires with speeds regularly approaching 80 miles per hour on straightaways and 60 miles per hour in the turns.