Jetgala - FALL-WINTER 2022

64 R RUMBLE IN PATTAYA In the first-ever Harley-Davidson Dirt.Road.Track Media Xperience, motorcycle journos from around the region got a taste of the Milwaukee brand’s bold expansion into new genres. L ooking around me, there was probably more leather than a cattle farm inTexas. But this was Pattaya,Thailand, and I was here not to check out the latest in on- road motorcycle fashion, but to witness a paradigm shift for Harley-Davidson. Once known mainly for attracting the likes of burly men in cut-off jackets, facial hair, and bellies that made a direct connection to motorcycle fuel tanks, the Harley-Davidson of today is a far cry from that trope. With models that range from adventure tourer to track-worthy speedsters, there is a renewed vigour that is palpable. Of H A R L E Y - D A V I D S O N by Tan Ju Kuang course, the tradition of building road hogs that devour the highways with cool, guttural, and unbridled panache is still alive and well, and ever present, thank you very much. But the Harley-Davidson D.R.T. (Dirt, Road,Track) Media Xperience is more than just resonating the proposition of this timeless marque. It was an occasion to introduce, no, to trumpet out loud the arrival of the brand to the many facets of motorcycling. Attending media from Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, and of course,Thailand had a first-hand chance to jump on some