SHAWN HIGBEE

Shawn Higbee started racing with Bartels' many years ago. In 1994, he raced the Harley-Davidson 883 Sportsters for Bartels' and he won the AMA Harley-Davidson Twinsport Championship.The success he enjoyed at Bartels' Harley-Davidson launched his career and sent him off to ride in the AMA Superbike class on a factory FBF Ducati. Then in 2005 Shawn Higbee started racing Buell motorcycles sponsored by Bartels' Harley-Davidson but an injury sat him out for two years. When he came back after the injury, he competed on the Buell in the Moto ST Series. He won the 3 out of 6 events the same year and finished 2nd in the GST championship. The Moto ST series is an endurance series, and Shawn Higbee was part of a 3 rider team. Dan Bilanski and Clint Brotz are the other Richie Morris Racing team riders.

SHAWN HIGBEE IN PERSON

Motorized two-wheeled vehicles have been part of Shawn Higbee's life as early as the age of 7. The freedom and independence that motorcycles promise was everything that Shawn's personality was to become. As a youngster, off road mini bikes grabbed his attention, and never left him bored. At the pinnacle teenage years of freedom and independence, Shawn fell in love with fast street bikes. Subsconsciously, he was swayed toward the same model bike that Tom Cruise rode in the movie Top Gun. The next influence came from an uncle with a cool lifestyle and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. This opened Shawn's mind up to working for the HD of Jamestown dealership right out of high school. Althought, it wasn't his first desire, Shawn's ability to roll with the flow or accept fate allowed him to begin his road-racing career aboard a Harley-Davidson Sportster. In only a few short years, Shawn's motorcycle road racing quickly turned into a Professional career. In 1994, Shawn moved to CA and won the AMA HD Twinsports Championship for Bartels' Harley-Davidson

During the motorcycle racing off season, Shawn Higbee likes to take up other forms of racing. A few years ago, he started racing snowmobiles, and car road racing in SCCA and skip barber events. Motorcycle ice racing is also big in Wisconsin during the winter months. Outside of racing, he enjoys traveling and exploring new parts of the world.