Pro Stock Motorcycle her rookie year. John Myers was one of the most dominant and legendary riders in the sport. He amassed 33 NHRA event wins before his death in 1998. The category was mostly dominated by Suzuki GS powered machines until the introduction of the Buell and the Harley-Davidson V-Rod. The V-Rod debuted in 2002 and the Buell debuted in 2003. From 2004 to 2012 the Vance and Hines V-Rod was arguably the most dominant motorcycle in the class. Andrew Hines won three championships and Ed Krawiec won two, utilizing the V-Rod. Suzuki and Buell team owner George Bryce was an outspoken
SHL (motorcycle) SHL (motorcycle) SHL is a brand of Polish motorcycles, produced from 1938 until 1970 by Huta Ludwików, later KZWM Polmo-SHL in Kielce (small parties were made in the WFM in Warsaw). The Huta Ludwików ("Ludwików Ironworks"), founded in 1919 in Kielce, produced first hardware and agricultural machines. Since 1938 it started production of a motorcycle of own design, using British Villiers 98 cm³ engines (parts of engines were locally manufactured). The motorcycle was named SHL 98 - SHL being a short of "Suchedniowska Huta Ludwików" ("Ludwików Ironworks of Suchedniów", for the works were initially owned by a foundry in Suchedniów).