Pascal Picotte’s Manager, former racer Alan Labrosse, was at the AMA Pikes Peak National this weekend, shopping Picotte’s services.

Picotte is eager to get back on a four-cylinder racebike, according to Labrosse.

Picotte’s availability may be the strongest indicator so far that Harley-Davidson really does plan to give up on the VR1000 project, as has been rumored.

The Harley-Davidson VR1000 effort has been the most unsuccessful factory-backed AMA Superbike program in history, in terms of money spent vs. results realized. The VR1000 has never won an AMA Superbike race.