https://www.indianmotorcycle.c.../ftr1200-s/features/




Just beautiful!



120 HP, 85 ft-lbs torque.

Fully adjustable suspension. Traction control, ABS, 3 riding modes, and real life highway illumination.


I begged Indian to bring this to the showroom.

Now its real. But a bit heavy, and a bit pricey.


They're taking pre-order deposits … must resist. Need to demo ride first.

Notice a trend developing over the past few years....Appears nostalgia sells. And I'm a big fan of all of them.

That Indian looks awesome. First thing is ditch that ridiculous license plate holder.

They are going for the Harley flat tracker. XR 750 if I remember correctly.

Actually they are going for HD's newest line, announced before Indian, a little catchup marketing...

in 2021, this 975cc Streetfighter will arrive. The bike’s angular styling makes it look like a subdued Ducati Streetfighter. It is handsome, but doesn’t look totally banzai. That is perhaps because the Streetfighter, Custom, and Pan America will all share the same platform; a tubular steel frame and a 60’, DOHC V-TWIN. Later on in the product cycle, two additional displacements will be available.

Indian and HD fighting again..

Cool stuff...

The Indian is pretty good till you get to the exhaust system and then it all falls apart IMO.

Good to see Indian do something like this other than than exhaust system it looks good. Sounds like they did good on the engine.

The standard riding position sales have been very good in the US the last 5 years and are huge in euorpe so is should sell well.

It's great to see café racers making a comeback. I wish I was 40 years younger.

Jim

Just had time to look it up. That Indian is MSRP of $15k! That's a big chunk of change for what it is. I still dig the look, but not sure about the pricing.

I concur that is about the ugliest exhaust system I've ever seen.

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I concur that is about the ugliest exhaust system I've ever seen.

flashguy

I agree. That Yamaha really looks retro café racer to me. Cool looking bike and I'll bet it's a hell of a lot less than 15 grand.

Jim

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I concur that is about the ugliest exhaust system I've ever seen.

flashguy

Shouldn't take Vance and Hines long for a solution to that.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
The Indian is pretty good till you get to the exhaust system and then it all falls apart IMO.

^^^This. Those mufflers put the f in fugly. What moron let that abortion get off the drawing board?

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

I agree. That Yamaha really looks retro café racer to me. Cool looking bike and I'll bet it's a hell of a lot less than 15 grand.

Jim

It IS gorgeous, and I wanted one badly. Dodged a bullet there, the ride reports are uniformly underwhelming. Heavy, terrible suspension and a motor that makes watching paint dry a thrill by comparison.

My daughter has a Bolt which is the same engine and it is a real snoozer.

Agree on the pipes. And fenderless in the back does not work for me.
I may seriously take a look at the Pan-America when it get here.

I think they are ugly as sin, but then I'm not a sport bike kind of guy.

Give me a cruiser, I'll put my feet up, and roll on down the highway with a smile on my face.

Looks good.


I love Street Fighters.

The aftermarket will take care of the exhaust. Cool bike but I'd rather have a Kawi Z900RS for less money.

Lately I've been thinking about picking up an SR400 to mess around with and customize.

About time. I LOVE IT! 120 hp and 508 lbs wet means it has tons of potential. Good job Indian making an American moto with a bit of sport injected into it. America makes great cruisers and bobbers but our sportbike game is weak. This is a step in the right direction.

It might resemble the Duc Scrambler but the guy who designed this FTR also designed the BMW R Nine T. Just like with the BMW this Indian’s exhaust is the first thing I’d change.

It's meant to replicate the FTR750 racebikes, which are closer to 310 lbs.




Here's how Indian got back in the game:

https://www.cycleworld.com/ind...ld-exclusive#page-10


By Kevin Cameron November 4, 2016

"Indian is challenging the weight of history by building a race-only 750 dirt-tracker for AMA Pro Grand National events. Since Bill Tuman won Indian’s last Grand National Championship by topping the Springfield Mile on a Scout in 1953, Harley-Davidson-mounted riders have won the GNC 50 times. How do you like those odds? Indian’s challenge is its 109-hp V-twin FTR750 flat-track racebike, based on no production model. There is nothing more American in motorcycling than its century-old fairgrounds flat-track racing. Indian’s challenge asks, “Who is the most authentically American manufacturer? …
Indian management heavies made their remarkable decision late in 2015. I went to see the chassis with rapid-proto­typed (plastic) engine and bodywork in the second week of May and spoke by phone with engineer Urs Wenger of Polaris/Swissauto. In early June, I flew to Switzerland to see the 106-pound engine, both apart and running on the dynamometer, and in July I attended a closed Indian test of the complete machine in the hands of Jared Mees, at the Charlotte, North Carolina, Half-Mile. That is fast development of a kind that takes full commitment and serious R&D capability.

Why would Indian executives back this? Maybe for the same reason that Honda entered European motorcycle GP racing in 1959: to establish its name worldwide in capital letters."


Kevin Cameron is my favorite tech writer.