An outlandish new creation from Bandit9 rolls onto our pages this week, followed by a BMW K100RS from the heart of Bavaria, and a zany Indian FTR 1200 supermoto. Finally, a crated Harley-Davidson Sportster reminds us of a time when Sporties were air-cooled and affordable.
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Trends come and go, but tradition is everlasting, and you’d be surprised just how long scrambler motorcycles have been around. The term harkens back to the earliest days of motorcycle racing when competition was an A-to-B affair, and there were too few paved roads to limit competition to tarmac only—a scramble, as they’d come to…
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High-end parts can wreak havoc on a custom bike build budget, so it helps to have a source for good second-hand stuff. For Pierre Dhers at Freeride Motos in Southern France, that source is Surplus Motos. Based just a few miles from the Freeride Motos workshop, Surplus Motos specializes in reconditioned motorcycle parts. They’ve been…
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Indian Motorcycle has just pulled the covers off what is possibly the spiciest version of the Indian FTR yet at EICMA. Based on the top-of-the-line FTR R Carbon, the 2024 Indian FTR x 100% R Carbon is a limited edition collaboration with the action sports brand, 100%. And it looks fresh as hell. If you…
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Unveiled this week: a custom Indian FTR, designed by Sideburn and Cheetah. Plus a Triumph Bonneville from Indonesia, a Triumph Bobber from…
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Versatility without compromise, that’s the spirit of a big cc scrambler. Beyond the off-roady cosmetics, bikes in this class should have more…
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The Indian FTR 1200 is one of the few factory-made motorcycles that brings flat track style to the street. But, despite being…
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Workhorse Speed Shop wowed us two weeks ago, with a retro AMA superbike-inspired Indian FTR 1200 specced to the hilt. But that…
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We love Brice Hennebert’s approach to building custom motorcycles. He’s passionate about retro race bikes, and injects that sense of performance and…
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The flat track bug seems to have permeated all corners of the motorcycling world—including Sweden. We love this very sharp Indian FTR…
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For a brand that only relaunched five years ago, Indian Motorcycle is making some bold moves. The Scout FTR750 racebike has cleaned…
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Indian has finally revealed details of its production street tracker, the FTR 1200—the most hotly anticipated bike launch of recent months. The…
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