BIARRITZ – FRANCE – SATURDAY 16 JUNE – 8.30 PM
An event that was in the diaries, but kept firmly under wraps: at the 7th Wheels and Waves, leading figures from Indian Motorcycle stepped onto the podium with Grant Bester and several brand ambassadors to officially announce the birth and imminent production of the FTR1200.
The first stirrings of this project date back to August 8, 2016, in Sturgis, when Indian Motorcycle unveiled the bike that was to herald its comeback in the American Flat Track Championship. The machine’s superlative performance caused a sensation, and the seed of an idea was sown in the R&D department…
One year later, on November 7, 2017, a prototype with the 1200cc twin-cylinder engine was unveiled in Milan. It met with such enthusiasm then – and at each subsequent appearance, including in videos with Brad Baker, Carey Hart and Dimitri Coste – that its makers took on the challenge of designing a tamer version of this beast that would be suitable for the wider public.
It’s no fluke that Wheels and Waves was chosen as the venue for this major announcement – quite the contrary: the event is a crucible for new trends, and the FTR1200 epitomises all the aspirations of the people who converge there.
Keep watching this space…
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