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When was the final time somebody apart from an Indian received the highest class in an American flat monitor collection? That might be 2016, when Harley-Davidson broke Indian's four-year streak of dominance – which Indian has bettered with its present seven-year streak. The one 'common' motorbike manufactured in India is the FTR, a unadorned, 1,200-cc two-wheeler impressed by the corporate's FTR 750 flat monitor racer. The corporate teamed up with Roland Sands Design and despatched an FTR in R Carbon trim to the Lengthy Seaside, California customized store for a makeover known as the FTR x RSD Tremendous Hooligan.
The factor is, FTR is already so loaded with specialised gear that RSD doesn't have to do a lot; Customary package for the $18,499 MSRP contains Öhlins entrance and rear suspension, Brembo entrance and rear brakes, pink wheels, a four-inch Experience Command infotainment system, three driving modes, and cruise management. Indian additionally added the standard favourite bits of Giles tooling offered as choices within the manufacturing facility configurator, together with oil and radiator caps, bar-end weights, and an adjustable rear set for extra flexibility with foot peg placement. Nonetheless, quantity plates and seat cowls are additionally on the choices menu, often unpainted.
The “Indian” emblem on the tank comes from racing bikes, the #1 quantity plate above the entrance mild and subsequent to the seat characterize manufacturing facility rider and multi-time champion Jared Mees, the sponsor emblem on the seat cowl represents these Notes that assist in cost.
RSD has made the package deal a bit extra well-liked, due to highlights like black metallic paint for the bodywork and gold accents on the wheels that match the Öhlins forks and shock. The exhaust is now an Akrapovic unit with a warmth protect, the seat is stitched with the RSD emblem the place the FTR emblem often goes.
The bike's worth is barely $1,250 greater than the inventory FTR R Carbon, in all probability because of the delicate modifications. Even higher, once we tried configuring the inventory FTR Carbon nearer to the FTR
Let's say you may get one: Indian is constructing simply 300 examples for world consumption, every with an individually numbered plaque above the gasoline tank. Indian can be throwing in a set of graphics homeowners can apply to the forks, entrance fenders and radiator shrouds for much more verisimilitude. Pricing begins at $18,499, orders open now.