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How Indian beat Harley at their own game

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Indian came back to Flat Track racing in 2017 with the FTR750, a purpose built racebike. Since then they have dominated the sport in a way no company has since Harley with their XR750. Here's how it all happened

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20 Comments

@johnfry9010 4 years ago

When the sport changes to a manufacturer series it takes all interest out of the sport . Flat track in it's hay day had many Privateers riding all kinds of bikes and it was a hell of a lot more interesting to watch .

@joelaugustin6407 4 years ago (edited)

I didn't even know about flat track when I started shopping for my first bike and the FTR was the one bike that caught my eye at the Indian dealership. It was out of my budget but my god was it beautiful.

@dwendt44 4 years ago

AMA has a long history of favoring Harley. They are doing it again; each time there's a better product and another brand starts winning races, new rules are right around the corner.

@alexnutcasio936 4 years ago

04:00. If we’re going to be accurate , Kenny Roberts Yamaha bike destroyed the XR750 but was outlawed / banned because of its success.

@jiyushugi1085 3 years ago

On a typical Friday night at Ascot back in the day, there'd be Harleys, Triumphs, BSAs, Nortons, Yamahas, and even, from time to time a Suzuki 500 and a Benelli 650! Those were the days.....

@NBSV1 4 years ago

Harley doesn’t really care about innovating. At this point they’re basically an apparel and accessory company that sells motorcycles on the side.

@watchyMCFCwatchy 4 years ago

Harley, yesterdays technology at todays prices. Nuff said.

@Iowa599 4 years ago

Flat track racing started on the tracks that were already built at every county fairgrounds. Horse tracks.

@JesusSavesKim 4 years ago (edited)

Agree with you wholeheartedly! Be better! If you don’t like loosing do better. And I’m a Harley rider of 27 years. It’s all I’ve ever ridden and it’s all I ever will but I agree

@gtsrig 3 years ago

In my day (1970 - 76) at the local Northern Calif. short flat tracks it was the Bultaco Pursang that dominated.

@nicolasbauman1514 4 years ago

Listening to my uncle talk about how they're favoring Yamaha now, I didn't realize they only allowed other bikes to have traction control and abs

@lpd1snipe 3 years ago

Here living in my part of Florida we have former Grand National AMA racer # 23 Kevin Atherton. He literally has one of his old XR750 race bikes set up and legally registered for the street. He carries a small backpack around with a starter and a battery in it to start it everywhere it goes when he stops. It is one badass motorcycle!

@grumpygnome9316 4 years ago

Leveling the playing field is another way to keep things the same

@browngreen933 4 years ago

No, flat track racing came about as an evolution of horse track racing. Board track racing was separate and evolved from bicycle velodrome racing.

@gullyfoyle-uf6fr 4 years ago

Don't litigate, innovate!!!

@mikeskidmore6754 4 years ago

Harley got the AMA to restrict British bikes to 500 cc's while Harleys were 750'cc's .. and the British bikes still won so they restricted compression ratios and Carburetor sizes too.

@my2cents395 4 years ago

I would like to see a street version of the 750. Maybe even a super motard or adventure bike.

@rickbecker683 4 years ago

Suzuki is not doing everything wrong in fact they are have very good sales. They are simply the first to realize that winning on sunday and selling on monday doesnt work anymore. As all forms of motor sports are losing popularity and the ROI simply isnt there.

@WilliamKiene 1 year ago

In the 1960s, I was involved in the old "Sacramento Mile" oval one-mile dirt track racing that was at the California State Fairgrounds. Back then, there were only 3 motorcycle brands involved. Harley had the KR 750cc flathead V-twin, BSA had the Goldstar 500cc OHV single, and Triumph had the 500cc parallel twin. As these 3 bikes raced around the track, they all made their own individual beautiful sound.

@MarshallKinrade 2 years ago

But the AMA allowed Indian into racing in 2017 with the promise that Indian brought out a road engine( FTR 750) is a purpose built race engine, within 3 years.