Randy from Western Flat Track Association (formerly CFTA) left a comment on our 'Massed Ranks of Indians' post and it was so insightful that he addd to it to make it into a post. As we've seen, AFT overshot on their preferential allowances to Indian, creating a dominating race-winning monster. Michael Lock claims that the reasoning was that it would take some time for the FTR750 (above) to become competitive. Granted there is always some development time for new machinery, b

Good news from Randy at the CFTA... I'm happy to report that our Inaugural Humboldt Half Mile went exceedingly well. Rookie luck was in play. Wade Boyd participated with his DTR1, this time with a grotesque set of adventure tires. I thought you might appreciate. He's quite the unique individual. Sidecars, IoM, flat tracking a sportbike, etc. Hopefully, there are some good action photos coming. #InappropriateRoadBike #CFTA #Yamaha #California #Crackers

Our friends at the California Flat Track Association have lots of races coming up, including a half-maile at Humboldt. The CFTA's big cheese, Randy Kremlacek, has written for Sideburn since the very earliest issues and wrote a great Get Schooled, for Sideburn 29, on How to organise your own flat track race. #CFTA #California

The good people at Roland Sands Designs have released a limited edition kit to transform stock 2015-onwards Scouts and Scout 60s into Superhooligans, like those raced by Roland, Cameron Brewer, Jordan Graham and stars like Carey Hart, Joe Kopp and Sammy Halbert. The kit could be used for someone who wants to race a Scout, or wants the Superhooligan look for the road. The kit includes: Aluminum Sub Frame Fiberglass Tail Section Padded Race Seat Rectifier Re-Locator Belt Tensio