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Indian Contingency Calculations

Feb 20

Indian Contingency Calculations

Indian officially announced that they would run a two-man Wrecking Crew (as we reported earlier in the week). This is made up of a one-man factory team of reigning champ Briar Bauman, and the factory-supported independent (but not a true privateer), the former champ, Jared Mees. This is the first time in the new Indian team's lifespan that they've had two-rather than three riders on their 'Wrecking Crew' (see why we think that make business sense in BronBo Goes Private). On t

'I Won Fisher's AFT Bike!'

Jan 6, 2020

'I Won Fisher's AFT Bike!'

We featured Paul Hartman's Racewear and his supercool Triumph Bonneville hooligan racer in Sideburn 38 and saw he had a new firebreathing bike so asked for the story on it. This is what he told us... Kind of a crazy deal, and sometimes I still don't believe it. I won this bike in a raffle that Davis Fisher did to raise some money. Last summer Davis announced on his Instagram that he was going to sell raffle tickets for his Kawasaki 700 Twin AFT racer. Tickets were $50 and h

More AFT SuperTwins news

Dec 21, 2019

More AFT SuperTwins news

More pieces of the AFT SuperTwins jigsaw have fallen into place in the last couple of days. Today Jeffrey Carver announced he'd be competing in SuperTwins as a wild card privateer, on James Monaco's FTR750. It seems like Jeffrey lost the DFW Roof Systems backing and either wasn't able or didn't want to commit to a full season of the new SuperTwins class. It seems a shame that one of the true stars of the series is stepping back, but we know Jeffrey was/is very close to James

Springfield Mile 1 Thoughts

Sep 1, 2019

Springfield Mile 1 Thoughts

So, the schedule caught up with me and I couldn't follow every race live. I missed the SacMile, but watched the Peoria TT after racing myself the same day, so I was just observing, not making notes. Briar was on it at Peoria, and the king of that track, Henry Wiles, was out injured. Such has been Wiles domination that no other current Twins rider had ever won at the track. Then it was onto the rescheduled Springfield. Friday night was Singles Short Track night, and, again, af

Black Hills HM Thoughts

Aug 7, 2019

Black Hills HM Thoughts

Less than 40 hours since the Buffalo Chip podium the AFT riders were back in action at the Black Hills Half-Mile, another race that is part of Sturgis Bike Week. After the one-line TT of the Buffalo Chip, which I'm indifferent to, the Black Hills track is fast, allows various lines and offered up some great racing. Unfortunately, being an AFT addict in Europe is a ballache. I watched till about 12.15am, then set the alarm for 1.15, watched another 40 mins, set the alarm for 3

Rob Pearson Black Hills Wipeout

Aug 7, 2019

Rob Pearson Black Hills Wipeout

Rob Pearson ended up wrecking his privateer Indian FTR750 at the Black Hills Half-Mile last night. It happened after Jared Mees lost the front end mid-corner halfway through the 25-lap main. Jared and his FTR750 skidded up the track. David Fisher did an incredible job of swerving to avoid Mees who was half-sat, half-laid almost motionless on the track, and ploughed into the airfence. Rob Pearson, first seemed to clip Mees' bike, then hit Fisher's bike, that was on its side by

Indian Score First AFT Sweep of the Year

May 9, 2018

Indian Score First AFT Sweep of the Year

It took until round 4 of the AFT Twins season for Indian to score their first 1-2-3 sweep of the year. I know, total disaster, heads are going to roll for this... Last season they did it by round two, and there were only three Indian FTR750s in that whole race. At Calistoga, last weekend, nine entered (there would have been ten, but Bryan Smith is injured, see previous post). It was an incredibly impressive night for Indian's racing bike. Here's why... Indian filled the top f

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