Dice - the indie magazine that inspired Sideburn + Indian Motorcycle - the multinational heavyweight that supports grassroots dirt track (& Sideburn) + Ornamental Conifer - the painter/artist who we've had an affinity with since he painted our Royal Enfield tracker back in the way back (see Sideburn 10) How could we fail to love what they came up with between them? Named R/T Four Thirteen, the bikes started life as an Indian Chief Dark Horse that Dean Micetich of Dice and Sco

Off-the-shelf King of The Bagger racer with a monster price tag, Gary Inman is in awe We are living through an era that will be looked back on as fondly as 50- and 60-year-olds look back at the AMA Superbike-era of the early-1980s. But instead people getting misty-eyed reminiscing about Lawson Kawasakis and nerding out on Cooley GS Thous and Spencer CB750s, the objects of obsession will be Indian and Harley King of the Baggers (KOTB) racers. The race action they serve up is s

In the past I have been disparaging of the headline figures trumpeted by some companies in relation to their AMA/AFT contingency prize funds offered (I'm looking at you Ducati), but news of Indian Motorcycle's AFT SuperTwins pay out plan looks more encouraging. It comes off the back of them disbanding the factory team, so, y'know, swings and roundabouts. Contingency is the prize money companies hand out after every race, and, in many cases, for the championship too. The money

Indian have launched a new test ride initiative that will see anyone* who registers to test ride a 2023 FTR be entered into a lottery to win a custom FTR. The prize bike is designed in conjunction with French rally driving demigod, and Indian Motorcycle ambassador, Sebastien Loeb. Two will be built: one for the winner, the other for Loeb himself. The FTR Loeb will be built by Parisian FTR customising specialists, Tank Machine, who we featured in Sideburn 49. Talking about Loe