Regular Sideburn contributor Scott Toepfer got great access to the Texter-Baumans and their friends and family to make this short film for Indian Motorcycle/ Dice magazine. Shayna is struggling on the FTR750 this year, her first year in AFT's SuperTwins class, no doubt about it, but she is a hell of a rider. I really hope she and the team get the 750 working for her. Shayna and the rest of AFT will be in action tomorrow at the Lima Half-Mile. She's won Single races on that gn

Did you spot it? That's not an FTR750 that AFT champ Jared Mees is stood with. OK, you did. It's a new special edition - the FTR Championship Edition. Indian Motorcycle hasn’t rushed to capitalise on their domination of American Flat Track’s premier class, but after half-a-decade of wiping the floor with the opposition now is the time. Based on the FTR 1200, the FTR Championship Edition treads the popular path of motorcycle & automotive special editions: a race-inspired paint

Remember we told you the most successful AFT Singles racer ever, Shayna Texter-Bauman has left the Red Bull KTM team to join her husband, Briar on the factory Indian team? Well, it started a domino effect... (photo: Lanesworld) Kody Kopp to Red Bull KTM The 2021 Rookie of the Year takes Shayna's seat, the 17-year-old moves out of the privateer ranks to one of the big Singles teams. He will race alongside 2021 Singles class runner-up Max Whale. Son of 2000 Grand National Champ

The wording of KTM's recent press release, wishing Shayna Texter-Bauman good luck with her future racing exploits, seemed to make it clear that Shayna wasn't, as some assumed, stepping out of the sport to 'start a family'. Or not yet. We heard, and shared, some theories about Shayna moving to Royal Enfield on our social media, but they were quickly shot down by Royal Enfield North America. I immediately thought about an Indian move and contacted Cory Texter(not-Bauman), a reg