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

Plenty of announcements are coming out of AFT HQ at the moment as the 2021 season nears. The most recent is the launch of the 2021 KTM AFT Singles team. Young Australian, Max Whale, joins Shayna Texter-Bauman (as the recently married racer has chosen to be known as). That means the team is back to a two-rider squad after a season of having just Shayna, who fell below her normal high standards in 2020, finishing 12th in the standings. Conversely, privateer Whale was second in