Photo @bsmith.4 On Tuesday, just two days before the start of the 2019 season, Bryan Smith's Howerton Motorsports Crosley Kawasaki broke cover. However, if you didn't know the history of the bike, or the architecture of modern Japanese twins inside-out you were unlikely to know it was a Kawasaki. This is a development of the bike Bryan Smith won the title on in 2016, the last before Indian entered American Flat Track and not only came with a great bike, but also cleverly nul

I was looking for something else when I came across up an old email from AFT team owner/engineering master, Ricky Howerton. Attached was this image of Bryan Smith's championship winning chassis for his Kawasaki twin, that he sent when we featured the bike in SB23. For the 2018 season Howerton moved with Bryan Smith to be the crew chief of the official Indian team, but after two years with Indian, they've decided to run with the Kawasaki again for the 2019 season, which is cur

Oh boy, things are really hotting up in American Flat Track. In addition to the rule changes we picked up on 1 November, more have been announced that have upset Indian so much they've made an official press release. This is it in full.. Read it then see our take at the bottom... American Flat Track recently communicated a series of rule changes for 2019, designed to increase the competitive balance in the sport. Two of the three rule changes single out Indian Motorcycle and

AFT has released its provisional 2019 race schedule, so it's time to pick through it with a medium-toothed comb. All the regulars are there. It begins with the Daytona TT, that we hope continues to improve in the way year two was much better than year one. There are the traditional pair of holiday weekend Springfield Miles, the Sacramento Mile, the Peoria TT and the Mees-promoted Lima Half-Mile. The Buffalo Chip TT, held during the huge Sturgis bike rally, is now a newly esta