Indian Motorcycles

We're in Long Beach, California, at the expansive workshop/museum of Roland Sands Design, for the reveal of a fascinating fusion of two motorcycles – an Indian Scout crossed with an FTR1200 flat tracker, built for Josh Dun, of Twenty One Pilots.

Indian’s ebike is made by SUPER73 and branded as an Indian eFTR Hooligan. I took Indian Motorcycles’ ebike for a spin both on and off the pavement and found it’s well-named for what it is: a street-OK electric bike that really shines on the dirt trail.

Whatever they're smoking at Indian Motorcycle, we want some! The company's doing a limited production run of race-spec Challenger R cruisers, complete with carbon fiber saddlebags, celebrating one of the flat-out wackiest races on two wheels.

Veteran motorcycle company Indian has partnered with California-based retro ebike maker Super73 for a moto-inspired special edition ride called the eFTR Hooligan 1.2, which can throttle up to 20 mph or provide motor assist up to 28 mph.

For its 100th anniversary, Indian Motorcycles has re-imagined its Chief cruiser, dropping the iconic flared fenders and bulky headlight shrouds to create a handsome, minimalist cruiser that'll find its full expression in the works of customizers.

MotoAmerica's King of the Baggers race was a crazy idea, pitting some of the least-racy motorcycles in the USA against one another around California's famous Laguna Seca racetrack in a knee-dragging, luggage-dragging, motor-popping spectacle.

Indian is taking on Harley in a new market segment: mini electric motorcycles for kids. The new eFTR Jr looks a fair bit like Indian's famous flat trackers, and packs dual suspension, 15-mph (24-km/h) top speeds and over an hour's riding time.

The bizarre "King of the Baggers" race plans to pit giant cruisers from Harley and Indian against each other at Laguna Seca. Tuner Roland Sands is race-prepping a Challenger for this crazy event, and we caught up for a very fun chat about it.

Indian's going back to the nutty sport of hillclimb racing with a new, custom-built, extra-long version of its FTR750 flat tracker. Rider John "Flying" Koester will take aim at a title in the new Twins category of the AMA Pro Hillclimb series.

Indian Motorcycles has just released an optional seat accessory that gives a rider and passenger three levels of butt heating and cooling, with individual controls. The graphene-packed ClimaCommand seat is the first device of its kind we've seen.

Indian has built the first bike around its Powerplus engine, and the all-new Challenger looks set to bring serious levels of power, grunt and intelligent handling to the medium-range luxury cruising market.

America's other great cruiser company has announced its latest and greatest big motorcycle donk, a 1,770cc, 60-degree V-Twin making an impressive 122 horsepower and 128 lb-ft (173.5 Nm) of torque.