Indian doubles down on the front discs for an advantage in stopping power with ABS protection as well, though it doesn't seem to be the leaning sort. Indian runs with inverted, cartridge-style front forks and a monoshock out back, and both ends match the same 5.9 inches of travel that the Duc claims. The flyline is also similarly low-profile with a slight tank bump and saddle scoop ahead of a non-covered p-pad area, so it doesn't try to look like a proper race bike quite as hard as the Full Throttle though you can still see plenty of track-side influence in its design. These two bikes could almost be brothers from another mother in the looks department since the Indian ride also features a round headlight, stubby tail, upswept exhaust and a one-sided hugger out back.
Form follows function, and even though the FTR isn't actually set up for the dirt track, it hits all the same design high points as its track-wise cousin.īlackout paint finds a home on the FTR, and much like the Duc, it carries the achromatic treatment everywhere it can. The “FTR” is based on a sure-enough track bike, the FTR 750, and is a shameless attempt to capitalize on the success of the racing program, as well it should. With that in mind, I went shopping, and landed on another flat track-inspired machine, the FTR 1200 from Indian Motorcycle. Scramblers are a dime-a-dozen anymore, and it seems like just about everyone is jumping on the bandwagon with some variation thereof, but flat-trackers are a sub-genre all their own and so Duc's Full Throttle will require something special for its head-to-head comparison. It also comes Ducati Multimedia System ready, so you can easily add a Bluetooth Control Unit to network your smartphone, helmet earpieces and Ducati's proprietary navigator system for the complete infotainment system. It seems like such a minor thing, but it's difficult to overstate how much I like a clean instrument area, and this thing fits the bill perfectly. A short-rise bar leaves plenty of room for the pilot to tuck in, and it mounts an all-new set of switch controls with a single round instrument housing.Īn offset, backlit LCD screen delivers all the critical metrics, including a shift prompt and numerical gear indicator to go with a ring of LED idiot lights that take care of the rest. LED blinkers mount directly to the round headlight can on short standoffs to finish off the forward lighting. A glass lens protects the cyclops headlight and its LED DRL ring that increases your visibility to the rest of the world, even in bright ambient conditions.
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