Winning debut for FTR1200 Custom at Sultans of Sprint

I’m Huge in Europe

In Indian Motorcycle’s latest tease of the unobtainable FTR1200 Custom, they told us it won a race in Europe. The FTR1200 Custom, first unveiled at EICMA, finished its tour of the USA a few months ago and has now been shipped over to the European market to begin a tour of events and sprint racing.

The bike has entered the Sultans of Sprints’ newly formed Factory Class and over the course of the year there are four rounds with the first of these just held during the Italian biker festival ‘The Reunion’ at the Monza circuit over the weekend.

Poor weather on the Saturday meant that the racing was delayed until Sunday, and with a dry drag strip, the competitors were all eager to get out and duel with each other.

The first set of sprints is decided by a paper draw and the FTR1200 Custom, ridden by Lorenzo Nisi from Egimotors (the Italian distributor for Indian) faced the BMW R nine T “Little Go Beep” from Team Krautmotors and ridden by Rolf Reick #19 – an easy win.

Next, Indian was up against the Yamaha XSR 700 “Sakura” from Team Workhorse Speedshop and ridden by Andy Geeroms #8 – it was close.
This meant Indian went in to the final against Spitfire, a BMW R1200 R by Team VTR Customs ridden by Amelie Mooseder #85 – and this was a very close finish.

There was an overwhelming response from the public to seeing the FTR1200 Custom actually in action. People were constantly taking photos and asking Indian if it will build this bike.
Results in the Factory Class race:
1st FTR1200 Custom by Indian Motorcycle, Rider Lorenzo Nisi
2nd Spitfire (BMW R1200 R) by BMW Motorrad, Rider Amelie Mooseder
3rd BMW “Polizia Uno” by VTR Customs, Rider Dani Weidmann