New Indian FTR R Carbon First Ride | On Track! 

It doesn’t matter which bike it is, if Chris is here I’m here for it

One of the best looking bikes on the market IMO, especially in this trim/colour spec.

This review convinced me to book a test ride and I bought a 23’ carbon R afterwards! Super happy, so much fun. Thanks for the enthusiasm Chris!

April 23 I went to my local motorcycle shop to specifically buy the new Triumph Street Triple that everyone was raving about. Indian were having a demo day and I figured why not. I never considered the earlier FTRs because of the wheel size but loved the look of it. I took the FTR out for a spin and I'd say within 2 minutes I knew I loved it but I also knew the price for the Carbon was more than the Street Triple. When I got back, the salesperson told me they were offering $3000 off and 6 months same as cash. Ten minutes later I was in finance signing the paperwork and rode home on my new FTR R Carbon. Absolutely zero regrets and have been having a blast on it ever since.

you are by far the best reviewr on RU-vid

Will never forget my first ride on the FTR. IT TRIED TO KILL ME! Or so I thought the first 20 min. Then I started to realize it was not the bike that had a problem, it was me. This is not like ANY other street bike in the world! It is a f***ing hooligan and I LOVE it! (Bought it after i changed my pants)

Great video 🙏 I just received my 2022 Carbon R No453. The only one in the Middle East, love it 👍

Great work Chris. I've got a 2021 FTR R Carbon (only 2 months old) and absolutely love it. Traded my well ridden MT09 which I put 50K kms on from new and couldn't be happier with the Indian. The engine is sublime.

The most beautiful bike of this decade...🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍

I got a 2024 FTR Carbon R afew days ago, and I absolutely love it!!!

One of the only youtube bike reviewers I look forward to watching. Im a little bias since I own a 22 and a 19.

Ah man, these have been a guilty pleasure of mine for a good few years.......... seriously tempted to take a proper look at owning one now! 🤔😄

This thing looks like a Ducati Diavel or Monster. Pretty cool.

3:08 hol up… did you scrap the pipes?! Damn 😂

Wow beautiful video. I own a 2022 FTR 1200 R Carbon and just Love it…

I love my 22 ftr absolutely a "proper" motorcycle in every aspect . Kinda does it all.

The 17's are also a massive visual improvement.

The FTR reminds me so much of my beloved, yet departed, Husqvarna Nuda. Is it the tubular frame? Steering rake? Dunno 😕 Also, I'm thinking Chris is _that_ track day bloke, passing most on a clapped out ct110 held together with duct tape, cable-ties & hope.

Chassis looks really settled when cranked over and on the gas. Really impressive stuff!

Call it an FTR Z "racebike". Expand the Line. I'm an Eric Buell fan that wants a Road bike, old XB9r. This will be my replacement! Great video!

Chris, please can you do a review of the Dunlop Mutants. Be great to hear what you think of them. Perfect tyre for so many of the bikes you like? Ditto what the others have said on here. By far one of the best bike testers/presenters on here. Keep up the awesome work

That bike is absolutely gorgeous!

Finally! Been waiting to see this for awhile!!!

Definitely agree with you, an Indian 1200 supermoto would be very slick. You sir absolutely know how to give a bike a proper rip!👍🏼

A lot of people don't get and uprighted sit-on v-twin bikes. Its a character bike that can be an all-rounder at best, not particularly good at one thing, just does all of it with a fun factor. This bike is the only current made left in this style, since the HD XR1200 and still born Bronx, and also before, the Buell as we knew it. There is plenty of parallel twins doing this too, as I have. I would get this FTR if I could, but limited funds stop me, maybe a used one later.

Spidi for life over here. This clip is Designer approved ✅

I’ve always looked at the FTR as America’s hypermotard.

Great looking bike. Conclusion at the end would be a nice prototype idea, I hope they listen :)

When is the 950 ride video coming ? BTw, a list of mods and parts would be appreciated at the end of the video.

Your reviews always make me smile. Very positive personality. I like this bike.

I tested this bike this year. Carbon edition and Flat track edition(with Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde - "not for road use" with electronic exhaust flap :D :D). Carbon edition is really good and fun bike for roads, torque is like when somebody punch you in the back and suspension is really good, but Akrapovič exhaust was too silent, Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde exhaust is propper sound for this bike :D

Chris you are the best reviewer out there, keep it up mate. If you ever make it to the States come take my RC8C out for a spin! Also wanted to ask what your opinion is for best super naked *track* bike. Cheers!

Indian should make a 800ish liquid cooled vtwin with a shorter wheel base and big effort to lighten. 17 in alloy wheel option and a 18/19 spoked rally version

Let’s see Paul Arris’ bike…. Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God it even has a watermark….

Honestly, not a bike for me but I'd watch Chris read the phone book if he was this enthusiastic - proper moto journo - and he knows this bike well enough to make a real comparison.

2019 model all the way, better looking too. New ones have the cat welded on

100% spot on. I thought about the old FTR as a hooligan bike, that was a bit to long for being a Supermotar-like thing. The wheels in 2019 should have come in 2 sizes, the old and the 17". So they did a good thing with the wheels (thou the front fork could even be a degree more steep still) BUT they lowerd the seathight, and for me (6"1) that was a bad thing. I dislike to be crammed-up on a bike. I rode the 2019 FTR and the seathight/position of my legs was great. So my question would be: is the new FTR still a bike for people 6"1 and up, or more for the shorter legged riders?

An Indian For The Road perfect

Bring back Supermoto era. 🙏🙏🙏

I love how it looks beautiful bike Saving money 💰to get one

Dang. Now I need to upgrade mine.

Reminds me of my 2017 Triumph street triple a little lol....good for Indian..I don't know much about them but is this there most sporty model ever produced?.Usually I see them as cruisers and Harley type of bikes

Calling it American Ducati isn't an insult but actually a compliment!

What happened to the ftr project vlog ? It was great entertainment. Cheers

Did the 17" wheels lower the FTR's seat height a little?

i have the carbon year 2020 model with old size wheels and I have put the scorpion trail 2 Pirelli and I'm considering adding some new tyres in a couple of weeks..anything better than the scorpion to add on? my interest is to have a sport feeling for 80% street rides and 20% dirt roads thanks.

My dream bike

Wow nice bike!

Polaris should dust out Victor Project 156 and make a proper streetfighter.

does it wheelie? I think that is a strong yes. damn.

This looks like the Arch motorcycle of Keanu

How does this compare to the Speed Triple RS? Has anyone ridden both? Similar price and both are well built.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😁

So far, the flat track style tires only stick to the wheels.

I see that it is using a single piece front discs instead of two piece. I wonder how that would affect the braking when doing hard riding for example at a track.

never mind the bike, what happened to the funky helmet design????

still the best lookin bike tho !

Can anyone tell me just how many Carbons are made or are going to be made? Originally it was only supposed to be 750 world wide

Get that ol 950 on the track! Bang some SuMo wheels on there and yer good to go jajaja

Typo in the thumbnail but solid video nonetheless!

On my radar when I sell the ZX10R.

wonder how the updates to the bike change how it works offroad and for flat tracking

5:44 Chris can go knee down on straightaways.

It turned into something more profitable.

So you want the RSD kit? You won't do it..

Id love to see Chris ride an old Buell Ulysses round a track. I bet he'd be more impressed with it than this.

I love it. ❤️

This or MT09?

Hey Guys Indian didn’t make a 2021 FTR….. they skipped right to 2022. I own one.

En español te traerá publicó latino asi como Carwow

OK I want my knee down like this :))))))))

If it had a proper 190 rear end tyre I would consider it… looks like a nice bicycle with its narrow rear tyre

I dont understand though? IF the motor is so good then WHY doesnt Indian simply create a bonafide Sportbike ....would really be the ONLY american sportbike.....I very likely would buy one ...I have pined for an American built sportbike my entire riding life ...nobody other than buell (hampered by harley) has really even tried....i find it bizarre personally ....maybe now that Harley market is literally dying off then FINALLY someone with some cajones will correct this issue

Support British jobs - why run Sportecs when you could have fitted Avon Spirit STs? Most Metzeler bike tyres are now made in China - Avons are still made in Blighty.

Every since Indian released the FTR, I have never understood what it was for. I still don't. Seems the enthusiasm from many places is just artificial, everyone hoping it will do the thing, happy Indian have a sporty kind of bike, happy there's some kind of American V-twin sporty thing, but it all seems so artificial because Italy, Germany, Japan, Austria, Britain have all been doing this sort of thing for decades and do it all so much better in every way. Name one metric in which the FTR accomplishes more in one aspect than the whole list of naked sporty bikes around the market. I think any aspect could be named and a few other bikes would pop to mind that does it better. I've never seen an FTR in a naked street bike shootout, a supermoto shootout, a cruiser shootout, a scrambler shootout, a cafe racer shootout. It's so far from any actual flat tracker motorcycle that it's a complete joke to bother mentioning it. The powertrain does well in the Scout but its just weird in the FTR. Seems Buell did a better job incorporating a cruiser engine into a sports chassis making a bike that wasn't trying to be something it isn't, at least the Buell excelled at some particular thing that most other bikes didn't.

That's a nice Ducati, oops...sorry, Indian lol. I wonder which European manufacturer the have 'borrowed' heavily from?