Written by Martin Hodgson
It was June 2016 when multi-time American Flat Track Champion Jared Mees announced he would join Indian as they returned to the series for a full factory tilt at the title. The signing left no doubt that the company was serious about winning, this was no marketing exercise; but little did we know at the time that in parallel to the development of the race bike, work had commenced on a road-going version. Now three years on and people the world over are getting their hands on the FTR 1200 and France’s Thomas Castany of Indian Metz has given this S model the custom treatment dubbing her ‘Over Light’.

With the FTR 750 dominating its first three years in American Flat Track racing, the road-going version was going to have to be equipped with as much of the race inspired flavour as possible for it to be a sales success. Thankfully, Indian haven’t let their fans down and are no doubt attracting a legion of new admirers with the FTR’s on-road capabilities. With the likes of Bike World UK even showing the bike is better than expected on loose gravel and happy to hang the tail out.
So with Indian Metz being the premier dealership in North-Eastern France it made total sense to customise an example to bring punters into the showroom. Before he got stuck into the build, Thomas jumped on a plane and headed to America, visiting Indian HQ and hanging out with the likes of Roland Sands and Travis Pastrana who have both been doing t...