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HooliGhana: A Super Hooligan racer builds a KTM drift bike



?I bought a late 90s BMW E36 drift car from a local Formula Drift competitor,? he tells us, ?and drifting became a new hobby of mine. Not long after, I had the inclination to take the 790 out to a parking lot to see if I could drift it too.?
Andy had been toying with the idea of creating a gymkhana-like motorcycle video for years?but now, the idea of combining the car and bike was appealing. ?I had seen it done before with the ICON videos, but not with the gymkhana format. And definitely not with a single person doing both the driving and riding.?

?I felt I had a cool, unique idea. And it was the perfect time to make a video with all my other events postponed, and people sitting at home looking for entertainment.?
Andy has a lot of bikes in his garage, including a couple of motocross bikes and Kawasaki ZX-10Rs. But he opted to use his 2019-model KTM 790 Duke flat tracker?because he’s used to getting it sideways on dirt.
?I went crazy on this KTM build. The customization of the bike was as fun as racing it for me. I got a lot of grief from hooligan racers, saying I was taking it too far or something. But I feel most people would agree, half of the fun is the build, and I wanted to make this one special?
Super Hooligan rules dictate that your race bike must be a twin with a displacement of at least 750 cc, and that its frame must remain stock. Harley-Davidson Sportsters and XG750 ‘Street’ models are popular, and relatively easy to modify. (Andy won bo...
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