The flat track bug seems to have permeated all corners of the motorcycling world?including Sweden. We love this very sharp Indian FTR 1200, which comes from Blixt & Dunder, a parts and lifestyle shop in Malmö.
Friends Jonathan Falkman and Mattias Malmgren opened the shop two years ago in Sweden?s third-biggest city. Their shelves are stocked with everything from custom components to clothing, plus a healthy selection of racing essentials.

Racing is in Jonathan?s blood and his FTR 1200 is a distant cousin of the Scout FTR750 racebike, so this machine has gone full circle back to the track. But the conversion wasn?t exactly easy.
?I race flat track, and enjoy modifying bikes, so a flat track build was just down my alley,? Jonathan tells us. ?I grew up racing motocross, but since I?ve got older it?s been mostly all about choppers and flat trackers.?
Jonathan races in the European Hooligan flat track series, and two years ago he secured a ride with the Krazy Horse Indian team in the UK.
?The FTR wasn?t released then, so we rode Scout Hooligan Trackers. Indian Motorcycle in Sweden was very supportive, and they contacted me to see if I was interested in racing a FTR 1200 in the 2020 Hooligan series. I couldn?t say no.?

The bike started out as the base version of the FTR 1200, stripped down so it could be built back up.
?The first cut was into the swingarm, because a shorter wheelbase makes for easier cornering,? says Jonathan. He took around seven centimeters (2.7...