High-end parts can wreak havoc on a custom bike build budget, so it helps to have a source for good second-hand stuff. For Pierre Dhers at Freeride Motos in Southern France, that source is Surplus Motos.
Based just a few miles from the Freeride Motos workshop, Surplus Motos specializes in reconditioned motorcycle parts. They’ve been supplying Freeride Motos for years, so it was inevitable that the two companies would eventually collaborate on a project. You’re looking at the fruit of that collaboration—an Indian FTR 1200 street tracker inspired by the wild machines of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Pierre wanted to imbue the 2019-model Indian FTR 1200 with the same purposeful street tracker vibe that so many privateer Pikes Peak race bikes would exhibit (back when motorcycles were allowed on the hill).…