Indian FTR 1200 Dislikes

[@philhewitt5106]

In all seriousness, if you wanted luggage, more fuel capacity fuel, and comfort, you shouldn't have bought a sports bike. Should have gone with a touring model of some sort. Can't blame indian for your poor choices. 🙄

[@TheSuprahuman]

My thoughts exactly. If you want storage a naked bike is a poor choice. Indian FTR, its kind of in the name, a flat tracker not a bagger.

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

I never blamed Indian. If you watch some of my other videos you would see that I pre owned a bagger. I was simply saying what the bike is not good at.

[@e-rikawestraya4870]

Ageed... boo hoo.. buy a cruiser

[@damnice]

I get 42 mpg on my 2022 Standard FTR(black is beautiful) and I'm running a full Toce 2-1 exhaust. Not sure why you're only getting 30 mpg. Most of the other dislikes seem related to the stuff only the S & Carbon have. Also, I always ride with my backpack, since I also ride a Ducati Streetfighter, so I never worry about storage. I upgraded to the Carbon seat when I ordered my FTR so I never rode on the stock seat, but it looked kinda lame compared to the Carbon version so that was the only upgrade I added from Indian. The rest of the stuff I've done on my own: NRC signals & fender elim, motogadget polished aluminum bar end mirrors, full Toce 2-1 exhaust & Lloydz V6 tune, all & all spent less on my standard with all my upgrades than the base cost of the S model. I've seen similar advice for people to just buy the Scout Sixty then spend the extra 2 grand(a little less) to do the big bore upgrade & tune. It will be more powerful than the 69 ci Scout, turning the engine into a 79 cu 1300cc behemoth for less than the base cost of the larger Scout. If you really want that big touchsceen and extra buttons for ride modes, graphics & extra buttons everywhere then you gotta get the S/Carbon I suppose but it seems like that's the bulk of your dislikes unfortunately.

[@richardcerritelli9657]

What do you like better the Ducati or the Indian

[@damnice]

@@richardcerritelli9657 The Indian FTR. I ended up selling the Ducati SF & got the Sport Chief. The FTR & SF are very similar feeling bikes but I like the power delivery of the FTR more.

[@jamespolucha6911]

I bought the 2019 1200 S model and love it everything that everyone hates about the bike I love makes the bike in a class of its own, I put on a S&S exhaust Ryan Lloyd ecu down load Givi windscreen and tail rack road it Coast to Coast had no issues at all oh yeah the seat sucks but an air hawk helps

[@Prospectusfall]

The seat is actually annoying. Anything else is bearable for me. Great vid, bud.

[@alexxxtreme]

That “Auto” setting that you showed that’s the auto for screen brightness. The auto setting for light and dark mode it’s located in settings/themes/day night auto. Also if you keep pressed the back button in the left side it will get you back to the gauge screen.

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

Thanks for the info. I realized the “auto” setting I was in for for brightness while editing. The dark and light modes are in the “theme” setting page. As for the back buttons. I believe one cycles forward and the other backwards. Either way there should be 2 things added for safety. A button to bring you directly to the gauges and another button for ride modes.

[@watster]

@@carolinamotovlog4809 You want a Home button. Me too, but I still want a Back button.

[@sp_oky1811]

I also get anywhere between 120 to 130 miles per tank while in sport mode on my 22' FTR S. While in standard, I somethings got in the range of 140ish miles per tank.

[@Darkice77]

I love my 2023 rally but the gas tank is too small. What were they thinking? I'm going to cut the sides off and expand it to add 2 more gallons.

[@A2ZGeek]

It’s a naked bike, not a commuter or adventure bike. It having no storage is kind of the point of the bike. It suppose to be a stripped down bike without bags and crap slowing you down For fuel millage I have a full toce low mount with no db killer and cat delete. Also have a tune and I get 100-110 miles on a full tank. It’s $8-$12 to fill the tank, I’d say that’s pretty good for a v-twin motorcycle. It’s a great bike but isn’t for everyone! I have never wished I had storage but then again it’s not a commuter bike for me, it’s a weekend fun bike that I take on the twistiest when the weather is nice.

[@jackc3205]

Gorgeous bike. But for the price I’ll wait until Indian decides to put on a bigger fuel tank. At least they got the tire size right on the latest model.

[@yassassin6425]

It's simply selling out and compromising the bike further. The 19 front and 18 rear is homage to flat track pedigree which this bike purports to be derived from and which makes the original version more authentic. Evidently, not enough commercial or mainstream appeal.

[@bradstiennon]

I am getting about 125 miles per tank on my 2022 FTR1200s and I feel like I ride more on the aggressive side. All stock other than some ascetic changes and pulled the baffles out of the exhaust.

[@boikot8586]

The screen auto mode works fine for me. I get 110 to 120 miles per tank but by that time I'm ready for a short break. It's a naked sports bike so what do you expect? I bought it because it's a bloody hooligan that handles well. You should have bought a cruiser.

[@jamespolucha8790]

I like everything but the seat I rode my bike coast to coast just because everyone said I couldn’t and my as was so sore but I bought an airhawk and it helped a little

[@maozero2143]

i think ur navi is covering the "eye" of the light sensor cuz when i cover that area mine goes dark but i now just keep mine in dark mode forever. i have the "ftr" seat which i deem not much better then the original im fine wif it on long trips. never had a issue wif the blinkers like u :3 fuel range is a issue imo but i think i did like over 120+ on one tank im still trying to remember to set the trip meter each time :x and i ride hard so its goin quick

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

Nice catch on the sensor for the ride command.

[@trarainmanplus]

strange i ride an ftr 1200s 2020,did 18000 km on it,fuel consumption averages 17 km/liter and i ride it hard, the screen is great automatic mode works fine

[@rickosborne6521]

I hear ya on the day/night mode "auto" switch. It's not very good at it. I rarely ride at night, so mine is almost always in day mode, but the last time I went out for a night ride, it would not switch to dark, not in auto, and not even when I specifically tapped the dark mode. After literally 20 miles or so, it finally went dark, and now has stayed dark ever since, refusing to go light again even in broad daylight. Annoying. And mine came with the tracker seat, which is immensely uncomfortable. I have ordered the Carbon R seat from Indian and it's supposed to be here next week. Not sure how much better it'll be, but at 290 lbs, the tracker seat is just not cutting it lol

[@robertkollath8929]

Does the bike have a center stand? How do you clean the chain?

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

No center stand. I use spools on the swing arm and use a rear stand for chain maintenance.

[@shawnballard1661]

I get 40mpg on my 2022 base

[@aequitas8749]

The tank is too small for its class, I need a minimum 3.5 gallon tank.

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

Agreed

[@ricardodelgadillo9115]

Hi my friend I have and ftr1200s too can you sell me your original seat I can fixed better

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

I am keeping it. Going to look into getting a custom one made from it.

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

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[@ricardodelgadillo9115]

I found one thank you my friend I will let you know when I done fixing the seat 😉

[@jamespolucha6911]

What are you going to do with the seat ? Stock seat sucks, I rode my bike coast to coast last year and thank god the fuel tank is small because that stock seat hurt my ass bad but I bought an airhawk seat pad and works perfect but I was thinking all these after market seats use the same seat base so if you could get the foam right and and put the cover back on you would be ahead of the game, let us know how it turns out

[@ricardodelgadillo9115]

@@jamespolucha6911 I do a little bit of the upholstery and I'm planning to make me an special seat plus I'm customized my FTR .NEW TIRES I WILL UPDATE YOU SOON JAMES 👍🏻🛵🛵🛵

[@shawnballard1661]

Lol I even purchased same Amazon bag

[@ln6964]

Dislike. Automatic involuntary killswitch! Bike is a 2022, brand new, and it tried to kill me the other day. Apparently there was a recall on the 2019s and it was supposedly fixed. Well, guess what, can confirm that it wasn't fixed on the newer models. Damn near dropped in a slight corner at 40 mph. The engine just died. No warning. Smooth and inconspicuous and BAM. Final destination scene. I would have had a bad day on that one as there were 2 cars behind me following fairly close. I love my FTR, but I now no longer trust the thing

[@cotybarker3134]

Probably a flame out instead of the kill switch. Keep the RPM up

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

Sorry to hear you had this issue.

[@robertalexander7782]

30 miles to the gallon!!! That's pathetic for a motorcycle.

[@giannisbatas7184]

sell your ftr and get yourself another bike.

[@jesus2400]

So glad I didn’t get this bike.

[@eTriumph0719]

Luv my 2019 S

[@carolinamotovlog4809]

And I love my 22. Was just a video of dislikes. Check out the likes video.