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Do you have any other manu-
facturers coming in in 2020?
There may be one other new one
coming in for 2020, but I'm not at lib-
erty to mention anything about them.
However, there is a manufacturer
which is actively developing an AFT
bike and is looking at the logistics of
putting a team together. They would
do selected events in 2020 while
they knock the bugs out of the bike,
then come in full on in 2021. Watch
this space!
As far as the ever more com-
petitive Singles class is con-
cerned, it seems that the variety
of bikes has not really changed
very much, and certainly nobody
has yet made a dedicated Sin-
gles AFT racer. Are you expect-
ing that ever to happen, or not?
No, the way the rulebook is
framed, this is a production bike
class, and so it has to use the
production chassis and engine of
the relevant motorcycle. They can
change wheel sizes and suspen-
"Flat track is
traditionally a
blue-collar sport in
America, contested
by kids in small
towns you've never
heard of, and we
don't want to
lose that."
fond of Husqvarna, and so, when the
announcement came that they were
going to really develop the street-bike
range and pluck whatever technolo-
gies and platforms they needed from
the KTM Group in order to develop the
street-bike range, and therefore a street
dealer network and street customers,
for them to marry that together with
coming to race in AFT, is exactly what
we've been aiming for. So we're delight-
ed, and we're looking forward to 2021.
(Above) Lock wants to focus on rider safety
and plans to make it a requirement that all
SuperTwins riders wear airbag suits. (Left) No
one can deny that since coming on board, Lock
has raised American Flat Track to a higher level.
