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Cycle News 2021 Issue 31 August 3

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VOLUME 58 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 3, 2021 P93 R oland Sands and his mob of motorcycle misfits have been making bikes that have no real reason to go fast or very fast indeed. Using exquisite craftsmanship and plenty of piss and vin- egar, the RSD crew has created not just quick bikes but an entire motorcycle movement, one that's spread its fangs out from the early days of Super Hooligan flat track racing to desert racing, and now road racing. The bike before you is an evolution of what makes RSD tick. This machine started out life as your run-of-the-mill 2022 $14,499 Indian Chief cruiser before it was handed to Shop Manager and lead fabricator Aaron Boss and Project Manager Cameron Brewer, and turned into what can only be described as the most bad-ass Indian Chief ever seen. And I was the first one to race it. That opportunity came at the first (and so far, only) Bagger Racing League round held at Utah Motorsports Campus in June in the Big Twins class that supported the full-blown Baggers. But more on that later. AN INDIAN CHIEF SHOULD MAKE THE PERFECT ROAD RACER, RIGHT? ERR… BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY RS AND JUSTIN GEORGE THE OF CHIEFS CHIEF

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