SSB Yamaha Custom Showdown: Indy

Unlike Laguna Seca, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is centrally located and more easily accessible for riders from around the country. Each year thousands of bikes converge downtown on Meridian Street and celebrate a MotoGP weekend of motorcycling insanity. By night, the sounds of wilds hogs to stretched sportbikes bounce off the brick buildings but during the day the track is where it’s at. Here is where the final round of the 2012 SSB Yamaha Custom Showdown was held. Riders of all demographics cruised through a tent filled with custom-built Yamahas that ranged in date from the early 1970’s up to the modern day. Two-stroke, track-only, fat-tire and everyday performance rides parked in the tent, ready for voter’s approval. Each build spurred a different conversation about what it took to transform a stock bike into a one-off creation.