ABOUT

I've been riding since the '90s—year-round commutes into Manhattan on a BMW GS, rally rides through the Shenandoah forests on a KTM 640 Adventure, sand and dirt along the North Carolina coast on an XR650R rally conversion. Different bikes, different missions, but always the same instinct: seeing what a bike could be, not just what it is.

When Indian released the FTR, I saw those classic lines and that flat-tracker DNA, but I also saw unrealized potential. Here was a bike with a great engine, capable Ducati-esque red chassis, and enough suspension travel to actually explore. Light, nimble, beautiful. The middle ground between bloated adventure transformers and style-over-function scramblers that can't tour. An ADV bike that was stunning, muscular, and capable.

But the factory couldn't support that mission. The aftermarket ignored it. And I live with the Blue Ridge Parkway as my backdoor - Pisgah, DuPont, trails and BDR routes through SC, WV and VA all within easy reach. Knowing what the FTR should be doing was a calling to my designer soul.

So I designed the parts it deserved.

I'm an architect by training—15+ years solving spatial and structural problems before I ever touched motorcycle parts. That systems-thinking shows up here: these aren't bolt-on accessories, they're considered solutions that elevate the bike aesthetically and functionally. Every part gets prototyped, tested on my own FTR, and refined until it does exactly what it should without compromise.

Cannonball Moto exists because great design shouldn't go to waste, and underdogs deserve better support. The FTR is first. Others are coming.

J
 Designer/Builder