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Ever since Indian Motorcycle was revived by Polaris, the American motorcycle brand’s lineup of products has been growing fast. However, there’s one thing that all Indians have in common, from the entry-level Scout Sixty up to the luxurious Roadmaster Elite:…   Read more»

Are there still any Indian enthusiasts looking at this web site??    It seems all the posts are not related to Indian motorcycles anymore.      Trade shackles for Sport Scout or 741 fork for shackles for ’46 to ’48 Chief fork. …   Read more»

Jay Leno Explains the Indian 101 Scout Motorcycle

  Bud (Louis) and Temple, who aged 14 and 10, bought an Indian Motorcycle with money they earned from riding on horseback adventures across the USA. The brothers’ first horseback adventure was from Oklahoma to New Mexico aged 9 and…   Read more»

In late September of last year Indian rocked the flat track racing world by hiring three of the elite riders in the championship – Brad Baker, Jared Mees and Bryan Smith. Between them that trio won the last five Grand…   Read more»

Legend tells of a time when there existed a big American motorcycle company other than Harley-Davidson. It holds that there was an even older bike maker, one founded at the turn of the century in Springfield, Massachusetts, in what was…   Read more»

If Invercargill man Hamish Alan idolises anyone, it would be the Indian Wrecking Crew, a group of three motorcycle racing champions who rode their Indian Scouts to victory against Harley-Davidsons in the 1950s. Alan tells reporter Hannah McLeod how images…   Read more»

It’s selling a lot more bikes, but the powersports vehicle maker is cutting off an important profit source. Since reintroducing the Indian Motorcycle brand to the market in 2013, Polaris Industries(NYSE:PII) has been stealing large swaths of sales and market…   Read more»

  1912 Indian Single is a two-wheeler that Jay Leno just couldn’t pass up. In this episode he highlights the stock 1912 Indian Single and talks to its owner. The motorcycle was part of the Motorcycle Cannonball Ride and given its…   Read more»

Can anyone tell me where I would find the Vehicle ID for  a 1942 Indian Chief?

Thanks in advance.

  -chris

Hi I have a set of  C**** 5.00/16 white walls on my 1950 Chief. Look great, nice in the dry but extremely slippery in the wet. Would appreciate a tyre size and brand recommendation for front and rear white walls….   Read more»

A buddy is selling his ’48 Chief.  It is in fine working shape with a beautiful paint (red) job that cost him $1,400 (the paint job, that is).  It is in Peoria, IL. It has a 12 V system with…   Read more»

I have a complete, straight fork for a ’46 to ’48 Chief.  I would like to trade for a complete, straight ’38 to ’42 Sport Scout fork.

I heard somewhere about installing an older Sportster distributor on an Indian 74 or 80 engine to gain the simplicity of automatic advance.  Does anyone know anything about this?  I won’t mess with my mostly original 51 Chief.  Considering this…   Read more»

I have an Indian motorcycle engine that I would like to sell. In 1966, I visited my grandmother’s house in Peoria, Illinois.  I found a completely assembled Indian motorcycle engine in the basement.  It was my father’s and I am…   Read more»

Hi all… just posted the first 39:38 seconds of the Indian Wrecking Crew documentary on YouTube.com.  Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/NpF3kwxZhtw

Go check it out… it’s the real history of Indian racing post WWII.