Classic Indian Chief motorcycle ready to roll

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[fish hawk]

LOL, just knowing those guys are still alive brightens up my Christmas.

[calex59]

You also need a flat head engine and hand shift to make it a real Indian Chief.

[calex59]

LOL! I agree. That aside, I really loved the movie “The Worlds Fastest Indian”, what a great story.

Yeah, but that was an Indian Scout, a 250 CC machine.

[MotorCityBuck]

That post made my day! LOL. Sonny Barger, Classic. Merry Christmas.

[calex59]

The real Indian Chiefs were great bikes. Flat head engines, hand shift(only 3 speeds), wonderful torque, great pulling power. They were better than the Harleys but never made the transition to over head valve engines. I had the chance to buy a 1954 Indian Chief in 1964, it had only 20,000 miles on it, saddle bags, full dress, for $150.00(that’s correct one hundred fifty dollars)and I turned it down because I had enough parts on hand to build an Indian Chief(and I did). I have been kicking myself every since for not buying that bike.

[La Enchiladita]

That gives me tingle up my leg.
LOL!!!

[tubebender]

All these pretty pictures and not a speck of mud or a ding anywhere...

[HerrBlucher]

According to wikipedia:

The Scout was introduced in 1920 with a 596 cc (37ci) engine. The engine size was increased to 745 cc (45ci) in 1927 in response to the popularity of the Excelsior Super X.[1][2]

[AuntB]

I am told this photo of my mother, c. 1937, is with an Indian Motorcycle.

[fish hawk]

Kinda like Urban Cowboys.

[jessduntno]

Like I said...just love the idea of seeing another old icon coming back to life...that’s all...

[Bender2]

Indians are very popular down here in Cowboy Country... Deadskins ain't!!!!!

Merry Christmas Y'all!!

[jessduntno]

Back atchya...Merry Christmas

[ABN 505]

You ever get the chance visit the Indian Motorcycle Museum in Springfield Mass.Lots of Bikes and History, Well worth the time and some of the old factory buildings are still intact.Plus the old Springfield Armory is right up the road if your into Guns and military history. Great place for a day trip.

[calex59]

In the 1950s(whether WiKi knows it or not)the Scout was a 500 CC machine, intended to compete with the British bikes of the day. I inadvertently typed 250 CC. I had a Scout frame and a friend of mine put a 60 Cubic Inch Harley in one, it was a he** of a bike, a one of a kind as far as I know.

[izzatzo]

Didn’t say it was not a beautiful machine(which it is); just said I can’t afford one(in an indirect way), and I’ll stay with one I can afford.

[blackie]

I’ve never owned an Indian, I’ve owned three Harleys, twenty other makes from Japan, England, Germany and Spain.

That covers my sixty years of owning and riding motorcycles and I’m still riding one. >:-}

[blackie]

There is no typical motorcyclist...

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I needed to phrase it that way for an odd reason.

Long ago, the Detroit automakers tried polling their customers for what *they* wanted. However, they said they wanted small and sporty cars; yet that is not what they bought. They bought reliable sedans built for family use.

So the automakers did more polling, and asked their customers what they thought their *neighbors* wanted in a car. To which they answered “reliable sedans built for family use.”

Had I asked what motorcycle fans wanted in a motorcycle, they would likely honestly reply what they wanted in a motorcycle. But that is not the same as what they would *buy* in a motorcycle, when you need to really prioritize what you want from off the shelf motorcycles.

Make sense?

[Snurple]