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Indian Motorcycle began in 1901 in Springfield, Massachusetts, US, and has been in production ever since under a variety of owners. In 2011, Polaris bought the company and moved production from North Carolina to Minnesota and Iowa. In August 2013, Polaris relaunched the brand with three totally new Chief models. The premium brand now also includes the Roadmaster full-dresser tourer and the 1133cc Scout. Indian is a well-known brand for its long history and the popular 2005 Hollywood film, The World’s Fastest indian. MotorbikeWriter has attended world and local launches for Indian products and regularly road tests them and takes them on tours to assess their performance, handling, comfort, value and suitability.
Indian Motorcycle has confirmed it will build the FTR 1200 next year and give riders a chance to win one of the first bikes built. The company has not released images of the final production bike, but we can expect it to look similar to the FTR1200 Custom flat tracker pictured above, but with indicators …
American stunt rider Travis Pastrana will attempt to recreate three of Evel Knievel’s most famous stunts, including the Caesars Palace fountain jump, on an Indian Scout FTR750, not on traditional Triumph or Harley motorbikes as he originally planned in March. Indian Motorcycle has seized a great promotional opportunity by providing Travis with the FTR750 for …
For the third year, Indian Motorcycle has collaborated with Jack Daniel’s to produce a limited-edition motorcycle, this time a Scout Bobber with real gold paint. It is available on order in Australia for $24,995 ride away, compared with the standard Bobber at $18,995. Click here to read our Scout Bobber review. It may sound expensive, …
Silver is the new black at Indian Motorcycle which has released a limited edition Chieftain Elite in a hand-painted and “marbled” silver paint job. Indian Australia says it will arrive here midyear in “limited numbers” at $47,995 ride away which is the same price as last year’s hand-painted Chieftain Elite in Fireglow Red Candy with Marble …
Indian Motorcycle has added some bright yellow, blue and green candy colours to its range, although they will not be coming to Australia. It seems the bright colours will be exclusively available in the Indian and South East Asian market. In Australia, gloss black and the matte black Chief Dark Horse and Chieftain Dark Horse …
Indian Motorcycle will definitely produce smaller capacity bikes and go electric, but not within the next three to five years. Polaris President of Motorcycles Steve Menneto has told Motofire that smaller-capacity bikes would fit in with their global strategy. His comments follow the successful unveiling of the FTR1200 custom bike (pictured above) at the Milan …
The 2018 Indian Scout Bobber is our pick of the Scouts and a great example of how less can sometimes be more. Bobber has a solo seat instead of the double seat which now comes standard on the Scout, chopped fenders and costs $500 less. It may be less, but it’s “more” than the standard Scout …
Indian Motorcycle has again upped the ante in the engine capacity war with Harley-Davidson by offering the Thunder Stroke 116 Cubic-Inch Stage 3 Big Bore Kit. The kit, which increases capacity from 1818cc to 1900cc, is on sale from December in the US at $US1999, plus installation. Indian Motorcycle Australia spokesman Chris Gale says the …
Big-bore trackers could be the next big thing with Valentino Rossi receiving a Yamaha XJR1300 tracker from fans and Deus Ex Machina making a Kawasaki Z900RS tracker. Rossi’s VR|46 friends have just gifted the MotoGP legend with a custom-built flat tracker called “VR46 Mya”. Rossi is a big fan of flat track racing and has built …
Novice riders may be wondering if Indian Motorcycle is gearing up to produce a learner bike based on the Scout flat-track platorm. Speculation follows the runaway success of the Indian FTR750 on the American flat track circuit and the appearace of a production-ready FTR1200 (pictured above) at last week’s EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. While …