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Indian Motorcycles has now launched three new models this year with the hand-painted Chieftain Elite and Chieftain Limited bagger joining the new Roadmaster Classic. Only 350 Chieftain Elite models will be available worldwide and there is no indication yet how many Australia will receive, but they will cost $47,995 ride away. Each bike is hand-painted …
Harley-Davidson has announced its first black Milwaukee Eight engine in the new Road King Special bagger and will no doubt shoehorn it into more bikes soon. HD boss Matt Levatich this week said they would introduce 50 new models in the next five years and this is the first. Although this is only a variant of an …
Victory Motorcycles Australia has announced a streamlined 2017 line-up with Octane (pictured above) prices dropped by $1000 and the Cross Country Tour costing $1000 more. The 2017 line-up also introduces new colours and LED headlights. Prices on all other models remain the same, despite the low Australian dollar. They have axed three cruisers, including the ’50s hotrod-style …
The BMW K 1600 GTL has been updated with optional electronic reverse, auto emergency call function, new styling and new colours for 2017. It was unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan alongside the new G 310 GS and R nineT Urban G/S, updated R 1200 GS and F 800 models, as well as their ConnectedRide …
BMW is directly targeting the American market with the launch of the K 1600 B for bagger, but given Australia’s love of big, cruisy tourers, it could be coming here. There is no word from BMW Motorrad Australia yet, but they have posted the official press release about the new bike, so they must be …
The new Indian Springfield takes direct aim at the Harley-Davidson Road King, says Indian Motorcycle Country Manager Peter Harvey. Both are hard bagger American tourers that convert into cruisers with quick-release windscreens and panniers. (The Springfield goes a little further with a dual seat you can convert to solo.) So a comparison between the two …
Indian Motorcycle has released a hard bagger version of the Chief called the Springfield, named after its birthplace in Massachusetts, as we predicted last week. At $33,995 it will go head-to-head with the Harley-Davidson Road King (now a hard bagger) at $32,495 when it arrives in March. (Both are ride-way prices.) Both hard-bagger tourers feature …
Despite spending double his budget and “getting carried away”, Brisbane rider Darius Moldovan still has more plans for his 2014 Victory Cross Country custom bagger. “I just got obsessed with big-wheel baggers,” says Darius. “I’d seen the craze in the States over time and thought of a 23-inch front wheel, but changed to a 26 …
Custom baggers in the US are now dabbling in 30-inch front wheels, radical air suspension, raked-out forks and superchargers. Vicbaggers of Indiana is one of the custom companies dealing in these custom bagger conversions. Spokesmen Eric Powell and Jacob Ferguson say all their parts are milled in-house using CNC equipment. They mainly deal in Victory, …
BMW looks set to return to cruisers – or at least cruiser-style baggers – with the release of the Concept 101 built in a joint venture with Roland Sands Design. The last time the Bavarian manufacturer and LA custom builder got together they produced the Concept Ninety which became the very popular R nineT, so …