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Blue Mountains rider Chris Keeble, 59, sent us her story about riding her bike, Calamity Jane, in the hope of not only inspiring more women to ride, but also empowering them to ride big bikes like her Indian Chief Vintage. Calamity Jane rides again I started riding way back in my very early 20’s. My husband …
Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier is again paying tribute to Indian Motorcycle with a two-piece collection in their Clifton Club Legend Tributes range. The new limited-edition chronographs (fancy name for watches) honour the Scout and Chief models and will be available from April. No prices are yet available. But don’t get too excited as their previously …
The auctions of two Indian Chief Vintage custom-painted Jack Daniels motorcycles has helped raise a quarter of a million dollars for charities in Australia and the US. In June, an Australian online charity auction of another limited-edition Jack Daniels Indian Chief Vintage raised $50,700 for the Black Dog Ride. The BDR raises awareness of mental health …
Leather has always been the aspirational material for a motorcycle seat, but is it better than vinyl? When we modified our 1980 Honda CX500, the first thing we did was get rid of the fat old vinyl seat and replace it with a slim leather seat, which certainly is a vast improvement. We thought we’d …
Aussies have missed out on a special limited edition version of the new Indian Springfield which sold out in one day. The bikes were the second joint project with Tennessee bourbon distiller Jack Daniels after the recent launch of a limited edition Chief Vintage, both featuring JD logos and colours, and unique numbering. But the 150 JD Springfield models …
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 …
The mean-looking blacked-out Indian Chief Dark Horse arrives in Australia in May 2015 at $26,995 ride away. Indian Motorcycle external relations manager Robert Pandya talks us though the bike’s features in the above video. That makes the solo-seated bike $2000 cheaper than the “entry-level” Chief Classic, even though it has all the same goodies such as …
Indian Motorcycle Brisbane dealership has shouted its Indian Chief customers a free breakfast in fancy surroundings at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron today. Shop spokesman Ron Grant says the breakfast and accompanying ride is their thank you to loyal customers on the first anniversary of Indian Chief deliveries to customers. Almost 40 riders turned up for the breakfast …
Indian Motorcycle is so busy meeting demand for its range of Chief, Roadmaster and Scout models, it hasn’t done anything about a trike … yet! That hasn’t stopped aftermarket trike companies developing trikes based on the Chief range and now the Roadmaster. We saw several Chief-based trike conversions at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August. …
Smaller engine capacities are vital for Indian and Victory motorcycles in the future, says the company’s Asia-Pacific and Latin America director, Ross Clifford. Speaking at the launch of the new Scout in New Zealand, Ross suggests more modern bikes with lower capacity, hi-tech engines. “As we move forward you are going to see us stuck …