Who else but Americans could have invented bagger racing? And who else but Indian Motorcycle could offer its clientele an RR version of its Challenger model? The machine is only for a lucky few: just 29 will be available throughout the world. Racing large touring bikes complete with fairings and saddlebags sounds like the kind of wild idea with its origins in a bet between friends at a bar after … [Read more...]

By Charlie Lecach In the highly exclusive world of American motorcycling, manufacturers’ new models have often been influenced by street-level movements and bikers. Following on from baggers, bobbers and choppers, the latest trend is Club Style - and indeed, it’s held sway for several years now. In the years just after the war, members of one-percenter MCs frequently launched fashions that were … [Read more...]

It’s hard to know where exactly to draw the line between Club Style and streetfighters, urban trackers, cafe racers and other types of high-performance customisation. In his Hardnine Choppers shop, Swiss bike builder Danny Schneider offers us a highly distinctive version of the Scout Rogue, which keeps to a set of standards all its own. As a former professional freestyle motocross rider – … [Read more...]

There are only two FTR Loeb Indian bikes, devised and designed by the French shop Tank Machine. One of them actually belongs to Sébastien Loeb himself; the other has gone to the lucky winner of a contest organised last spring by Indian Motorcycle. So what’s the connection between Indian Motorcycle’s FTR family and Sébastien Loeb? Well for one thing, both are real champions and made for racing! … [Read more...]

At the 2022 Custombike Show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, the Indian Motorcycle Bike-Farm crew were awarded the top prize in the European Biker Build-Off final for best original customisation. It took nerves of steel and lots of talent to pull off building a real chopper, based on the Chief and its Thunderstroke 116-cu inch engine, in front of a huge audience and in only three days at this … [Read more...]