Simon – Owner of a Chieftain 2019 I’d handed my old scout over to its rapturous new owner at the beginning of the autumn, and after that I didn’t know what to do with myself. When i’d seen the latest chieftain online, I knew straight away I had to have it, but my Indian dealer had warned me I’d have to wait ‘til early january before I got my new machine. … [Read more...]
FTR1200 WE’RE BUILDING IT
BIARRITZ - FRANCE - SATURDAY 16 JUNE – 8.30 PM An event that was in the diaries, but kept firmly under wraps: at the 7th Wheels and Waves, leading figures from Indian Motorcycle stepped onto the podium with Grant Bester and several brand ambassadors to officially announce the birth and imminent production of the FTR1200. … [Read more...]
THE PIONEERS
Indian’s big flat track comeback is no coincidence. From the early days to the early fifties, Indian left its opponents eating dust on American dirt tracks. We offer you a glimpse of half a century of furious racing. By Charlie Lecach. Photos : collection C.L. & archives Indian … [Read more...]
MAJOR COMEBACK
After several decades of Indian Motorcycle’s absence at the American Flat Track, they set themselves the ambitious challenge of returning to win the championship. Indian triumphed in the 1940s and 50s in this discipline, requiring a specific kind of high performance motorcycle. In 2016, they custom designed a motorbike entirely from scratch, from engine to frame. They then developed the concept, … [Read more...]
SCOUT LAB
Since the launch of the first scout project in late 2015, indian motorcycle has seen the emergence of magnificent creations all over the world, based on the scout. The whole thing has snowballed in a way indian motorcycle had neither expected nor imagined. An almost incontrollable worldwide phenomenon has begun, such has been the numbers of scout transformations to succeed each other over … [Read more...]