"New" Indians ?

Ok, so they are going to try again to drag out the Indian Chief. BFD.


Yeah, it looks good, So what.


Is anyone ever going to bring back the inline-four Indians (or other makes) from our rich American motorcycling past? Or a halfway decent single? (not the Buell Blast, which should have been a 650)?





I like V-twins as much as the next guy,don't get me wrong!





But is every "new" American motorcylce (Victory, Confederate, re-deceased Excelsior) doomed to be a V-twin, just cuz Harley won the WW2 contract with one, 60 years ago? To me, if they don't want to compete with Harley for the market (and image) shouldn't they make a different type of bike? It just seems lazy and copycat-ish.|||I agree with you, the V-Twin fad has worn things pretty thin.


There should be (and so, probably will not) be other offerings, as you suggest. I have no interest in a "new" Indian. Yet I like the old ones a lot.


Since you mentioned the military contract, I bring this up before the bashers do: HD beat out Indian by submitting a motorcycle that was larger displacement than the contract specification, thereby having a more powerful engine. Indian played by the rules.|||Dont think it will fly. There aint no more room for V twin cruisers on this block. Titan went under and the other Harley clones are strugling to sell bikes. The new indian? YAWN!!!! who cares.|||There have been about 4 Indian resurrections... currently with a company called KIWI. The problem with your request is the tremendous amount of excess capital needed to NOT use existing motors and frames (the 1st resurrection used S%26amp;S motors). To tool up, design and build a totally new motor and frame would be insane in this market. Even if the old engine existed it would have to be brought up to '06 EPA emmission specs. S%26amp;S jut spent MILLIONS doing that with the XWege.|||So don't buy one. They are trying to make money like everybody else and the American public wants their cruisers to be a V-Twin. Blame the public, not the manufacturer.|||My neighbor bought one of the last indian models. I tried to convince him to buy a harley. He went with the indian (bad move) he has had more problem's with his indian by 10k then i have had with my softail at 150k.