THE INDIAN MOTOCYCLE, AN AMERICAN LEDGEND, WAS IN PRODUCTION FROM 1901-1953 RIP. SINCE I OWN A 1953 CHIEF, 1939 FOUR, 1949 SCOUT, 1950 SCOUT, 1929 JUNIOR SCOUT, 1940 PAPOOSE, 1941 PAPOOSE, AND A 1941 741 MILITARY MODEL. I BELIEVE I CAN STATE MY OPENION. THESE BIKES WERE WORKS OF ART BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP. AMERICAN PARTS, ALL MADE BY INDIAN, THEY WERE BEUTIFUL. AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED THE LAST INDIAN WAS MADE IN 1953. THESE NEW ONES ARE ALRIGHT BUT THERE NOT INDIANS. I WILL NEVER BE CONVINCED, WITH THEIR S&S POS ENGINES, FAT REAR FENDER, AND TOO WIDE OF HANDLE BARS. THEY CAME THEY FELL, MAY THE INDIAN NAME REST IN PEACE.


1901 - 1953
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE COMPANY - HENDY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
At one time there were more than 20 US motorcycle manufacturers, and the biggest and best was the Indian. Right before the first world war, Indian was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the US, rolling out over 20,000 bikes a year.





1911 TWIN


THE BEGINING OF A POWERFUL BIKE, 1915 POWERPLUS


1916 POWERPLUS


INDIAN HAD MANY GOOD WINS ON RACE TRACKS


NICE LIL BIKE, 1928 PRINCE


THE CHIEF, THE CADILAC OF INDIAN, 1937 CHIEF


1937 CHIEF


1939 CHIEF


SERVI CAR, 1939 CHIEF


THE ACE FOUR CYLINDER, THE FLAGSHIP OF INDIAN, 1940 FOUR


1941 FOUR


1942 FOUR


INDIAN GOES TO WAR, 1941 841


1941 PAPOOSE


1946 BLACKHAWK CHIEF


1947 CHIEF


1947 CHIEF


1947 CHIEF


1947 CHIEF


1948 CHIEF


1948 CHIEF


1952 CHIEF


THE LAST REAL INDIAN, 1953 ROADMASTER CHIEF 80 CUBIC INCHES


BRING IN THE CLONES

NEW SCOUT

NEW CHIEF


THE NEW INDIAN






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