| Author | Message | ||
     Danger_dave |
What I hoped they would do. http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/11/02/2012-indian-m otorcycles-first-look/#.TreRQk8Fk48.facebook | ||
| Pwnzor |
I might buy one for half the price. | ||
| Gunut75 |
Yeah, the price sends me runnin. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Bring on the Scout Munro Edition! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Just what the world needs more retro bikes..... but it will be a nice thorn in the side | ||
| 86129squids |
+1, what Fats said!! Gonna have to pull out that DVD now... | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
The black one looks really sweet. Are they still S&S H-D clone motors? They need to release flatheads! | ||
| Blake |
The engine is a work of art. Why skimp on the headlight size though? | ||
| 86129squids |
I like the looks of the Powerplus unit (IIRC that's the name)- but, since that design is still just kinda a reworked HD Big Twin, I'd like to see them use a version of the new X-Wedge motor... Or, given that stratospheric price point, they should resurrect the longitudinal IL4. Whatever they can do to distance them from HD clone motors... DO like the Dark Horse tho... | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
+1 on distancing themselves from the H-D roots. I also agree that the S&S Xwedge engine deserves to make it to larger mass-production. Perhaps downsize it to a more manageable dimension. (1000cc to 1500cc) | ||
| Moxnix |
I spoke with a Victory & to be Indian dealer at the LSR race in Maxton a week ago. Polaris is electing to stick with a pushrod motor for the "nostalgia." I suggested copying the Crocker, for power and looks. Or using the X-Wedge for low end torque and the roughly similar profile of it and the old Bonneville 80 inch flathead V-twins. Then, I found my self in SE Wisconsin on business with time in the afternoon to stop by the S&S facility to beg a look at the museum. Got a tour. Those X-Wedge engines are worth a second look. Some of the bikes in the back room have lots of miles, including on set up as a hot rod. Nice. Polaris would do themselves a favor by using it in future Indians, but the stigma of going outside for an engine, in the long run, might be more than corporate egos can handle. No reference to Milwaukee expressed or implied. | ||
| Slaughter |
Oh... Indians, I thought you were talking about:  | ||
| Danger_dave |
I was going to call it 'Injuns' but that wouldn't be PC. | ||
| Ulynut |
An Indian isn't an Indian without the Powerplus motor, or the skirted fenders. | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>Just what the world needs more retro bikes.....<< I feel that way about 200mph Sports Bikes. | ||
| Gomo |
They're certainly beautiful bikes, not sure if I'd buy one at the present price considering they aren't even counter-balance. That amount of money for a bike that will drop the fillings out of your skull when you hit highway speeds is bit too much for me. I honestly think that now that Polaris is the parent company, there will be a bit more confidence for buyers to consider the bike. I am definitely interested in seeing what they are going to do for the future. Hopefully part of the planning is to make the costs more acceptable to the average cruiser buyer. Not sure hold it will hold up as an elite niche market bike | ||
| Xbduck |
To do the IL4 they would have to buy back the rights of production owned by a Brit. I used to have a link..... I'll keep looking. | ||
| Macbuell |
I guess I am in the minority. I have always thought Indians were ugly bikes. | ||
| Swordsman |
What DD said. ~SM |
