Some time ago I started doing just that, admiring my Indian and the good thing is others doing the same sometimes just pedestrians and not even motorcyclists, what is it about them old or new? Well I admire their reliability and their sheer ruggedness, all most crude but damn near unbreakability, sure plenty of modern other brands are reliable but they all look the same except a Enfield or a Bonnie the latter commanding as much respect as a Indian, the jury’s still out on the new 650 Enfield. The good thing about the new Indian’s is they are starting to get affordable as the older Springfields are expensive now the days of buying a 741 for under $10,000 are well gone and the same for a Chief usually starting at $30,000, but later Polaris Indian’s second hand start at $14,000 up to $22,000 in various condition quite affordable and they attract hopefully new individuals loyal to the brand.
Starting with a Ural Indian it is odd, but the Nordian is even stranger, to waste a Norton Featherbed frame to make a modest performing Chief handle seems a contradiction to me
Anzac is more than a holiday, football match or a biscuit it means somebody died for the freedoms and the lifestyle we enjoy today. Unfortunately these days like your right to vote very few realise how lucky we are, this has cost thousands of men and women their life all for future generations to see it as a holiday like Queen’s birthday weekend and little else, beside Christmas Day or Easter this is possibly our most revered holiday. When I was a young man a lot of diggers were still alive from WW1 & WW2 now none are left from the Great War and sadly WW2 veterans are in small numbers as well Korean and Vietnam vets are shrinking in numbers, sure later soldiers from Desert Storm and Afghanistan are still around and are just as important but they were sent by Australian Governments to fight for democracy in other lands, our WW11 vets fought for our very existence, something a lot of people have no idea what may have happened if they lost that fight and these men and women are to be not only respected but honoured by all of us, Lest we Forget
Just found this on the net a Hog with a original Briggs & Stratton engine, self starter personally I like the rope start version
A picture of a heavily disguised Indian with a new engine 120 cu liquid cooled on test, maybe a size between a Scout and and the lumbering Chiefs they make, if so I’m up for one chaps
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2019/april/indian-raptor-2020/
Mark Barthelmie has just got his bobber from Romania with my old CAV engine
Many years ago Indian’s were worth nothing, I saw a Scout advertised recently at over $30,000 and a couple in bits for $10,000 to $12,000 each hard to believe they were once this cheap. By the way it looks like UK is the place to buy if the time machine is working!
