Ape Hangers forever

Ape Hangers forever

What not to do over Xmas –With Xmas upon us, I would like to share a personal experience about drink/driving.

Two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine.
Though feeling jolly, I still had the presence of mind to realise that I may have been slightly over the limit. That’s when I did something that I’d never done before – I took a taxi home.

Sure enough on the way home, I saw a police roadside check point, testing for drink/drivers. However, because it was a taxi, they waved it past and I arrived home safely and without incident.

This was really amazing as I had never driven a taxi before, and I don’t even know where I got it from! Now it’s in my garage and I don’t know what to do with it!

Aust Motor Ccycle News Sept '75 Phil Irving

 

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Probably one of the rarest Indians Floyd Clymer’s Scout this was the next in the group after the Indian-Velo and of course the Indian-Enfield’s there were reasonable numbers of these produced but I believe only one Scout and soon after Floyd died so that was it for these unique Indian’s

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The IIRA annual Christmas Party was a great success at Zorro’s Apparel thank you Mark & Chrissie for all your effort, the really great thing was one of our members John Gee turning up on a 111 Series 2014 Chief this was only picked up yesterday and is the first of around 8 new Indians that our members have bought, it made the people there envious and the ones that have placed deposits even more so. This is the first Chief I have seen and I’m glad I had sunglasses on there is a lot of “Bling on the new Indian

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This board tracker Indian has recently been purchased from USA and is now in Queensland, it is in my mind Indian in its purist form, imagine seeing this machine for the first time in the early teens

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Ever had that sinking feeling when there is a run and no back-up vehicle, personally I havent as I have confidence in my motorcycles but even I worry about a flat tyre. The Motorcycle Australia Cover we had in the past was great as one of our members found out when his Indian & and sidecar stopped and while others there were willing to leave him stranded (not our Association), a simple phone call had him picked-up & delivered to a place of repair.This was exceptional service seeing he was in another State and at that time on a holiday, unfortunately Motorcycling Australia has stopped this cover but another National company NSW Motorcycle Alliance has taken it up & will even cover your car for a little extra, your Association is committed to helping all our members & we are encouraging you to join especially those who have multiple machines and are going on our Rallies, we have sometimes a back-up vehicle but do not use this to encourage you to go rallies, your machine should be capable of your full confidence as it is inconvenient  for your mates who have to fix your machine on the side of the road for you (click on logos above)

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This Harley Davidson is sporting the latest look. It’s called The Axe Effect it is created by leaving your disgruntled wife alone with an axe and your motorcycle! ( Thanks to NewZ, Vincent Owners Club)

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NEW BRISBANE DEALERSHIP NOW OPEN

Indian Motorcycle Australia is pleased to announce that, Indian Motorcycle Brisbane 632 Wickham Street in Fortitude Valley opened its doors this week for business.The prominent two story showroom will house both Victory and Indian Motorcycle brands, with Indian positioned upstairs.  In addition to the bikes, the dealership will also stock an extensive array of hugely popular Indian apparel, genuine accessories and parts, as well as experienced sales/service staff to support this new exciting brand in Brisbane.  Country Manager, Peter Harvey said “opening the Indian Motorcycle dealership in Fortitude Valley is a major development in the expansion of the Indian Motorcycle network. Brisbane is a very large bike market and the timing was fortuitous that we could open the new dealership and house both Indian Motorcycle and Victory under the one roof. The premises are perfectly located in the premium auto precinct, though we expect to outgrow them quickly and as such are still looking for a larger more permanent home.”

 Indian Motorcycle Brisbane 

632 Wickham St

Fortitude Valley, QLD

Phone: (07) 3363 5400 or 1300 00 INDIAN

 

www.indianmotorcycle.com.au

V8 -Indian

Some specials just make the juices flow, the V8 above does for me & its for sale Mark used to sell me lots of Gilroy parts & he has this bike on the market, it is a two wheel Ford V8 with a set of 1946-48 Indian forks, not much Indian but I still like it.

Mark Trethewey/Aardvark Cycle Products LLC

10611 Washingtoin St. Suite C

Auburn Township, OH 44023

972-442-0800 www.aardvarkcycle.com

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