Now that we have your attention Gentleman!

What’s that you say the number one website & blog in the world on all things Indian overcome with all those new models, not enough heritage bikes on this site anymore, Hmmm, well it seems like that since  the launch but as we deal in all Indians this is changing from today. You will notice a new page in the top of the “header board” Polaris-Indian News this in future will have have all the info on the newer  models (1999-2014), where relevant some of this might be used on Stop Press, otherwise all heritage stuff will be on your favourite page seems fair to me as I like all Indians and that’s what the IIRA  are catering for. This site relies on news so if you have any email, fax or even write to Guy Allan or me Phil Pilgrim (Contacts Area)we are heading toward 300,000 hits so the reason for this is news or current info, help where you can

Indian & the mythical Harley-Ferguson

The mythical Bunyip, Big Foot, Abominable Snowman, and even the even rarer Harley-Ferguson, here we have a exclusive photo of a Indian Chief and a Harley-Ferguson Harvest Glide model together found from the late  forties with its owner, previously only artists impressions of it are known to exist and have appeared on this website. One of the many interesting things on our Facebook page

Thought this shot would break the monotony, I recognise Ian Rhook’s Blackhawk forked 344 on the end, and this was probably over 2 years ago at the Sandhurst Rally I would say. This year at the Great Race 2013 I asked organisers Dave Reedy(Harley City) and Peter Arundle about a next generation version that is Indian vs Harley except unlike the current version that stops at 1953 Indian’s and 1958 H-D’s it could start at these dates and finish at 2013 plus, both gentlemen were flabbergasted, not that they were against it but they did not want to organise it, can’t blame them as the original takes a ton of time. This has got me thinking lately with the new Indian and basically there is only a gap between 1973-99 but there is a ton of Indians between 1953-73 then over 300 Gilroy and Kings Mountain versions been imported into Aussie that’s  about 34 years of bike  production all up, potentially you could limit the Harley’s on the number of Indians entered. The Triumph Club in Australia( RAT) run a huge rally once a year surely the HOG owners and the new 111 Indian Club could do the same, this needs our friends at Victory-Indian to think about, how about  it chaps?

Indian Enfield, 111 Indian, in less than 6 days we will know what the factory will turn out, it will not be anything like this artists concept above, notice the belt drive has been “trashed” already and a chain fitted.

Our current President Mark recently wrote a article in Smoke Signals about our “Nanny State” that is how we are so precious about speed limits in Australia and the penalties from exceeding the speed limit on our Billion dollar freeways, by sometimes a mere 3 KPH”s the penalties can be several hundreds of dollars and several de-merit points from your licence. I am driving currently on the motorways of the “old country” he is right I’m feeling guilty about exceeding 60mph most are travelling at well over 80mph, surely with our late vehicles and great highways this should be the same in Aussie, but no the bureaucrats will loose revenue, so it looks like those 1960s speed limits will stay, yesterday a article was reproduced in the Age newspaper about testing the GT Ford Falcon at 141 MPH in 1971 the picture of it on the Hume Highway was taken over the drivers shoulder showing the dash speedo “off the dial” and tachometer on redline, the engine limiter cuts in at 145 MPH this made the hair on the back of my neck stand up,I’m glad I lived in that era we were much more “easy going ” then