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

Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, continues its trip toward the historic unveiling of the completely new Indian Motorcycle. Burt Munro made history by setting a land speed record on the world’s fastest Indian®, a 1920 Indian® Scout®. To salute his passion for performance, we created The Spirit of Munro, a tribute streamliner powered by the new Thunder Stroke™ 111.Watch The Spirit of Munro turn back the clock and speed into the future of Indian Motorcycle with high-speed runs across a California dry lake bed. Then, take a look at the inspired handcrafting and dedicated teamwork that went into bringing the streamliner to life. We hope this short movie stirs something in you as much as it has us. This one’s for you, Burt.  Play Video: TRIBUTE: THE SPIRIT OF MUNRO AT SPEED

I reckon there is, its winter in the Southern Hemisphere & although not as cold as in the far Northern Hemisphere, it’s still cold & wet & no thats not me on the Indian ski sled as it does’nt snow in Melbourne. For our local members the Association monthly run is to Meridith with some members from the Classic Club meeting us for lunch & yes the weather man has promised showers, Chief Rain in the Face is riding along with us. Personally although the 741 in the above picture looks damn ugly the winter windscreen & legshields are a bonus at this time of year, same as the armoured version but I think plenty of power would be lost with either accessory. I am currently adding a set of “Heat Demon” grip warmers to my 2002 Indian Gilroy this week-end for a little comfort. Meanwhile thanks for the support & interest on the site with now over quarter million hits it encourages all of us to keep the enthusiasm bubbling along, we have some new surprises coming up with our 16 page all Indian calendar coming up for sale soon with Association Members machines featured from 1907-2013 these will be able to be bought of the site as we are starting a Pay Pal account for overseas Indian owners to purchase on line as they say in the classics “Stay Tuned”