Anyone own an Indian Motorcycle??ÿ My father used to own one back before the Korean war, now I am having irrational urge myself.
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No, but if money were no object and I had to have a domestic bike I would be investigating the FTR. It looks exciting, if not a little portly. It compares (surprisingly) to the Ducati Monster 1200; similar chassis/suspension/brakes etc.?ÿ
If money were really no object, I would happily ride one of the legit old Indians from back in your dad's day. But I am a little hard on bikes and would feel bad whipping an old dog like that through the canyons. For what it's worth, I've heard favorable reliability accounts of the new machines.?ÿ
I'm a sportbike guy myself, but if I had to go with a cruiser I do like the Indian styling. Plus their prices are more reasonable than you-know-who...
I like small nimble and fast. I like the looks of the FTR and the Scout, but they are still double the weight of my 20-year-old CBR.
?ÿ..If money were really no object, I would happily ride one of the legit old Indians from back in your dad's day...
The romance of classic two-wheeled iron is a strong.?ÿ But the technology of the modern era is at times too subtle to notice.?ÿ Over the years I have owned several genuine classics, although no Indians.?ÿ But they all had drum brakes.?ÿ
I guess there's probably few here that might know what I'm talking about when I mention "brake fade".?ÿ That's when the brake pad material (and drum) gets too hot and loses its friction co-efficient.?ÿ It can happen on a motorcycle on a hot day without even riding the brakes.?ÿ?ÿ
Grabbing a handful of 'whoa' and not getting anything can take a man straight to a religious epiphany in seconds.?ÿ My knees are starting to wobble as I speak.?ÿ Starting to stop a block away from the stop-light is second nature for classic bike owners...
Two things I Don't miss about "the good old days" are breaker point ignitions and drum brakes.?ÿ ;)?ÿ
I used to own a Triumph 500, after about 2 hours you could no longer feel much but a tingling in the hands.
The Old Indians had a stick shifter.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿThe work of art Indian above has a hard tail.
If you haven't already, be sure to check out the Anthony Hopkins film, The World's Fastest Indian (ca.2005 I think).
@rover83 Honda made just about the best all-rounder ever with the CBR, I assume yours is the F4i? Maaan, that's the one. I had an F2 and it was the bees knees. I also had a 1000F (Hurricane, precursor to the Blackbird), but the 600 was a much more balanced sportbike.
Paden, I don't know the meaning of the "brake-fade" you are referring to ????, at least on that level. The old drums of yesteryear would (I'm sure) fade exponentially quicker than what I'm used to. I used to boil the fluid on my Suzuki when I rode canyons and was running stock brakes and that was pucker-inducing. Modern machines have so much better components available to them that it blows my mind. Indian is using huge rotors, Brembo calipers, and loads of electronics to slow their bikes now. That's one place I don't mind a bit of tech and R&D.
Here's dad, sure miss him.
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That would be an Indian.?ÿ ?ÿor a town as it turns out.
Anyone own an Indian Motorcycle??ÿ
Us old schoolers have it as the?ÿ "Indian Motocycle Co."?ÿ
Like the reversal of the flourish on the Triumph logo, the spelling is important.?ÿ?ÿ
Just another new company trying to cash in and look like it cares about history...
An ardent motorcycle enthusiast named Steve McQueen built this old hybrid Indian flathead for himself around 1977.?ÿ He considered this the "perfect" motorcycle...right down to the mismatched handle grips.?ÿ?ÿ
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I rode bikes for 25 years, my last bike was a Harley?ÿ Heritage Softail.?ÿ I had to sell it about six years ago because my lower back is shot.?ÿ I spent 16 years in that saddle and miss it big time!
What they ride in the future is anyones guess. ?????ÿ
Honda made just about the best all-rounder ever with the CBR, I assume yours is the F4i? Maaan, that's the one. I had an F2 and it was the bees knees. I also had a 1000F (Hurricane, precursor to the Blackbird), but the 600 was a much more balanced sportbike.
Yep, I picked up a '04 F4i with ~6K miles on it about three years ago. It's a blast to ride and like a lot of Hondas, damn near bombproof. Little less aggressive riding position is nice too.
Haven't had a chance to ride it as much as I want due to work travel and some medical stuff, but I got it on the track for the first time this past year. I don't get to the track often so I was probably one of the slowest out there, but that's on me, not the bike...
THRAC ALERT
Ok, I've tried to figure out what THRAC ALERT means, I've Googled it, and have had no luck.
Would someone be kind enough to enlighten me?
I had a 66 triumph 650 for many years my only transportation when I I was 21 22. I fixed something on it every weekend whether we rode or not. I loved her and she loved me
It was invented by jitterboogie to signal switching topics in mid-discussion.?ÿ It happens a lot in longer threads.?ÿ We start out discussing something like the length of monuments, which moves over to discussing extra long monuments for swamp conditions, which leads to alligator stories, which leads to tales of eating uncommon foods.
Here is the source from January 11
@jph?ÿSigh. Perhaps a "condo nazi" type position may be needed to keep folks from veering off topic??ÿ
Thread hijack randomness avoidance czar?
More on the subject from February 5
So someone needs to be the THRAC.?ÿ It does have sort of a ring to it.?ÿ Those creating hijacks are thrackers.
If we get more than a dozen comments...you can guarantee the thread is hijacked.
