HarleyHare
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I know someone who trades their bike on something new every couple of years. So it was no surprise that one day a few years ago he pulled up in an Indian Chief Vintage with the tan coloured bags and tassels hanging from it. This is a throwback to the bikes in the 50s where bad dudes had tassels on their both their bags and jackets. The only other place that has them today is found in India on bar-ends of Royal Enfields. No thanks. That to me looks gay ("not that there is anything wrong with that" - Seinfeld episode), although an attractive woman wearing a tasseled leather jacket is kind of hot... but I digress.
So yesterday I was in Peak Power Sport, Barrie picking up parts and while waiting for the order I looked over their Indian inventory. I'm not a fan of cruisers but that view softened. Despite being stuck with a now politically incorrect name, the Indians there, both new and used, just blew my mind. They are works of art, period. Especially the bobbers with flat paint which also I had never been a fan of. I know little about them other than their engines which are outstanding and are developed by the owners of Indian - Polaris (probably Victory engines after that brand was abandoned by them). They should be in an art gallery they are that beautiful. Indian has been around for slightly more than a decade after the brand was resurrected by Polaris, so I'm very surprised I don't see them on the road, or not that I ever noticed them, and certainly not the tasseled variety. Maybe the adventure bikes are the hot item these days and cruiser sales overall are down? Certainly Harley Davidson's air-cooled relics are quickly fading into the sunset.
So yesterday I was in Peak Power Sport, Barrie picking up parts and while waiting for the order I looked over their Indian inventory. I'm not a fan of cruisers but that view softened. Despite being stuck with a now politically incorrect name, the Indians there, both new and used, just blew my mind. They are works of art, period. Especially the bobbers with flat paint which also I had never been a fan of. I know little about them other than their engines which are outstanding and are developed by the owners of Indian - Polaris (probably Victory engines after that brand was abandoned by them). They should be in an art gallery they are that beautiful. Indian has been around for slightly more than a decade after the brand was resurrected by Polaris, so I'm very surprised I don't see them on the road, or not that I ever noticed them, and certainly not the tasseled variety. Maybe the adventure bikes are the hot item these days and cruiser sales overall are down? Certainly Harley Davidson's air-cooled relics are quickly fading into the sunset.
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