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Friday, January 13, 2017

Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company





Indian is an American brand of motorcycles[1][2] originally produced from 1901 to 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Hendee Manufacturing Company initially produced the motorcycles, but the name was changed to the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company[1][2] in 1928.

The Indian factory team took the first three places in the 1911 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. During the 1910s, Indian became the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world. Indian's most popular models were the Scout, made from 1920 to 1946, and the Chief, made from 1922 until 1953, when the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company went bankrupt. Various organizations tried to perpetuate the Indian Brand name in subsequent years, with limited success.

In 2011, Polaris Industries purchased Indian Motorcycles and moved operations from North Carolina and merged them into their existing facilities in Minnesota and Iowa. Since August 2013, Polaris has marketed multiple modern Indian motorcycles that reflect Indian's traditional styling.

From Wikipedia


Indian Motorcycle history
                                       Oscar Hedstrom with the first prototype of Indian


1920 Indian Powerplus

Indian 1911

1939 Indian Dispatch Tow, 3-wheele

1928 Indian Big Chief with sidecar

1928 Indian 402

1939 Indian 4, in the "World's Fair" color scheme, in commemoration of the 1939 New York World's Fair. On display at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, New Hampshire.

1942 Indian Scout 500, the 741, used by the US Army.

1950 Indian Chief Black Hawk

1972 Indian MM-5A minibike

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