Motorcycle Hall of Fame has a good article on the 1920’s Indian Chief and its development over the years. Interesting to see that Indian was at that time the largest motorcycle company in the world and Harley was just getting started. How times have changed…
Say “Indian Chief,” and you probably think of the voluptuous, skirted-fender models of the 1940s.
But the legendary Chief actually began life a full two decades earlier, when Indian, once the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, was facing a challenge from the upstart Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
The problem in the early 1920s was that Indian’s dated Powerplus engine was losing ground to more technologically advanced bikes from Harley. To take back the performance edge, Indian needed a fresh design. Read the rest here-
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