Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[ultrarider123]

One more

[ultrarider123]

Mid model

[ultrarider123]

Another

[ultrarider123]

And their top of the line. Bluetooth built in with a water resistant place in the faring for the device. Wouldn't tell me specifics but a tour pack is coming. Output of the motor 120 ft/lb or so of torque but wouldn't give hp numbers. Sounds good and sure fits good sitting on it

[ultrarider123]

Another

[ultrarider123]

Last one

[skratch]

And perhaps the bikes will be built so well that the need for service, other than routine maintenance, will not be necessary.  That would be a novel concept to HD.

if it has tits or wheels, you know it's gonna be high maintenance 

[Fullsac Performance]

Polaris may have a decent run at Harley with these new Victian Cross Chiefs.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/motorcycles

Actually look pretty nice. No more left over snow mobile buttons on the bars.

[red ben59]

Wish them good fortune. Competion is very much needed on the American made side. To each their own. Just doesn't pull my trigger. I think it's the classic Indian front fender that busts my bubble. 

[CowboyBagger]

I think it's the classic Indian front fender that busts my bubble.  

I'm not crazy about the front fender either.  I guess a few mods would still be in order.  Puzzled needs to get one and start the mods so we can all see the finished product!!!  I wonder what the Chieftan would look like with a 21" wheel, wrap around front fender and some extended saddlebags.  Oh, and a tour pak and maybe a Gunslinger type paint job!

I'll bet a guy could do all that and still have fewer dollars in it than MSRP of a FLHXSE!

Cowboy

[CVODON]

The one with the fairing is awful looking, the other two are similiar to the past editions and were never appealing to me, neighbor had one when I was kid, about a 50 model and it was just as ugly as the new ones. I wonder if they vibrate like a Victory? Hope they make it for no other reason than they provide good clean jobs for people, but I would never consider one. I think they will be LUCKY to sell as many coporate wide as HD does Road Kings alone. Much like Victory does now.

[mark]

Indian pricing?  See if I'm missing something here - the Chieftain, with no lowers, no tour pac, etc. is 23k.  Top of the line HD Electa Glide Ultra Ltd. is $24,200, which includes tour pac, lowers, and six speakers.  I thought the Indians were supposed to be appealing as an alternative to HD because they were going to have a better price point.  I imagine by the time you add the Indian saddlebag lid speakers, tour pac, and maybe lowers (if Indian offers them), your going to be well past the cost of a comparable HD.  The Indian has some nice features (Bluetooth, adjustable windshield, etc) but still...

...and you'll still be stuck with that ugly fairing.

[Fullsac Performance]

Indian pricing?  See if I'm missing something here - the Chieftain, with no lowers, no tour pac, etc. is 23k.  Top of the line HD Electa Glide Ultra Ltd. is $24,200, which includes tour pac, lowers, and six speakers.  I thought the Indians were supposed to be appealing as an alternative to HD because they were going to have a better price point.  I imagine by the time you add the Indian saddlebag lid speakers, tour pac, and maybe lowers (if Indian offers them), your going to be well past the cost of a comparable HD.  The Indian has some nice features (Bluetooth, adjustable windshield, etc) but still...

...and you'll still be stuck with that ugly fairing.

May be more comparable to a Street Glide.

[CowboyBagger]

May be more comparable to a Street Glide.

Except for the paint, it's more comparable to a CVO Streetglide.

Cowboy

[North Georgia Hawg]

Indian pricing?  See if I'm missing something here - the Chieftain, with no lowers, no tour pac, etc. is 23k.  Top of the line HD Electa Glide Ultra Ltd. is $24,200, which includes tour pac, lowers, and six speakers.  I thought the Indians were supposed to be appealing as an alternative to HD because they were going to have a better price point.  I imagine by the time you add the Indian saddlebag lid speakers, tour pac, and maybe lowers (if Indian offers them), your going to be well past the cost of a comparable HD.  The Indian has some nice features (Bluetooth, adjustable windshield, etc) but still...

...and you'll still be stuck with that ugly FUGLY fairing.

Very good point, Mark. The Limited has chrome wheels, heated grips, and many other goodies too. And, it's MUCH better looking than the Chieftain with that pure monstrosity of a fairing. They really struck out with the fairing... it looks like it was co-designed by Kuryakyn! Not liking the hard bags much, either.

If I were to buy an Indian, it would be the Vintage in red... and red only because they don't offer a proper ORANGE. The Vintage is a classic Indian-style windshield bike - with the ThunderStroke engine. I really like the tan seat and bags with the fringe. And, unlike some here - I have always loved the big, swooping front fender of the Indians... with the lighted war bonnet on it.

I guess I'll just have to be content riding the Honey Badger... I can't afford two bikes, and these new Indians don't even come close to what I already have. 

Ken