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[Black Diamond]

Looks interesting.  Time will tell.  

https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/pages/home.aspx

JW

[sadunbar]

Cool engine animation!   

[Buy early]

Neat video. Hope they find a market. Indian has always used a lot ofbrown & tan leather on thier bikes and I've always thought they look cool.

[porthole]

Very cool video, now if they can pack that into a bike that looks "modern" .................

[Black Diamond]

It appears they are putting a real effort into this. 

Styling and cost?  They have always seemed to be trying to appeal to a niche market. 

[Charlie]

Great animation! strange how all the 2013 bikes all come with the 105 motor! they should have waited till just before the 2014 launch to reveal the 111 motor! this may stop the handfull of guys from buying now!!

[D-N-D]

Very Interesting !!!

[North Georgia Hawg]

I have always loved the look of the Indian Super Chief, and have seriously thought about buying one a couple of times. The thing that always stopped me was my deep concern about the viability of Indian as a company. Indian having shut down and restarted several times, it might be a long term issue finding parts if they go out of business yet again. There are not nearly as many aftermarket manufacturers for Indian as there are for Harley.

This new engine looks like very modern technology (for a pushrod engine) that should produce a lot of power, with very old school looks. The triple cam setup with a shared intake cam and parallel pushrods looks very efficient, with the pushrods straight on the cams. Never been much of a fan of single-hole cases where the engine oil is lubing the clutch and transmission as well, but the metrics have always done it that way. It's a simpler setup than having a separate primary, clutch, and transmission I suppose.

Will be interesting to see their 2014 lineup with this engine!

[naitram]

so its an X-wedge but i see no reference to a collaboration with S&S, but then this wouldnt be the fist incarnation of Indian that started with S&S motors

[Lever]

hate to see the cost of aftermarket cam set 

[phato1]

so its an X-wedge but i see no reference to a collaboration with S&S, but then this wouldnt be the fist incarnation of Indian that started with S&S motors

X-Wedge was my thought too but I wonder if it is in fact an S&S or Indians "interpretation" of the design.

[naitram]

there are some visual differences on the outside so it might just be there interpretation


lower case is definatley different

[phato1]

lower engine/trans case looks to be "unit" construction.

[Black Diamond]

More on this new motor.

http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/03/09/exclusive-inside-the-all-new-indian-thunder-stroke-111-v-twin-engine/?src=facebook

JW

[phato1]

Interesting reading, some good technical info regarding the design. Thanks JW