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I have only ridden a couple if 30's - 40's Indians back in the day.
So I am sure a 2014 Indian is light years ahead of the old antique ones.
What is the engine size?
How many gears?
My take on that is that there are so many HDs out there that they feel people will pay for the similar design but be a bit different. That style of bike is not about performance, anything near 85-90hp is plenty, especially if it gets HD gas mileage.But it's disappointing in a way that they chose to follow H-D and produce air-cooled V-2's instead of employing a modern engine design. It's no secret that the best performance comes from in-line 3's and 4's, and water-cooling is absolutely required if your objectives are high performance and longevity. Indian made 4-cyllinder bikes early on, so if "historical" was their objective, there was no need to jump on the V-2 bandwagon.
In doing that, they played right into Harley's hand. The Japs have been making better "cruisers" than Harley for years, and what has it got them?