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2014 Indian Motorcycles Revealed in Sturgis
Motorcycle.com ^ | August 4, 2013 | Jon Langston

Posted on 08/04/2013 2:03:08 PM PDT by occamrzr06

The legend has returned – and its splash is sure to reverberate from Main Street all the way to Juneau Avenue in Milwaukee. The new generation of American V-Twin cruisers made its grand debut in front of a crowd of thousands of enthusiasts and dignitaries at the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame Saturday night.......

For those who worried Polaris would severely alter the legend, fear not: the new 2014 Indians harken back to a bygone era of motorcycling.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.motorcycle.com ...


TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: indian; motorcycles; polaris
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To: HerrBlucher

Let me know how you like them. I’m still on Metzs.

Rode to a gun show today. An older Englishman appeared as I parked, to inform me that my bike is English (thanks). Then his wife and their friend appeared, cornered me and regaled me with tales of gory bike accidents they’d seen and how inattentive car drivers are. (thanks again, ‘scuse me now).

*sigh*


61 posted on 08/04/2013 6:06:21 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: carriage_hill

Nice logo, but someone needs to edit out that unnecessary apostrophe. Makes us Tea Party folks look like illiterates.


62 posted on 08/04/2013 6:06:35 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Durus
Not sure why you care about that kinda stuff.

Just something that I have observed. What was once the outside, the edge, is now THE mainstream.

I just find it odd, that these nerdy guys, spend $20K plus on a Harley, grow themselves a goatee and make this transformation into a wannabe 1%er pseudo-badass.

As a dyed in the wool Kawaski guy ('86 Ninja 1000R to the '13 ZX-10R) where speed is everything. 170 to 190 MPH. Turn on a dime, stop on a dime. Where triple-digit uni-cycling is a frequent experience (pull in the clutch at 110 mph to change gears and have the front wheel hit the ground because the bike produces so much power that it picks up the front wheel around 90 mph and you don't even notice it happening until you pull in the clutch to shift). Scraping the pegs on twisty roads, and going through two rear tires a season. Now that's riding....

I just find most of the cult of Harley crowd, off putting posers.

63 posted on 08/04/2013 6:24:20 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Riley
Rode to a gun show today. An older Englishman appeared as I parked, to inform me that my bike is English (thanks). Then his wife and their friend appeared, cornered me and regaled me with tales of gory bike accidents they’d seen and how inattentive car drivers are. (thanks again, ‘scuse me now). *sigh*

LOL! That old englishman must get around because I have encountered him several times.....AND his frackin wife!

64 posted on 08/04/2013 6:26:26 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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To: Tupelo
I know, I know. It handles. As well as a Honda?

Does a Honda handle as well as a Ducati?

I know,I know, it is beautiful. As beautiful as a Ducati?

IMHO, my favorite Ducati ever:

Most striking Ducati ever:

Most beautiful motorcycle ever:

My former Ducati :-(

Mark

65 posted on 08/04/2013 7:03:48 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Can you imagine the sweep of the standing orders, and the crazy situations those guys had to face without a faint prayer of a backup!

But imagine the freedom of the roads on a bike in those days, no cameras, no trackers, no nothing. Just you, the machine, the road, and the job.


66 posted on 08/04/2013 7:11:28 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: absolootezer0
Nothing is as beautiful as a Ducati.

See my #65

Mark

67 posted on 08/04/2013 7:13:58 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Travis McGee

I think the standing orders were to keep the peace. Tomas Hererra knew every inch of the East Mountains. When a B-50 (modified B-29) went down in the Sandias with nukes aboard in the 50’s, he was the only guy who could find it.

Although they have radio, there’s still one man NMSP posts that cover 1000 square miles.


68 posted on 08/04/2013 7:25:53 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Ouderkirk
Don't much care if riders are wearing bright colored textiles or black leather. I don't care if they are covered in ink or just opened a new Dental practice...or both. As long as they ride and they are into riding then it's cool with me.

I know people that buy bikes and they pretty much leave them in the garage. Maybe they will take them out once or twice a year. Maybe put them on a trailer to take to a bike week somewhere and pretend to be riders. If that is the type of person you are talking about then I hear ya. They do tend to ride Harleys.

I'm not much of a Harley fan, but I look at bikes like I look at guns. It might be a piece of crap Chinese AK that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside, but if someone is giving it away I'm taking it. Sure Harleys have some piss poor design flaws, and sure they make as much money selling clothing as bikes and sure there are a lot of yuppies that want to play dress up as a biker that gravitate to the brand. It's still an American bike that has a wide following of people that any sane person would have to call legit riders. Some of my best friends are legit bikers that will only ride Harleys. That is what their dads rode, and that is what their granddads rode. (with remarkably the same engine design, but I digress)

Victory and Indians are not Harleys however. They are legit American motorcycle companies with some really decent technology but on the plus side they won't have poser appeal. Sure they are still cruisers (albeit fairly agile cruisers) and won't appeal to some speed demons but variety is the spice of life.

69 posted on 08/04/2013 7:26:11 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: uglybiker

The new Indian Chief starts at 18k.


70 posted on 08/04/2013 7:28:50 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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71 posted on 08/04/2013 8:31:16 PM PDT by Don W (Know what you WANT. Know what you NEED. Know the DIFFERENCE!)
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72 posted on 08/04/2013 8:39:29 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: chesty_puller

OK, I lol’d.


73 posted on 08/04/2013 8:39:58 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: chesty_puller

AH HA HA HA HA AH HAAAAAAA HAAAH!


74 posted on 08/04/2013 8:45:55 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: MarkL; Tupelo; absolootezer0
"Nothing is as beautiful as a Ducati."

Nothing?



The "Panther" was a limited production run based on a Moto Guzzi EV1100.

75 posted on 08/04/2013 10:52:23 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: ErnBatavia

I was just in Spearfish

Rooms scarce

Oil boom though 70 miles away closest rig is sucking up rooms for 6 months at a time

Must be similar in Sturgis too


76 posted on 08/04/2013 11:15:28 PM PDT by wardaddy (the next Dark Ages are coming as Western Civilization crumbles with nary a whimper)
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To: Travis McGee

I bet Mrs McGee much like Mrs War really wants you in a motorcycle..lol

Beautiful machines....I like the vintage.....my uncle rode dressed Indians in fifties

I had my day....cafe bikes...surgeries and aftereffects to prove

Kenny Roberts truly was KING


77 posted on 08/04/2013 11:19:37 PM PDT by wardaddy (the next Dark Ages are coming as Western Civilization crumbles with nary a whimper)
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To: shibumi

Those transverse heads gave it away as a Moto Guzzi right away. Very cool bike.


78 posted on 08/05/2013 5:57:48 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: wardaddy

My high school buddy has owned the KOA Spearfish for years now.....must be a goldmine for him.


79 posted on 08/05/2013 7:03:40 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Carlos Danger for mayor....NYC deserves him)
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To: shibumi

It looks good.


80 posted on 08/05/2013 7:27:28 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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