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| Author: | InMoBlog | Created: | 10/23/2007 7:32 PM | | | The Indian Motorcycle Blog is to continue to update the general public on events happening within the organization |
By InMoBlog on 10/21/2008 2:31 PM
Indian Motorcycle recently got the chance to catch up with James Gorrie, writer and director of the new Indian movie. The movie features the complex story of a negligent father who in order to receive a life-saving transplant, must face the son he abandoned 15 years earlier. He hires a beautiful mechanic to help restore an old Indian Motorcycle as a means to manipulate his troubled teen-aged son’s emotions. Complications arise when he has difficulty maintaining the lie to both his son and himself.
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| By InMoBlog on 10/8/2008 5:02 PM
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| By InMoBlog on 8/19/2008 8:40 AM
The Indian Motorcycle event truck and staff rode into the Black hills for the 68th annual Sturgis Rally. Tens of thousands of people got the chance to see the first production Indian Chief Motorcycles that recently rolled of the line in Kings Mountain, NC. Indian Motorcycle staff was on hand to answer questions and pass out limited edition 2008 Sturgis pins. The response to the motorcycles, apparel, and accessories was amazing. People were excited to see the new PowerPlus 105 Engine, vintage paint schemes, and the bike with VIN #001. Indian riders came by to show their support and had full access to the truck including access to the observation deck located on top of the trailer. It was encouraging to hear “We’re glad your back” and the “bikes are beautiful” from thousands of fellow riders. Sturgis is the first of many events in which Indian Motorcycle will be displaying. Keep checking www.indianmoto ...
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| By InMoBlog on 7/17/2008 4:25 PM
An enormous milestone was reached this week at the Indian Motorcycle plant when the first production vehicle rolled off the assembly line. The first bike to wear the Indian badge was a red and cream 2009 Chief Vintage, complete with windshield, tan leather seat and saddlebags. The bike was hand-built by a team of 6 craftsmen. Building an Indian Motorcycle is an intricate yet rewarding process. Each bike is assembled by a team of master craftsmen. A signed certificate of craftsmanship accompanies every bike that comes off the line. Being part of the team that is building America’s motorcycle is the greatest feeling in the world. Being there when the first bike came off the line was awe-inspiring. The 2009 Chief is truly a work of art.
| | By InMoBlog on 2/29/2008 3:57 PM
As the main contacts for Indian Motorcycle, the 2 of us get emails on a daily basis asking what’s up here in the factory as we get ready to launch the 2009 Indian Chief. Well…A LOT! is the short answer. The lights get turned out very late here in Kings Mountain as everyone is making sure all the elements of building a motorcycle company come together here in the home stretch of pre-production. Excitement is mounting and the work is overwhelming. Engineering, purchasing, marketing, customer service, dealer development, manufacturing - all parts of a big picture must unite to ensure the end result is nothing short of amazing…and that is much easier said than done. But rest assured, we are a group of doers. Some of us are talkers as well, but “action” is a word that flies out of each of our mouths at least 10 times a day. Engineering is on the last leg of a very long journey to make sure the new bike is poised to wear the Indian badge. Over ...
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| By InMoBlog on 1/9/2008 10:55 AM
When people discover I practice my craft at Indian Motorcycle, the conversation usually takes a predictable path: Warmhearted memories of bygone days come rushing forward with stories of Fathers or their Father’s Father and musings of all things Indian. The storyteller harkens back to their first experience with the celebrated piece of American history that is Indian Motorcycle. A change comes over them as only the tingling warmth of a beautiful spring day or a favorite memory can bring. The narrative seems to bring to life the intense smell of warm asphalt as they explain the images of the open road, shared by them, as one would flaunt a family heirloom. Listening closely, you swear you hear the sounds of far away drums that transform into the melodious rumble of a big Power Plus. Reality returns as your heart races with the shared excitement as the stranger’s tale takes you riding through the history of motorcycling. You have just met a new friend. My ...
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| By InMoBlog on 12/20/2007 10:02 AM
'Tis definitely the season to be thinking about stars.
Except, perhaps, for three certain gentlemen from the East tracking one across the desert on camelback two millennia ago, few people have ever experienced the grandeur of a starry winter night as gloriously as those stargazing down a deserted highway on a smooth-purring cruiser.
For one thing, it's cold. Particularly at speed. Particularly if you're wearing anything less than a full snowmobile suit , electric vest, electric socks and electric gloves. All that stuff will keep you somewhat warmer than you’d otherwise be, but it will also dull your senses. And one thing you don't want on a late-night December star search is dull senses.
Try it, instead, in heavy denims and leathers with maybe a thick-with-pre-Christmas-advertising newspaper stuffed under your jacket. Accept the cold, make it part of you, allow it to merge with the rhythm of the road, the feel of rubber on concrete or asphalt, the thrum ...
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| By InMoBlog on 11/14/2007 4:04 PM
Despite what people who've never ridden one may think, they're not at all like a car with two wheels. Riding an Indian, any motorcycle really, involves your body and mind in ways that no car ever has, can, or will. A car takes you places with minimal impact on the senses. A bike involves all your senses, all the time. You drive a car the way people in the 19th century drove a buggy. Skilled buggy drivers could use a set of reins, vocal commands, and occasionally a whip to make the horse turn, speed up, slow down, and stop just about as effectively as a good driver can use a steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake for the same purposes. But the operative word with both buggy and car is "drive." On a motorcycle -- as on a saddle horse -- the operative word is "ride." Whereas driving can frequently be done in a passive, detached manner, a motorcycle dema ...
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