New generation sport tourer!! How does Indian’s liquid-cooled PowerPlus-engined long hauler – the Challenger Limited – stack up in the real world … well, against …
Limited Appeal #2
Traditional Thunder Stroke torque monster!! How does Indian’s flagship heavyweight – the Roadmaster Limited – stack up in the real world … well, against Harley-Davidson’s …
Tested: Indian’s new Chief Dark Horse
We’ve waited a while for this: a 116-inch Thunder Stroke motor in a new compact chassis. Was it worth the wait? Full feature in the …
Last Chance to see: Indian Vintage
It was pitched as a new bike at the time of writing, but turns out it was an obituary for the revised Chief Vintage Dark …
Talking to the Designers
We talk to Ola Stenegard, the talented custom builder who is now Indian’s Head Of Product Design … not his first time with the company, …
Scout Bobber Twenty tested!
Indian takes the fight to Harley-Davidson in the absence of the Sportster, and isn’t found lacking. Full feature in the massive 276-page American-V 107: in …
Size matters
Having banged on for at least five years about the gap in the Indian range, between the Scout models and the Touring platform, it has …
Roadmaster vs Roadmaster
Dropped in to MidWest Moto to get the first service on the Roadmaster and bumped into Bill from the Facebook Elites, Roadmaster and Chieftain group …
Indian Project Scout 3K Voting
It’s five years since the last Project Scout competition was held, to both show the custom potential in Indian’s then-new middleweight models and celebrate the …
Another Vintage Year
Just when you thought you could write off another bit of parts bin engineering as … well, a bit of parts bin engineering, along comes …
Indian Scout Bobber Twenty tested in AmV105
High bars and a low seat on a powerful middleweight are the ideal ingredients for a bobber designed to compete on the mean streets, and …
American-V talks to Ola Stenegärd: the man behind the new Indian Chief
While best known in Europe for his work with a certain Bavarian motorcycle manufacturer, Ola Stenegärd has been a custom bike builder for all his …
New Indian Chiefs for 2021 raise the game!
It has been a long time coming – and not for the want of us imploring Indian to do more with their Thunder Stroke motor …
Indian 2021 part 2: FTR1200s
If you wondered why there was no mention of the FTR1200 in last year’s 2021 model year announcement, that’s because they weren’t ready to tell …
Indian Announce 2021 Range – Big Twins
Indian have just announced the 2021 model range and it is a positive step forwards in these weird times. The big thing is that the …
Vintage Stripper
Specially for those who can’t live with the leather tassles! On my way to a last-minute Shovelfest, I thought I’d better show the versatility of …
FTR Tank Panel Design Competition
While it has yet to be fully realised by the custom world, one of the primary features of Indian’s ranges – one that the FTR …
New member of the FTR family: the Carbon
Since the FTR’s launch, the FTR1200S with its limited edition race replica paint has been the flagship model, but as of the 1st May 2020 …
Essential Journeys: April 2020
Who knew that this lockdown would increase the potential to test the functionality of our long term Indian Chief Vintage? This classic-bagged tourer has visited …
Self-isolating, American-V style
Yes, okay, so we’re not supposed to go out, but this was an essential journey. I needed to ride a motorbike! I needed to ride …
Indian releases Blacked-Out Baby Budget Bobber
It wasn’t so long ago that Indian’s announcement that they were reducing the power output of the regular Scout to make it meet A2 licence …
Blowing up a storm!
No, not Storm Jorge, which was heading my way and determined to punish me for having had the audacity to leave my waterproofs at home, …
Ancient and modern
Thought I’d reunite our long-term Indian Chief Vintage with a forgotten part of the marque’s history. I did so purely out of mischief – no …
Quickspin on Indian’s 2020 Challenger
The intention was good and simple: to drop by Indian’s UK headquarters and pick up the Chief Vintage that we will be putting big miles …
Look what I got for Christmas!
Not in a “look what Santa has put in my sack” kind of way, but the chance to ride it on those unseasonably clear, dry …
Indian Announce the FTR1200 Rally at EICMA
Less Flat Track, more green lane, the new FTR1200 Rally will have those who spat their dummy out at Indian’s audacity of ‘copying the Ducati …
Indian Challenger takes on the world
The news we’ve been waiting for since Sturgis has finally broken, and it takes American v-twin motorcycles into new territory … a couple of years …
New Indian PowerPlus motor announced
As we mentioned in the news pages of AmV98, Indian have got a new model waiting in the wings, and our first sight of it …
Krazy Horse opens new stables
Right in the heart of excellent riding country, Krazy Horse have brought Indian motorcycles, a host of exotic brands and their custom reputation to Oxfordshire. …
Indian Roll Out Their Big Guns
Drip-feeding 2020 model year news family-by-family – to make sure that nobody can miss any nuances – Indian announced their Thunderstroke heavyweights for next year …
Indian celebrates the Scout’s centenary in style.
Originally launched in 1920 and responsible for rejuvenating the post-Hedstrom/Hendee Indian Motocycle Company, the Scout will be a hundred years old next year and a …
FTR1200 is in da house
Can’t believe my luck: searching for somewhere to get a few quick snaps of the new Indian to whet your appetites, I found an oval …
AmV94: 2019 Chieftain Limited tested
Given a facelift for 2019 – discuss (not that you’ll need any encouragement: I can hear pencils being sharpened from here) – we put the …
Indian Sponsor Wheels&Waves 2019
Indian Motorcycle returns to Biarritz as the title sponsor of Wheels & Waves for the third consecutive year, continuing a partnership that began in 2017. …
Indian announce continued support of DTRA Flat Track in theUK
Indian Motorcycle will once again support the growth of grass-roots motorcycle sport alongside long-term partners the DTRA (Dirt Track Riders Association). Following a successful Hooligan …
Nice day for a ride
Taking the new Indian Chieftain back today – having woken up with sunshine on the curtains and the opportunity to get some photographs – but …
Indian Reveal the FTR1200 at Intermot
Indian’s FTR1200 isn’t the first water-cooled DOHC V-twin from a major American manufacturer, but don’t get carried away with the idea that this new vision …
Bobber is back for more!
Yes, the Indian Scout Bobber is back for some post run-in miles between showers, when I’m not beating my head against a keyboard getting American-V …
The Indian Scout Bobber is in da house
Sadly so am I, writing furiously to get as much finished as possible before Tuesday and a roadtrip to Harley-Davidson’s 115th Anniversary Party in Prague! …
Tired of London? You’re not at Tobacco Dock, then!
The Bike Shed Show is in full swing on a blisteringly hot sunny day, and I’m blown away by the range of people and bikes …
Improving the breed!
Okay, so it’s not the FTR-750 of Jared Mees taking the chequered flag for Indian in the first round of the 2018 AFT series at …
American-V Facebook Group
Whatever American motorcycle you ride, if you don’t mind rubbing shoulders with that other bunch who bought the wrong make, you’ve got a home at …
Harley covering all the options … ?
Are you ready for the promised February white-out? We are: we’ve got the new Harley Cold Boy Snowtail in the garage and are just waiting …
Bobber Job for the Scout
Well somebody had to say it, and it might as well be me! Demonstrating the power of parts bin engineering – a phrase I use …
Hooligan Final at Dirtquake 2017
Sadly I got distracted by what was going on in front of me and lost count of the laps, partly expecting the race to be …
And they’re off!
Hooligan racing, UK style! The Day 2 final in the Maxxis Arena at MCN Festival, and running alongside the DTRA National Flat Track Series. #HooliganRacing …
Unidentical Twins: Indian Roadmasters from Gilroy and Spirit Lake
There wasn’t any sense in attempting a proper head-to-head between the 2017 Indian Roadmaster and the 2002 Indian Roadmaster that The Hogfather Motorcycles has recently …
Another American-V has gone to press … but hang on, what’s this?
A new magazine?
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