We limit access by GUESTS to protect our members from spam, hacks and trolls. Please register to gain access to all our resources.
Posted by greenbarn
- May 05, 2014, 13:31:56 PMQuote from: DC on May 05, 2014, 12:29:27 PMIt's probably an option....The lack of a heel shifter is a common complaint among new Indian owners and prospective customers.
Posted by DC
- May 05, 2014, 12:29:27 PMThe lack of a heel shifter is a common complaint among new Indian owners and prospective customers.
Posted by pcarrell
- May 05, 2014, 11:37:21 AMHD is definitely the king of the cruiser world in your neck of the woods!
Posted by jmbo
- May 05, 2014, 11:15:10 AM"Who here is buying a new Indian?" I guess no one in this area at least no one who bothered to show up yesterday at this year's Road Runner Bike Blessing. Road my '99er and received a few compliments but as you can see from the photo, I was clearly in the minority not just because I road a Drifter but because I road anything other than a HD. I have a feeling that it will be quite some time before I see a new Indian among the brethren.
Posted by Drift1
- May 04, 2014, 19:56:40 PMHere's a few pictures of todays show
Posted by Drift1
- May 04, 2014, 19:18:35 PMLOL ... Troll don't you just love the questions and face expressions after you answer them 
Yesterday I met up with a few friends that wanted to ride , now we all have different brands of bikes . One of my fellow riders has a 2012 VROD and needed to get an inspection done . We were eating at Gullys , , on the river front of Newburgh after a trip through Fishkill and such so we planned to go to the Harley dealer called , Moroneys so he could get his inspection done . Now were in there looking around at various things including the eye candy that works there in their skimpy tight shorts 
... ok back on subject , so I hear the one dealer say to another , "check out the WLA bike outside . " Again people are taking pictures with there phones of my bike . Now I'm at the parts counter looking for one of those inspection plaques dealing with a Burly " Biker " guy that ask . " What bike is it for ? " I reply , "It's for a 99 1500 drifter " and the guy gives me a dirty look and say , COME ON with an attitude . Long story short after waiting on the inspection the same guy is outside when I walk over to MA-DEUCE taking pictures . He says this is yours , nice job and you ride a Kawasaki 1500 . I say yup and this is my drifter 800 ... HAHAHAHA I thought the guy was going to faint .
Posted by Troll
- May 04, 2014, 15:54:13 PMHehehehehehehehehehehehehe....I had a similar experience the other day with a "biker". Looking over the Drifter, and then asking me why I had a ROK sticker on it....
Posted by Drift1
- May 04, 2014, 15:15:26 PMI just came from an Indian show at the motorcycle museum in Newburgh , near me . Indian was there with a tractor trailer load of there new models , 30 bikes worth . If you signed up Indian allowed you to test ride the fleet in packs at a time after going over the bikes and such .
I was able to ride the vintage and the classic was not impressed with either . For starters there only toe shift and my boot couldn't even fit under the dam thing . Now I know , yes this can be adjusted . I stand 6' and couldn't sit flat footed so I asked and yes you can buy a lower seat , but do NOT come stock . These bikes have 5,000 miles on them and the brown leather was already faded from the sun big time . Needless to say the seats were darker then the bags and some vise versa . One gentleman stated some of the seats were so bad from fade they already replaced a few . The turn singles themselves felt cheaply made and the bike in a whole felt cheap . The power was there , but with all the rest of the dislikes and that price tag they can keep that thing I'll enjoy my drifter
Besides there were a bunch of Indian enthusiast amongst the crowd as well as Harley riders with beautiful looking rides . I'm sure they all cost a hell of a lot more then my two drifter put together , but MA-DEUCE received the most attention and plenty of people taking pictures to boot 
One of the Indian representatives walks over and asked me what year Indian was she , I simply reply , " My Kawasaki Drifter is a 2000 " everyone gave me that deer in the headlights look and I just smiled . Oh boy then all the questions started .
Posted by smokey422
- May 02, 2014, 18:51:21 PMNot me. My Drifter 1500 ('99 model) has over 27,000 miles on it and has never run better. My closest Indian dealer is in Lincoln, NE (I live in MO), over 220 miles away. And I want to see some long-term reliability reports before I drop almost 22 grand on a Vintage. Reliability tests mean nothing until you get a lot of them on the road with some miles on them. Look at the problems Harley has had with the twin cam motors.
Posted by bikerbob5864
- May 02, 2014, 11:11:19 AMThat's part of it for me too!, got so many things to do and not enough money for them all.
Have to prioritize, like the old days...........when you drove a POS to maintain your Bike!
When we have the time................we don't have the money............when we're making the money...........we don't have the time. The great Paradox of the American Dream.
Posted by chief
- May 01, 2014, 10:20:22 AMIf I didn't have so many things going right now, I'd definitely buy the Vintage. No, I would not sell my Drifter. My wife loves the Goldwing and I would not want to modify the Vintage to suit her, so the Goldwing would stay as well. THAT is the problem... that and we have so very many things to do before we retire!!!
Posted by bikerbob5864
- May 01, 2014, 00:17:10 AMCan't see one in the immediate future for me either. Might have to move in a couple years......and working on putting together a Rat Rod 23 T. Something has to go, so I think the Custom Softail is not long for my world! Had it for 15 years now, always ran great and still does...(S&S Motor) and a real showstopper/Trophy winner. Love it, but I think it's time to move on to new things. 
Bob
Posted by greenbarn
- April 27, 2014, 21:20:12 PMI don't think I'll be considering a new Indian in the foreseeable future. I can't see, for me, justifying the additional money- maybe in 10 years if they're $4500, who knows.
Posted by darkdrifter
- April 26, 2014, 20:07:13 PMI've got 15000 bar hopping miles on my kings mountain era Indian. no long trips yet mostly due to job and schedule. A couple hour trip to the Ozarks don't count.
more than likely a 2015 Polaris indian is in my future. I'm not buying one till we have a established local indian dealer. learned my lesson the hard way on that.
The drifter isn't going anywhere though.
Posted by jmbo
- April 26, 2014, 18:54:31 PMQuote from: DC on April 25, 2014, 19:55:20 PMDoes the Polaris version make you want to buy it?
Nope. I really like the Drifter. Don't get me wrong the new Indian looks great but everyone puts a price on their fun. I can have a hell of a time on a $4500 bike. It may not say Harley or Indian on it but for every $20,000 dollar bike there are a hundred great low millage bikes that someone bought and never rode just like my '99er.