INDIAN MOTORCYCLE HISTORY

Indian Motorcycle history was started by two racing legends

• Oscar Hedstrom
• George Hendee

In the early 20th century motorcycle racing was conducted around curved tracks called velodromes. Motorcycles which raced were aided by pacers known as internal combustion engines. These pacers were not actually living their life through out the race and were breaking down.

Oscar Hedstrom built his own American pacer which turned out be more reliable and outpaced other pacers in the track. Goerge Hendee who was a motorcycle racer had his own motorcycle manufacturing plant in Springfield. Both of them came together started the Hendee manufacturing company which produced the Indian Motorcycles. It was once said by Oscar that they chose the Indian name to make the mark as a wholly American product.

Chronology of Indian Motorcycles

In 1901 Indian Motorcycle history started
In 1907 Indian Motorcycle History invented the v-twin engine
1n 1916 Indian Motorcycle History released the power plus engine as an improvement over v-twin
In 1920 Indian Motorcycle History states that Indian Motorcycles became the largest Motorcycle manufacturer in the world
In 1922 Indian Motorcycle History started another life with the introduction of the Chief motorcycle
In 1927 Indian Motorcycle History introduced another motorcycle called the Scout
In 1927 Indian Motorcycle History bought the ace firm and introduced the four model
In 1940 Indian Motorcycle History states that the Indian Motorcycles were considered to be the most beautiful and provided the comfort ride
In 1950 Indian Motorcycle History was taking its growth path down the slope and slowly dying a natural death unable to compete with Harley Davidson and the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers
In 1970 Indian Motorcycle History has died with the production stopped that year.

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