206 Indian
Indian Motif
AUTOMOTIVE BADGES ALBUM
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INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SET
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A red indian on the front mud gaurd of an Indian Motor Cycle
The "Indian Motocycle Co." was founded as the Hendee Manufacturing Company by George M. Hendee in 1897 to manufacture bicycles. These were initially badged as "Silver King" and "Silver Queen" brands but the name "American Indian", quickly shortened to just "Indian", was adopted by Hendee from 1898 onwards. Oscar Hedstrom joined in 1900 and as a sideline the partners built their first motorcycle a 1.75 bhp, single-cylinder engine in Hendee's home town of Springfield in 1901, Hendee Manufacturing Company initially produced the motorcycles, but the name was changed to the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company in 1923. The Indian Motorcycle factory team took the first three places in the 1911 Isle of Man TT during the next decade Indian became the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world, their most popular model being the Scout, made from 1920 to 1946, and the Chief, made from 1922 until 1953, when the company fell into bankruptcy. From 1953 Brockhouse Rngineering purchased the rights to use the Indian name, chiefly used to market the Brave, a European-styled 125 cc lightweight bike. Brockhouses umbrella industries, ISC also sold a variety of rebadged imports, including Vincent, AJS, and Matchless from various dates until solidifying their import models line-up to a single manufacturer. From 1955 through 1960, they imported English Royal Enfield motorcycles, mildly customized them in the United States, selling them under the Indian brand
In 1960, the Indian name was bought by AMC of the UK. Royal Enfield being their competition, they abruptly stopped all Enfield-based Indian models except the 700 cc Chief. In 1962 AMC, facing financial issues, of their own withdrawing from marketing any models under the Indian brand.
From 1963 Floyd Cramer began using the Indian name, marketing re-badged Italian built Ital-Jet Minarelli engined 50cc bikes under the name of Indian Papoose then later a 750cc Ital-Jet powered by a Royal Enfield engine. A further development was the Indian Velo 500, a limited-production run using a Velocette single-cylinder engine The project ended abruptly due to Clymer's death and the failure of Velocette,
After Clymer's death in 1970 his widow sold the alleged Indian trademark to Los Angeles attorney Alan Newman, who continued to import minicycles made by ItalJet, and later manufactured in a wholly owned assembly plant located in Taipei (Taiwan). but with dwindling sales the company was wound up in 1977. That failure was followed by American Moped Associates purchase of the Indian name to market importedTaiwanese discontinued small former Hondas models. From 1984 the Indian rights were purchased by and passed through a number of would be manufacturers
Two more note worthy attempts were made to revive the company the first by the Indian Motorcycle Company of America formed in 1999 who began manufacturing smallish machines in California before they collapsed in 2003, the by the Indian Motorcycle Company formed in 2006 by a London based private equity firm to build more exclusive machines again in California
In April 2011, Polaris Industries, the off-road and leisure vehicle maker and parent company of Victory Motorcycles, announced its intention to acquire Indian Motorcycle, shifting the companies HQ to Spirit Lake, Iowa, and introducing their Thunder Stroke 1828cc engine in 2013. New models have followed bringing the total of models offered in five with twenty three trim levels
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206 Indian
Indian Motif
AUTOMOTIVE BADGES ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157631048301272
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157628177944383
A red indian on the front mud gaurd of an Indian Motor Cycle
The "Indian Motocycle Co." was founded as the Hendee Manufacturing Company by George M. Hendee in 1897 to manufacture bicycles. These were initially badged as "Silver King" and "Silver Queen" brands but the name "American Indian", quickly shortened to just "Indian", was adopted by Hendee from 1898 onwards. Oscar Hedstrom joined in 1900 and as a sideline the partners built their first motorcycle a 1.75 bhp, single-cylinder engine in Hendee's home town of Springfield in 1901, Hendee Manufacturing Company initially produced the motorcycles, but the name was changed to the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company in 1923. The Indian Motorcycle factory team took the first three places in the 1911 Isle of Man TT during the next decade Indian became the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world, their most popular model being the Scout, made from 1920 to 1946, and the Chief, made from 1922 until 1953, when the company fell into bankruptcy. From 1953 Brockhouse Rngineering purchased the rights to use the Indian name, chiefly used to market the Brave, a European-styled 125 cc lightweight bike. Brockhouses umbrella industries, ISC also sold a variety of rebadged imports, including Vincent, AJS, and Matchless from various dates until solidifying their import models line-up to a single manufacturer. From 1955 through 1960, they imported English Royal Enfield motorcycles, mildly customized them in the United States, selling them under the Indian brand
In 1960, the Indian name was bought by AMC of the UK. Royal Enfield being their competition, they abruptly stopped all Enfield-based Indian models except the 700 cc Chief. In 1962 AMC, facing financial issues, of their own withdrawing from marketing any models under the Indian brand.
From 1963 Floyd Cramer began using the Indian name, marketing re-badged Italian built Ital-Jet Minarelli engined 50cc bikes under the name of Indian Papoose then later a 750cc Ital-Jet powered by a Royal Enfield engine. A further development was the Indian Velo 500, a limited-production run using a Velocette single-cylinder engine The project ended abruptly due to Clymer's death and the failure of Velocette,
After Clymer's death in 1970 his widow sold the alleged Indian trademark to Los Angeles attorney Alan Newman, who continued to import minicycles made by ItalJet, and later manufactured in a wholly owned assembly plant located in Taipei (Taiwan). but with dwindling sales the company was wound up in 1977. That failure was followed by American Moped Associates purchase of the Indian name to market importedTaiwanese discontinued small former Hondas models. From 1984 the Indian rights were purchased by and passed through a number of would be manufacturers
Two more note worthy attempts were made to revive the company the first by the Indian Motorcycle Company of America formed in 1999 who began manufacturing smallish machines in California before they collapsed in 2003, the by the Indian Motorcycle Company formed in 2006 by a London based private equity firm to build more exclusive machines again in California
In April 2011, Polaris Industries, the off-road and leisure vehicle maker and parent company of Victory Motorcycles, announced its intention to acquire Indian Motorcycle, shifting the companies HQ to Spirit Lake, Iowa, and introducing their Thunder Stroke 1828cc engine in 2013. New models have followed bringing the total of models offered in five with twenty three trim levels
Shot 15:05:2011 at Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire Ref 68-206
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