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This weekend we did a ride with my cousin, he rides a 2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster. It's a pretty cool looking bike, really has the classic look thing going on and sounds amazing. Every time we stopped, people converged around him to check it out.
On the way home he asks if I want to ride it. Of course I do, so I did about 50 miles on it. To tell you the truth....I was not impressed. I figured for a bike that costs that much it'd ride a lot better. The biggest problem was I felt like I had to fight it in the corners, cruising wasn't too bad however. It was definitely a comfortable ride though. Could be I just wasn't used to it too. There's no Indian in my future, I can tell you that much.
On the way home he asks if I want to ride it. Of course I do, so I did about 50 miles on it. To tell you the truth....I was not impressed. I figured for a bike that costs that much it'd ride a lot better. The biggest problem was I felt like I had to fight it in the corners, cruising wasn't too bad however. It was definitely a comfortable ride though. Could be I just wasn't used to it too. There's no Indian in my future, I can tell you that much.
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From: First State
This weekend we did a ride with my cousin, he rides a 2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster. It's a pretty cool looking bike, really has the classic look thing going on and sounds amazing. Every time we stopped, people converged around him to check it out.
On the way home he asks if I want to ride it. Of course I do, so I did about 50 miles on it. To tell you the truth....I was not impressed. I figured for a bike that costs that much it'd ride a lot better. The biggest problem was I felt like I had to fight it in the corners, cruising wasn't too bad however. It was definitely a comfortable ride though. Could be I just wasn't used to it too. There's no Indian in my future, I can tell you that much.
On the way home he asks if I want to ride it. Of course I do, so I did about 50 miles on it. To tell you the truth....I was not impressed. I figured for a bike that costs that much it'd ride a lot better. The biggest problem was I felt like I had to fight it in the corners, cruising wasn't too bad however. It was definitely a comfortable ride though. Could be I just wasn't used to it too. There's no Indian in my future, I can tell you that much.
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I believe the bike you rode, and the current Indian as well, have a 34 degree fork rake. That's way too much for a bagger in my opinion, plus you're used to the tight steering of a Dyna (29 degree rake).
It's crazy how people are so impressed by nothing more than skirted fenders on a Harley clone. A few years back, a guy in a bar told me that the Gilroy Indians were made with the original blueprints from the Springfield days. I didn't bother to enlighten him.
It's crazy how people are so impressed by nothing more than skirted fenders on a Harley clone. A few years back, a guy in a bar told me that the Gilroy Indians were made with the original blueprints from the Springfield days. I didn't bother to enlighten him.
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From: New Port Richey FL
they are cool lookin scooters. i would like to ride one. when i was buyin my first motorcycle i went to an indian dealer cause i thought they would be cheaper than a HD, some of the bikes in there had 25k on the sticker! no thanks, i bought a kawasaki 
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Indian is expensive not because they are better. It is because they produce them in very inefficiently way - by hand. You pay for those.
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