Indian Chief for sale

SOLD

This bike is that barn find you’ve been looking for.

The motor and frame numbers are correct matching numbers and untouched. This is an original bike with the exception of the black paint and the front fender (correct 47 item). Also the very cool and rare Stellings handlebars and Beck grips.

She is registered but apart from that we’ve not looked at her. There is some front fender trim missing, rear fender tip, toolbox lid, and no doubt some other small items. Included are the tank emblems, front fender tip, ignition key, and restoration and parts books.

The whole bike will need going through and she'll make a great project.

Offers over £10k if you are interested.

 

 

Japaneezee

Well we got the welding back from Nick; great job.

 

Then we put the bike back together again and played around with the exhausts.

 

 

Then it was time to go home ... and think about it.

And then on Friday we finished it. 
Front pipe is from an old Paughco set; we cut the end off, flipped it and then shortened it.  The rear is an inverted original knuckle front pipe, lovely bend when you turn it.  Then we added the loudeners and added some mounting brackets. Very Japanese.

47s

47s both of them.

50E upgrades

The 50E has a new home but Paul the new owner wanted a few upgrades to make her more reliable in the electrical department.  We converted her to 12 volts with a very beautiful Cycle Electrics generator; not cheap but excellent value.

We also installed one of the Quickstart 2000 electronic ignition set-ups and a new coil.  Thats the second one of these kits we've installed in a couple of months now.  Easy to install and easy to start.

  

 

 

We've also converted her back to a tank shift gear change set-up and foot clutch as she would have had when she first left the factory.

Final speedo drive installation

All installed, perfect, no problems, looks great, works well. 

Had it up to 30 mph on the stand, I'll see if we can reach 80 on Madeira Drive!

Welding job

Well bugger.

After bolting all the bits and pieces on prior to starting the wiring, I tightened down the generator strap and ping ... the sound that tells you its just cracked.   How can that be?

Well if you look at the last couple of pictures you can see the dis-colouration of part of the broken material.  That's because its been broken for months, years, who knows?

The clean part is the new break.

So bits off, motor out and off to Nick's to get it welded.

I've had enough of working on these fancy new bikes today. 

Tomorow I'm going to finish putting the speedo on the '13 ready for the Pioneer Run.

Funny how things change.

Just a couple of months ago the build was going to be a knuckle with this frame and forks;

Then it changed overnight to this;

And now she's nearing completion;