Indian Motorcycles

What began as a motorized bicycle dreamed up between a young machinist named George Hedstrom and a champion cyclist named George Hendee, became one of the most popular motorcycles in the world: the Indian. Out of production for half a century, Indian retains the loyalty and admiration of motorcycle riders and enthusiasts everywhere. This book recounts the marque’s story from its earliest single-cylinder “motocycles” of 1901 through the bitter day in 1953 when the company shuttered Wigwam, its Springfield, Massachusetts, plant-with a nod to the trademark disputes that continue to this day. Text by noted Indian historian Jerry Hatfield -and more than 125 specially commissioned photographs and 25 black and white historical pictures, capture the seductive power and grace of the great models-the Scout, Chief -and Four, -and recreate the thrill the Indian generates to this day.