Motorcycle Classics – September-October 2019

hand throttles, a requirement rumored to be based on the need to keep the shooting hand free. Indian, more des- perate for milit ...

Harley was clearly a better motorcycle for the military mission. That conclusion notwithstanding, the Army could not buy as many ...

38 MOTORCYCLE CLASSICS September/October 2019 Like Harley’s WLA, the Model 741 was Indian’s primary military motorcycle, and it ...

conversion to move the shift lever to the left side of the motor- cycle (as you see on the Model 741 here). You see Model 741s i ...

40 MOTORCYCLE CLASSICS September/October 2019 THE HONOR GUARD Fifty years ago, three men loved and cherished these four vehicles ...

http://www.MotorcycleClassics.com 41 body,  and few creature comforts.  And the  little 1964 Allstate trailer? It was  purchased ...

according to our skills and interests. One group  changed rot- ten inner tubes (to be followed later by new Coker-made Firestone ...

over 25mph, thanks to the ancient tires. New ones were in order, but  I wanted a period look with safe  performance, not some fa ...

44 MOTORCYCLE CLASSICS September/October 2019 for  mile after blissful mile. Led by the California Highway Patrol and followed b ...

Nothing seemed out of  place, and so we spent a half hour trying to push-start the bike. It would run,  but it seemed super lean ...

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http://www.MotorcycleClassics.com 47 That’s not to say that nobody else ever tried to build a volume production street legal ver ...

monoshock, with both yielding a mas- sive 5.9 inches of wheel travel at either end — this suspension package offers full adjustm ...

as Mulholland Drive and Stunt Road. These provide a stern test of any motor- cycle’s performance attributes. This is the first o ...

50 MOTORCYCLE CLASSICS September/October 2019 wheel size, like they have in AFT racing,” says Indian’s Senior Industrial Designe ...

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grateful for that massive 150mm of wheel travel at either end, but especially for the compliant cantilever rear shock over bumpy ...

light, with the Indian motif illuminated to tell people what just passed them. But the star of the show is that great engine, wh ...

54 MOTORCYCLE CLASSICS September/October 2019 PILLION TO PILOT I’ve been riding pillion for more than two years now. Granted I w ...

http://www.MotorcycleClassics.com 55 irrational fear within a new community of men and women who love motorcycles. The positive ...