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Indian part (it accepts a stock Indian
headlamp). The side panels were also
custom-fabricated, and it was all
topped off with a stock Chief gas tank
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panel. Rolling stock for the motor-
cycle consists of spoke wheels – a
26" Ridewright job on the nose and
a stock Indian 16"ch example out
back. The back wheel was stripped
and powdercoated. The front tire is a
120/55-26" from Metzeler while the
back tire is a 180/16" Dunlop. Cover-
ing the wheels are fenders from Dirty
Bird Customs. Dave reworked the
front to work with the
springer, while the back
fender is as produced.
Brakes consist of stock
Indian calipers and
rotors.
The handlebars are
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powdercoated (Me-
clec Metal Finishing
in California handled
the powdercoating and
chrome work). The bars
are perched on RSD
risers. Check out the
grips, though: They were
hand-tooled by Spring-
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Carter. Carter also hand-
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of the controls – foot and hand — are
stock Indian components. Ditto the
mirrors. The dash, however, is from
Dirty Bird Customs. It accepts stock
Indian gauges and hardware.
As far as grunt is concerned, the
big Indian bagger relies upon an
almost stock 111" Thunderstroke
V-Twin. The air cleaner is an Indian
Motorcycle high-performance piece,
same as the engine management
software. The exhaust is a Coving-
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system.
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us his staff spent quite
a bit of time carefully
detailing the engine with
paint. The idea here was
to make it look more like
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head. From our perspec-
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should take note!
When the fab and de-
tail work was complete,
the Covington crew
stripped the bike and
prepped all of the panels
for paint and detail
work. This really means
they body-worked