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1923 Indian Big Chief



Bigger is better

Dire "Indian Chief", e probabilmente pensare alla voluttuosa, costeggiava modelli Fender del 1940.
Ma il leggendario capo effettivamente iniziato la vita di un completo due decenni prima, quando indiano, una volta che il produttore del mondo di moto più grande, era una sfida da upstart Harley-Davidson Motor Company.



Il problema agli inizi del 1920 era che indiano del motore è stato Powerplus perdere terreno rispetto alle moto più tecnologicamente avanzati da Harley. Di riprendere il bordo delle prestazioni, indiano aveva bisogno di un design fresco.

Inserisci Racer campionato e ingegnere Charles B. Franklin, che era incaricato di creare una nuova macchina. Ma non would be easy. In addition to Harley, Indian was also fighting the onslaught of cars at low cost, mass-produced.

Trying to put at the forefront of practical operation, in 1922, Franklin launched a bike designed from the outset to be flagship of India. What better name for Chief?



Based on one valve, 61 cubic inches (1000 cc), 42-degree V-Twin engine, the head sported a place lower and more graceful lines than its predecessor. In addition, progress has been made mechanical: Double cam operated valves, replaced the helical chain primary drive, clutch and ran to the bathroom closed oil.

Il pacchetto pesava circa 425 chili, e indiani hanno affermato che era buono per una velocità massima di 90 mph, un numero impressionante per la giornata.

Ma grande come il 1922 è stato Capo, una cosa che renderebbe meglio: cubetti di più. Per il 1923, indiano ha aggiunto 13 di loro per creare la 74-pollici cubici (1200 cc), Big Chief.

Con il motore grande e un telaio robusto, la moto era destinato a gestire un sidecar, come quello montato su questo esempio, di proprietà di Ernie Hartman e ora in mostra nella Hall of Fame Motorcycle Museum presso la sede AMA a Pickerington, Ohio.



Tuttavia, non passò molto tempo prima che i piloti di macchine da solista iniziata desiderare il potere extra del 74. In effetti, in pochi anni, il grande capo indiano è diventato best-moto vendita.



Il messaggio non è stato perso il manager indiano. Hanno tenuto il 74-cubi-Chief pollici nel 1950, quando fu sostituita dalla più grande-80-Chief pollici cubici. Quegli anni, ammiraglia indiana è stata ceduta nel capoluogo noi tutti riconosciamo. Ma molto prima che, il grande capo ha dimostrato che più possono essere meglio.

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1922 Harley-Davidson Sport 1919 Indian Twin



Ecco una curiosità interessante moto Domanda: Quale delle seguenti società fu il primo a costruire un cilindri contrapposti twin-bike cilindri BMW, indiana o Harley-Davidson?

BMW is famous for its opposite, "Boxer" engine with the cylinders protruding at the sides. The company has done with the bike that the configuration of the engine from 1924, which is a long time.

If you are an experienced rider, you know that during World War II, Harley built a clone of a military BMW motorcycle with a boxer engine. But that was a couple of decades after the first BMW boxer.

So that makes BMW the first, right?

No, because before the first BMW hit the road, U.S. manufacturers experienced the opposite-twin design, with the cylinders oriented fore and aft in the chassis.

First Indian built model or a 15.7 cubic inches (about 250) which lasted only three years. And then, in 1919, Harley began to build this machine obscure, known as the Twin Sport.

The Twin Sport, introduced just as the First World War was coming to an end, it was a radical change for Harley-Davidson. Then, as now, Harley was known for its big V-Twin machines.

But as Ford Model T drove down the price of cars, U.S. customers have found themselves at a higher price for the two transport wheels to four wheels. So the move was to build smaller, more efficient bike.

Bob McClean, president of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America and the owner of this rare 1922 Twin Sport, now on display at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio, says that was clearly influenced by the machines produced by the British marque Douglas, who opened the opposite way over Twin design a decade earlier.



In constructing the Twin Sport, Harley will take Douglas' orienting the cylinders in line with the frame. The side valve displaced 36 cubic inches (about 600cc), and McClean says the Twin Sport Bikes made a nice middleweight.

"The big old Harleys and rapped bumped" he says. "This was more than the motion of a gentleman."

That made a big seller overseas. But in the U.S., it was a different story. The machine languished in line with Harley 1923, then was abandoned.

Yes, it's done for the low-cost carriers. But increasingly, the Americans were trying to Ford for that. Those who have purchased motorcycles wanted only what benefits could be in big Harley V-twins.