Hi octane....
I wasn't too fussed on your bike. Then i kept looking at it........
I actually love what you've done. The quality of work really stands out.
Thank you Ace !
What i want now, is to see a shot on youtube so i can hear it as well :)
So do I
.-)
Might take some time though, depending on how the INDIAN finishing comes along
Hi Octane,
COOOOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!!!
I'm SURE all the petrolheads here would love to see some shots of the indian!!!
At your service:
Here's the vital info:
...ca. 1940 Indian 741 engine
...bored to 600. New pistons
...totally rebuild with new or rebuild everything, from lifters
to bearings, valves etc. etc.
...con-rods magna-flux tested for cracks and shot-peen'ed
...bigger exhaust valves
...small alterations of bearings
...slightly modified lubrication
...modified crank-vent system
...homemade blower belt-drive running from crank
...separate home-made oil-tank fabbed in thich aluminum
...KingClutch
...modified transmission bushes for better lubrication
...transmission rebuild with new bearings and
closed off from side-cover for separate lubrication
...300cc AISIN supercharger from a 650cc Japanese mini-car
...homemade intake/plenum and pop-up valve
...1 3/4" Rivera Eliminator SU carburettor
...one-of frame... not made by me, but a friend and I has altered it and
made several additions.
TIG welded construction, except for the cast steering head
and rear axle mounts (new reproduction 101 castings).
Seamless precision steel tubes, DIN 2391.
Cast reproduction fittings brazed as per original frames.
Engine plates are Duralumin
...SUZUKI rear wheel
...Honda Goldwing front wheel
...HD Sportster front-forks, that I lowered and installed with progressive springs
+ a million other small things. I can safely say that there's
not a single part on the bike that has not been worked over or replaced,
from the smallest washer in the engine........... to new wheel spokes.
Even the tank is semi-homemade:
Miss.:
...Tarozzi rear controls. Left side:
foot-clutch. Right side: rear-brake
Gear-shifter; old-style hand shifter. Ignition advance in left-hand
hand-control.
...ignition: 'total-loss' (no alternator) / Odyssey battery / coil / 'electronic (contact-less) ignition
...gas-tank is cast (!!!) aluminum. Made by a friend as
a reproduction of the original Indian, one-year-only, cast tank.
Comes like his:
...then one has to polish/weld/finish and install filler-neck, fuel line etc. oneself.
It's been a long travel from this:
The reason for this madness?
Went to Bonneville Salt Flats as part of an American team running an Indian stream-liner.
Decided to come back with a machine of my own.
Being a romantic old fart, I wanted it to be an INDIAN.
Hopefully run it this September on the salt.
It will run the 650 A-VBF Class
( Max. 650cc / Special construction frame / Veteran / Blown / Fuel ( meaning I can run on any fuel
I like. In this case methanol, to cool it down mostly )
