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The New Indian: A Test Ride in Review

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by JohnnyBiker, Apr 9, 2014.

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  1. badinfluence63

    badinfluence63 Well-Known Member

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    Worthy a test ride for a valid opinion
    badinfluence63, Apr 17, 2014
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    hogcowboy Active Member

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    If we ever get a dealership within 200 miles, I sure will. Just too many conflicting opinions.
    hogcowboy, Apr 17, 2014
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Yea I'm not about to ride 2-300 miles just for a test ride.
    FLHTbiker, Apr 17, 2014
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    hogcowboy Active Member

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    I'll go 200. That's just a real good day of riding. Won't go more though. I think I heard there is one 242 miles away now and I won't touch it. They are getting closer all the time. Heard there is one opening in Dallas. That's about 60 miles for me but I'm looking at it like it's 300 away. I hate Dallas.
    hogcowboy, Apr 17, 2014
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  6. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    The closest one for us is in Seattle and refuse to ride in Seattle traffic, very scary and very dangerous.
    FLHTbiker, Apr 17, 2014
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    Just read a long term road test on a '14 Indian Chief by motorcyclist magazine. 8,ooo miles and there is an oil leak at the front of the right engine cover and the front brake developed a growl.


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    Fatboy128, Apr 17, 2014
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  8. hotroadking

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    journalist in test fleets are like people with rental cars rode hard put up wet
    hotroadking, Apr 17, 2014
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Just shows even they are not perfect, go figure. Shock :eek:
    FLHTbiker, Apr 17, 2014
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    yea they ride the snot out of them , But there air cooled ,not like the new HD fancy bike That had trouble leaking I know not all new HD;s are cooled by ant- freeze but they do have them now , don't think I'll ever give up my HD but I did /do like the new Indian M/C
    cowboy, Apr 17, 2014
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  11. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Heck if that's all that goes wrong in a Journalist fleet it's nothing, those guys are brutal on bikes...
    hotroadking, Apr 18, 2014
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    If they brought the Indian in for maintenance at the prescribed intervals, there shouldn't have been any problems.
    joshbob, Apr 18, 2014
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    I guess the one thing that just doesn't sit right with me is how Polaris tossed up all those videos some years ago attempting to trash Harley for the alleged technological superiority of their Victory engines, then turned around and pretty much went right back to designing the Indian's engine with those very same "flaws" they accused Harley of having.
    sameolddoc, Apr 18, 2014
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  14. FLHTbiker

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    ;) Interesting isn't it.
    FLHTbiker, Apr 18, 2014
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    one bike isnt an indication of the whole production
    hotroadking, Apr 18, 2014
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    All this talk, peaked my interest. Looked it up, dealership 48 mikes away in SC. Think I might plan a ride down there and test ride one...
    MountainCruiser, Apr 19, 2014
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    Hmmm. Guess I never looked at that way. But then they went and got more horse power without any additional heat when Harley said that's it. All with this "flawed" design. And here's the thing with me. Who the hell says the EPA has the standards correct for reduced emissions? I've never understood how using more fuel to lower emissions was right. Yet that is basically what is happening. Especially with this ethanol crap.
    hogcowboy, Apr 19, 2014
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    Well, they have their trade offs. Indian made more power, but it's also an almost 8% larger displacement engine. I really am no great fan of the TC engine in current Harleys. I think they would have been better served continuing to refine the Evo, but then again, Harley seems to think just because others did it, they need counter balancers and all that other added crap. I'm a firm believer in keeping things simple.

    As for ethanol, well, it does burn cleaner but like you said, the trade off is having to burn more of it. Not to mention how much hell gasohol is on rubber parts in fuel systems. Personally, I think it was a done deal to make corn farmers wealthy. (Or at least the middlemen in the whole scheme.)
    sameolddoc, Apr 19, 2014
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    Back in the do called gas crisis 80's they blended the ethanol in and it was to kill 2 birds. Help the farmers and supposed to cut down on imported oil.


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    Fatboy128, Apr 19, 2014
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    Yeah, it ain't the farmers. It's those damn futures speculators. They should all be shot. There is a middle for the middle man for the middle man kind of thing. The whole process is chuck full of worthless middle men.
    hogcowboy, Apr 19, 2014
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    Fatboy128 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah but that is the way of a free market society. Government regulation scares me more.


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    Fatboy128, Apr 19, 2014
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