Awesome bike!!! My great uncle had one similar with the white tires but it burnt up in his house..I dont know what became of the ramains. Good job in keeping history alive!
You're kidding, right? You have an opportunity to watch "history" that you'll see nowhere else, and you criticise a grown man for smoking whilst working on a vintage motorbike in his own shop?
Really, find another soapbox. Dale is one of the coolest guys I've ever had the privelege of knowing, truly.
Want to gripe about smoking? You should see him smoke the hyde of a Crocker, mate.
Consider that this machine is, however, 101 years old. At that time, even if they had made something that by today's terms would be considered technologically advanced, they wouldn't have known it, as they did not have the metrics in place to guage it--certainly not to nearly the degree by which we can these days. I refer to the understanding of VE and porting, valve size and RPM based mods--not just the understanding of displacement and sufficient carburettion which came early on.
@Sretsej Folks were a lot more sophistcated then you give them credit for in those days. Double over head cams with 4 valves per cylinder had already been used. The air craft industry was doing testing of engines in rooms that mimiced high altitude, harmonics and all sorts of things.
This was a time of experimentation, where nothing was tried and true, or proven.
As for the smoking, he is after all working on a motorbike--not conducting transplant surgery. Dale is a very congenial guy, and one of the rare few blokes I know who really is all he purports to be--nothing less, nothing more. I'm sorry his smoking offends you
@VillageIdiot8055 Tell you what , you go outside and pour some fuel out on the drive and drop a cigarette or cigar in it and see if it lights. I'd be happy to wager you that it won't.
Awesome bike!!! My great uncle had one similar with the white tires but it burnt up in his house..I dont know what became of the ramains. Good job in keeping history alive!
wesmeis 8 months ago
I love Indian bikes
minibikerider1 8 months ago
right on bro,
you got it running, totallly cool.
Indians are really neat.
kirkconway 10 months ago
niiiiiiicce
MijitoPorQue 10 months ago
very good job and beautiful bike !
ChrisBonkers 1 year ago
awesome 101 years old Thanks for sharing
skywalkercorp 1 year ago
It lives!!!!!...... COOL !
stripymccatpuss 1 year ago
at 3:02 scared shit out of me...
Andersson472 1 year ago
I have a 347, a '72 FX and a resplendent new TwinCam SoftAss.
Tne Indian NEVER (I swear) never failed starting 3rd. kick. But never, for sure.
mutterschied 1 year ago
Nice -and you didn't take your kneecap off when you lowered the lift!
StinkySQL 2 years ago
you should have enough professionalism to put the smoke down when your on camera
awesome bike though cant imagine it being cutting edge though
VillageIdiot8055 2 years ago
You're kidding, right? You have an opportunity to watch "history" that you'll see nowhere else, and you criticise a grown man for smoking whilst working on a vintage motorbike in his own shop?
Really, find another soapbox. Dale is one of the coolest guys I've ever had the privelege of knowing, truly.
Want to gripe about smoking? You should see him smoke the hyde of a Crocker, mate.
Sretsej 2 years ago 4
just found it unprofessional.
and the cutting edge part was this: I cant imagine living in a time when things were so simple that this was the cutting edge of technology.
MOST of the advancements on cars now were actually developed by indian and harley a hundred years ago.
4 valve cylinders, dual overhead cams, and a host of other inovations
VillageIdiot8055 2 years ago
Consider that this machine is, however, 101 years old. At that time, even if they had made something that by today's terms would be considered technologically advanced, they wouldn't have known it, as they did not have the metrics in place to guage it--certainly not to nearly the degree by which we can these days. I refer to the understanding of VE and porting, valve size and RPM based mods--not just the understanding of displacement and sufficient carburettion which came early on.
Sretsej 2 years ago
@Sretsej Folks were a lot more sophistcated then you give them credit for in those days. Double over head cams with 4 valves per cylinder had already been used. The air craft industry was doing testing of engines in rooms that mimiced high altitude, harmonics and all sorts of things.
505197 1 year ago 2
Continued:
This was a time of experimentation, where nothing was tried and true, or proven.
As for the smoking, he is after all working on a motorbike--not conducting transplant surgery. Dale is a very congenial guy, and one of the rare few blokes I know who really is all he purports to be--nothing less, nothing more. I'm sorry his smoking offends you
Cheers-
Sretsej 2 years ago
@VillageIdiot8055 Tell you what , you go outside and pour some fuel out on the drive and drop a cigarette or cigar in it and see if it lights. I'd be happy to wager you that it won't.
505197 1 year ago
@VillageIdiot8055 Live and let live
skywalkercorp 1 year ago
icant believe there was no oil in it , I mean thats kinda dumb, but now I think its ok,
kirkconway 2 years ago 2
Man, oh, man! I feel home!
mutterschied 2 years ago 3
That was lovely to hear,all those old engines will likely fire up if you give them a chance and some fresh oil.
zzzak666 2 years ago 2
What would be the cruising speed of that motorcycle? Was it street legal in it's time, or just a racer?
oldcremona 2 years ago 2
You guys are a hoot!
What kind of beer do you drink?
DelbertMcJustice 2 years ago 5
1 century old and still one of the best pieces of American engineering around.
rhblakeman 3 years ago 2
INDIAN - Kicking Harley ass since 1909
1947Chief 3 years ago 23
A really nice bike!!!!
Have you seen my Monark M10 ??
blokel99 3 years ago
lmao @ turned on gas
Oetelmik 3 years ago