Hemmings Find of the Day – 1938 Indian

When the first shots of the upcoming Captain America movie were released, everybody seemed displeased that a modern V-twin was dolled up as a World War II-era motorcycle. Now, if the producers had intended to go 100 percent authentic, they couldn’t have done much better than to have used this 1938 Indian for sale on […]

Cannonball Baker’s 1914 coast-to-coast trek to be retraced

Photo courtesy Don Emde Don Emde, winner of the 1972 Daytona 200, has announced a new multi-year project that will retrace the record-setting 3,378-mile, 11-1/2-day route completed by Cannonball Baker in 1914. The historic feat shaved almost nine days off the existing record at a time when there were few highways west of the Mississippi, […]

Polaris moves Indian production to Spirit Lake, Iowa

Shortly after Polaris announced the recent purchase of the Indian Motorcycle brand name, they issued another press release announcing they would be moving production of Indians to one of their own facilities in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The previous manufacturer, Indian Motorcycles Limited, had been building the bikes in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. While this comes […]