I'm begging you to never stop making videos. I can't believe there's someone out there making such high quality video essays about motorcycles to begin with

Just bought my first Indian! The Rogue has the looks, the power, and the handling I've been looking for in a cruiser. A+

By far…..the best video i have watched in the past 2 years……other than Brandon shaking hands with ghosts 😂

Great info on Indian "Motocycles". Like Dhruv Gangurde said, don't ever stop making videos!! Your channel is definitely a "diamond in the rough"!

very well done investigated, informative and professional presented. Still 2016 I proudly own an Indian Springfield without any problems and I still love it like bought yesterday! Regards from Germany

Awesome video! Very well done and thanks for the history lesson. I love Indian motocycles!

This is the first time that I've seen any of your videos. This video, "The Fall and Rise of Indian Motorcycle" had kept my attention throughout. It was very informative with a splash of humor. Great job on putting this video together. I had enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you!

I love this video, great vintage photos, great vintage films, mostly excellent research, but just FYI that you have a typo at 10:09- It's "Sturgis" not "Sturgies". Other than that, WELL DONE!

How does this channel only have 3.6K subs? Should be more like 306K. Screw you, The Algorithm™️

Great documentary on the Indian motorcycles

This channel will be big, just as long as you keep making the same quality vids. Thanks!

What a great history lesson and an extremely well done video on Indian Motorcycle. I never knew that Victor fell on their sword 🗡️ to save Indian.

WOW! Thank you... this was well-paced, accurate, informative, and fun! With so many KZfaq videos out there, ones like this truly stand out. As a new Indian Scout ABS owner (2022), and a 20+ year motorcycle service shop owner... I have been doing deep dives into my memory on the transition of Indian ownership and products. This is a truly accurate video on the history, that arguably, the Indian motoR Company should embrace. Time will tell, but like so many (senior) riders, we had all but written-off Indian. I WON an Indian Scout "glide" that Holoster Indian Powersports tricked out with an amazing custom paint scheme and color-matching Corbin faring, sear, and saddle bags. I've attended a few very large "cruser" rides (300+ riders) and here in NorCal (Sonoma), I am one of perhaps one or two other Indian motorcycles. The Harly vs. Indian rivalry is still very much alive, but this time HD is going through economic tough times. I am very proud to ride an all-American made V-twin... and realize I am a Berlin Germany-trained Factory BMW technician who has owned and ridden almost every BMW ever made. Of course, I have several rides, and each one has a unique quality and personality. There will be many skeptics and opinions as I ride among the crowd of HD bikes, but I have shut down several "over-eager" HD riders who invested way too much money on performance as they hit the wall in torque and RPMs. Now that the new generations of "e;ectric this and that" are making their way into the mainstream... these may be the best years or own a liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, integrated 6-speed transmission and ABS 100 HP American mage V-twin.

Very well done video, congrats and thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Excellent video. Earned a new sub from Australia. I test rode an Indian Chief a few weeks ago. Great bike.

Amazing video. Thanks for that. Apart from being one of the channels I enjoy the most on KZfaq, I feel that you make the motorcycle world so much more accessible to our generation... How can we support you man? salutations du Québec

Dude this man is underrated!!!!!!!

Great presenter!!! Entertaining and Educational. Thank you!

Dude! I Totally love these videos, informative and fun. Goals

This video just made me straight up happy! I'm a Scout Rouge owner and i couldn't be happier with my bike!

Cool video…very informative. 🇺🇸 New FTRs and first time Indian owner.

Loved your video

Top quality video. Funny, informative and very slick. You must be proud of these. Well done.

Just masterful story telling and editing. Not an americana expert Ill admit but to me Indian felt always so underrated compared to Harleys, now I know they certainly are

Great vid man! Worked for Polaris when the original Victory came out in 99. Was an interesting time.

It's crazy that the Indian brand has survived its many many troubled times over the last 120 years. I freakin love my FTR though, and if they keep making bikes as great as it is, I'll keep buying them.

They just rolled Victory into Indian. The Challenger and the Scout are Victory's. The 108 is a water cooled version of the 106. The Octane was before the Scout with styling.

A great video to watch in the morning. Good job! I'd love to ride an Indian motorcycle one day. Greetings from Poland! 🏍

I've just bought my first Indian. 2023 Chieftain Darkhorse. I am loving it so far. I traded in a 2022 Goldwing so it has a lot to live up to but I am excited for the new experiance.

Indian Motocycle commenced operations in Springfield, MA. Watertown, CT is where George Hendee was from I believe. Harley Davison operations weren’t continuous as a company as some have mentioned in this comment section. AMF owned them for a number of years thereby breaking that “continuous” streak. Also, they had to beg the U. S. Govt for a bailout in the 80’s because the Japanese manufacturers were killing them and there was nothing they could do about it except ask the Reagan administration to put tariffs on anything from Japan 800cc or higher.

As always great content! Thanks for this and I'm looking forward to the next one as promised in this video at least 😉

Best motercycle history youtuber by far thanks!

What an excellent review.

got me the dark horse challenger....and i love it!

Great video!

Holy crap 👀 this is a really good video. Subscribed!!!! Keep it up my friend

Great video, brother. Really appreciate it. After Indian came out with the new line up, I don't even blink on HD anymore. I honestly would say, Indian is here to stay. They do need to think on providing reverse mode and a center stand on all of them, just like the Goldwing. The bike is very heavy. One of the reasons i got the new Goldwing. Other wise, the Presuit Elite would be in my garage.

Great vid, thanks mate.

That was great!Thanks!

Well done content! Great quality work on Indian history!

Good to see you back love your videos man!

Nice video

I already am drawn to indian for the looks and power--now folks like yourself disseminating the history of the brand like this is making me fall even more for it!

Great video. I learned so much!

Great vid.. enjoyably informative..nice work 🤘💨

I traded my HD for a Indian Challenger: In my humble opinion. 1.) It’s a motorcycle made by Polaris. 2.) the fit, finish, and paint are not the best quality. 3.) Aftermarket parts are scarce. 4.) Dealerships are always an hr away or more. 5.) Ride command can be a bit confusing. 6.) need to change out handlebars. (3 hr job). 7.) why would anyone put the air filter under the gas tank? Would you like to know why I traded my H.D.?

well burt munroe the new zealander still holds the fastest record for indian 1920 scout at bonneville salt flats under1000cc unbeaten to this day it was done in early 1960s, i bought me an indian scout december 2022 new 6months later stolen no insurance but i loved it only gripe was no fuel gauge cant go far when light comes on if in the rural areas no petrol station available.

As a proud owner of a stunning 2019 Indian Springfield in steel gray and burgundy metallic, I can attest it embodies all that is good in the Indian Marque. Cruiser Heaven, all day, every day. It is made by Indian in Spirit Lake, Iowa, as a subsidy of Polaris. The butthurt Harley guys will say it is not a real Indian, but I don't care, everywhere I go, even if it's at a Harley dealership, I get compliments on it.

Great commentary

Make a video of Harleys beginning to present please. Thanks

I thank you my friend, you made clear things to me that I didn't understand how harley Davidson get buter than Indian on that time

Really well made video, really enjoyed it :)

Men! You R the best❤

Great video and channel overall..Subbed!

I had 4 Vics and now two Indians. I actually rode a 2021 Harley Road Glide Special yesterday with only 837 miles on it. I wouldn’t trade my 2020 Indian Challenger for 3 of those pieces of crap. The thing was super top heavy in the curves and absolutely gutless. The Indian Challenger is the finest American Made bike period. Notice that I said American made, that’s because I also own a BMW K1600b that is light years ahead of Indian.

It's your bike and the video was really good

Great video Sir! 👍🏻

Nice....👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Indian Springfield DH baby!

This is a fantastic video. Loved it! My wife rides an Indian Chieftain. One question: what the heck is a "Sturgies"?

Indian is probably my next bike. Hopefully this year.

Great history lesson

If every video on motorbikes were edited so artfully and crafted, then every non-enthusiast like me would be really mystified by this topic!

I love my Indian Challenger! It friggin eats Harleys for lunch!

Polaris gave Indian Motorcycles a new life. It narrowly escaped death. Damn..!

Just the fact that they helped our troops back in the day, makes it the most American brand

great video, but change the background

I own a 16 Springfield. 60k miles.

THIS VID?! ... Well, to put it bluntly, You have to put a face & speech out there that ARTICULATES the Message in a clear, concise, & enthusiastic way, without being melodramatic. The guy checked all the boxes. I may also be just a tad biased about Indian. NO, it didn't make me go out and purchase a brannykneu bike tho I did give them a thorough look over. Instead in my mature mid 70's, I went for a 2014 Indian Vintage. I shopped, shopped, & shopped summore. I found a well maintained bigbike a whatchamacallit, bagger-cruiser. I wanted to be able to hit the 4 lanes, the hills, & vales, & thoze twisties and be able to enjoy the Ride without the wind sending me off course. I did, I do. It was a good history lesson on how Indian started, fell on its face, got up a few times, fell again, got resurrected again and again to beewhatt it is 2day. thanx. .😁😁😁.

Your style would be perfect for donut media 😅I literally thought you were a new person in their crew!

Good video keep it up man

Great video as always! As a French I'm glad to hear you speak my language 😁

On a separate note, may I ask who edited this video? Wish I had an editor like that person or could edit like this!

No mention of Briggs Weaver :(

keep going my friend

Springfield Massachusetts not Watertown.

Great video! Harley kicks Indian ass tho.

amazing! :)

Great job on the history and the presentation!! Just Thanks!! I own 2 Indians... a '14 Cheif Vintage(Cheif Red) and a '20 Roadmaster(Icon Coastal Green & Ivory) that always get attention wherever I go!

Good one ! But you forgot to mention that Indian took the designer Ola Stenegärd from BMW 😉 And you know what ? He’s a Swede 🇸🇪 I think my next motorcycle will be an Indian….and I’m a BMW guy 😂 Bye 👋 from Sweden 🇸🇪

Anything AMC touches goes up in flames lil

Well, they just scavanged on the inventions of Harley Davidson.

I have a 2019 Chieftain with over 16,000 miles. I fucking love it. Fuck harley :D

Polaris is a Canadian company.

It stopped becoming an American motorcycle manufacturer back in 1953 when the last real Indian rolled out of the Wigwam in Springfield, Mass. It's just a patented brand name and trademark that has been sold several times since. Lots of motorcycle guys are history and nostalgia buffs. Harley Davidson has a direct and unbroken lineage to the original 1903 model and the Fantastic Four Founders. The 'new' Indian does not the historical link that they're trying to sell. But I do like what the new Polaris/Indian has done. I think the bikes are beautiful and well-engineered. I desperately want to play with one of those big motors! They are heavy in the resurgence of flat-track with their Scout model and that's terrific!!

So, I guess the first name of the Company was "Hendeean", but seeing the similitude, they simplified it later in "Indian", no redskins involved 😜

NONE of this Indian history has a damn thing to do with Polaris. Polaris should have stayed with the Victory, they would have gained more respect

"They made place for another american motorcycle company to steal the show.... harley davidson" and boy did they steal the show.😂 Anyways! Im happy that Indian is back.

Hello, you are very talented. Do you have a business email?

Watertown, MA? Many ‘facts’ are wrong. Even your t-shirt is misspelled.

Better than harley hands down

Now I will give you subscriber

DADDY CAME BACK FROM LEAVING TO GET MILK! Pls stay

Harley Davidson makes the best bikes my friend……facts💯👊🏾

More bankruptcies than 45th Prez.

The original Indian went out of business forever inn 1953. Nothing after that with the Indian name on it was a real Indian. Gluing feathers to a turtle does not make it a canary, and that is what many tried to do, and they all failed. After Polaris acquired the "name" (and that's ALL they acquired, just the name) the first couple years of Indian "copies" they made were beautiful. They were red, with tons of chrome, and full skirted fenders. The Thunder Stroke 111 engine seemed to be reliable, and it even looked pretty good. These were nice bikes, though not "real" Indians, they were excellent copies. The one big issue I had with them is they put "since 1901" on them, in a really stupid attempt to try and connect them to "real" Indians. Everybody knew they were not the real deal, but would have bought them for what they were, a modern day version of a long defunct brand. But Polaris totally blew it. Those beautiful first bikes were soon replaced by some of the most hideous motorcycles ever made. All matte black, no chrome, they no longer had the beautiful Indian fenders, which, more than anything else, defined the Indian brand. The "Scout" engine came from the Victory Octane, and doesn't even resemble a motorcycle engine. It looks more like a car engine. The 2014 Chief was big and majestic looking. It looked like an Indian Chief should. The new "Chief" is absolutely disgusting. It's half the size of the original Polaris Chief, all matte black, no chrome, it looks like it spent a few years at the bottom of a swamp. But, to be sort of fair, H-D also makes a bunch of equally ugly bikes. The Sportster Iron models are beyond disgusting. The Japanese and European manufacturers also jumped on the YABOB (Yet Another Blacked Out Bike) bandwagon, and now it is virtually impossible to buy a motorcycle with bright shiny paint and lots of chrome. I'm just glad I already own several such bikes

Men, women, vegans... Lol 🤣🤣🤣

This video just convinced me to never buy an Indian thanks 😂

Indian went out of business in 1953. What this video is about is Polaris motorcycles.

Lmao there's nothing relating the Original Indian Motocycle Company. That company is long gone. Polaris is the company that just bought the brand.. Original Indian Motocycle company was great, thats their legend not Polaris..