DID
YOU KNOW?
BY: Sandra Nichols
Most of us know the famous Indian brand of motorcycles. We know that the original production began in 1901 and ran to 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1911 the Indian factory team took the first three places in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. During the 1910 season, Indian came to be the world’ s largest motorcycle manufacturer. In 2011, Indian Motorcycles was purchased by Polaris Industries and moved into their existing facilities in Minnesota and Iowa. The new 111 cubic inch“ Thunder Stroke” engine was unveiled in March of 2013 and the newly designed motorcycles began to sell in August of the same year. Since this time they have rolled out the Chief Classic, Chief Vintage, Springfield, Chieftain, Scout, Scout Sixty, RoadMaster, Chief Dark Horse, Chieftain Dark Horse and then in early 2017, the RoadMaster Classic.
There is another company that some may be familiar with, and others not so much. EagleRider, Inc. was founded in 1992 by Chris McIntyre, Jeffrey Brown, Peter Wurmer, and Robert Pitts, and is the world’ s largest motorcycle tourism company. When the four men started the company, they started out with four self-purchased Harley Davidson motorcycles. The company was operated out of Wurmer’ s garage. The first rental took place in 1994. Did I say rental? Yes, that is one of the services this company provides. They specialize in motorcycle travel, rentals, sales and service of Harley-Davidson, BMW, Honda, Triumph and Indian.
The Jack Daniels ® Limited Edition Indian ® Chieftain ®
Now,“ Did You Know” that you could now rent an Indian motorcycle? If you are taking a trip throughout the US or even the world, you can find a location. EagleRider now provides tours and rentals in over 30 countries, with the most popular tour being through the U. S. Route 66. So if you would like to ride this popular route and do not have a motorcycle, you can look up one of the many locations EagleRider has, and take the tour. If you are going on a family vacation and really do not want to trailer your bike, then find one of the nearest locations to you, and ride on.
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