The Indian 1901-1978: The history of a classic American motorcycle

Hardcover – September 15, 2016
144
English
0785833129
9780785833123
14 Sep
Check out this in depth history and guide to one of Americas oldest and most popular motorcycle manufactuer! As the dominant manufacturer for the first two decades of this century, the Indian Motorcycle Company is a staple in the history of American motorcycling. Because of this, Springfield, Massachusetts was at the hub of the international motorcycle scene. Between 1900 and 1917, when the United States entered World War I, about 150 domestic motorcycle companies came and went. Little more than a dozen remained in business following the war, and after the great depression of the 1930s only two American manufacturers had survived Indian and Harley-Davidson.

Reviews (41)

Great Book! Great History! Great pictures!

Bought it for my uncle and he couldn't put it down. Half the guys at the family christmas were talking about and thumbing through the book. Great pictures and really relays the history of Indian Motorcycles well. Great for people that like bikes, like history, like industry. Also pretty good for someone that just likes pretty pictures.

Great book, needs editing

I bought this book for my husband. He has an Indian Scout and loved the book. However, he said it needs editing: there is at least one spelling or numerical error on every page. He's not an academic or even a very good speller, so if he thinks it needs editing, it really must need it. That said, he liked the format, the layout, and the overall information. This makes a good gift!

Covers many years...

Always enjoy books on Indian motorcycles and this book is also one of the great ones, enjoyed it very much...thanks.

Great book

Book gives a wealth of information and pictures. Will be helpful in restoration of 1948 Chief

Quality book

My 91 year old father who used to own one of this thought this book was fantastic.

This was part of a birthday gift for my husband ...

This was part of a birthday gift for my husband. He was thrilled with it as he owns and Indian motorcycle.

Worth a read.

Great book for education on the Indian Motorcycle, with cool pictures.

Good book

This book has a lot of great history and pictures.

Beautiful book and photography

Beautiful book and photography. It arrived on time. My dad, who owns and loves his Indian motorcycle, loved this book!

Informative

Excellent

Great Book! Great History! Great pictures!

Bought it for my uncle and he couldn't put it down. Half the guys at the family christmas were talking about and thumbing through the book. Great pictures and really relays the history of Indian Motorcycles well. Great for people that like bikes, like history, like industry. Also pretty good for someone that just likes pretty pictures.

Great book, needs editing

I bought this book for my husband. He has an Indian Scout and loved the book. However, he said it needs editing: there is at least one spelling or numerical error on every page. He's not an academic or even a very good speller, so if he thinks it needs editing, it really must need it. That said, he liked the format, the layout, and the overall information. This makes a good gift!

Covers many years...

Always enjoy books on Indian motorcycles and this book is also one of the great ones, enjoyed it very much...thanks.

Great book

Book gives a wealth of information and pictures. Will be helpful in restoration of 1948 Chief

Quality book

My 91 year old father who used to own one of this thought this book was fantastic.

This was part of a birthday gift for my husband ...

This was part of a birthday gift for my husband. He was thrilled with it as he owns and Indian motorcycle.

Worth a read.

Great book for education on the Indian Motorcycle, with cool pictures.

Good book

This book has a lot of great history and pictures.

Beautiful book and photography

Beautiful book and photography. It arrived on time. My dad, who owns and loves his Indian motorcycle, loved this book!

Informative

Excellent

Beautiful book!!

A really nice gift to gift, looks like you spent 3 times the cost.

great photos!

Good book. Great photos.

Five Stars

Great read and illustrations.

Great book

Really nice pics and good history

Great book

Very nice book and the history and information was very interesting.

Christmas gift

My husband loved it!

Five Stars

Excellent book!

Five Stars

Exactly as described excellent transaction

Five Stars

awesome book!

Five Stars

GREAT!!

good book

good price

Five Stars

christmas present

Corners damaged but GREAT book!

The top two corners of the book were damaged and the shipping box wasn't. Aside from that, the book is great quality and my husband loved the gift!

How they started

Christmas present

Beautiful!

Beautiful Indian hardback book. Large in size with lots of information and color pictures. A must own for any Indian motorcycle lover.

Nicely done book

I bought this book for my husband. We bought our Indian in 2017 and just love it. Now we can read all about our bike and other Indians

Indian motorcycle gift was perfect

Very detailed book

Damage goods

Not much for say it reached me damaged was disappointed.

Nice book

arrived quickly and in great condition. Have only thumbed through it and are looking forward to reading it proper. Looks to be lots of colour illustrations and all the technical specifications on every model as well as a couple of pages of text too. Looks like a good read and also a good reference book to have on the shelf after that.

The Indian 1901 1978

Lovely book . Great pictures of rare Indians .

Five Stars

brilliant

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