Indian Motorcycles, fue una de las primeras marcas de motocicletas en el Mundo, fundada en 1901 por Carl Oscar Hedström en Springfield, Massachusetts, tuvo un vida de leyenda en Estados Unidos hasta que desapareció en 1953.
En 2011, Polaris Industries compró Indian Motorcycles y trasladó su centro de operaciones de North Carolina a Minnesota e Iowa, aprovechando las facilidades que esos estados ofrecían a las empresas emprendedoras.
Aquí dejamos a manera de historia de esta leyenda sobre ruedas una serie de fotografías ilustrativas de sus hitos en su ajetreada vida.
Indian Power Plus 1000 cc 1920 (2) |
Indian 1911 (3) |
"Wouldn't You Like to Be With Them?" A 1915 advertisement for the Indian Motocycle."Te gustaría estar con ellos?" Un anuncio de 1915 para Moto Indian (4) |
Indian Scout police motorcycles, circa 1920s-Policias con la Indian Scout, cerca de 1920 (5) |
Indian Dispatch Tow motorcycle 1939 - Indian motocarro para repartos rapidos 1939 (6) |
Indian Scout 600 motorcycle from 1920 - Motocicleta Indian Scout 600 de 1920 (7)
1928 Indian Big Chief with sidecar - Indian Gran Jefe con Sidecar de 1928(8)
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Indian Motorcycle 402, from 1928-Indian Motocicletas 402 (cuatro cilindros) de 1928 - (9) 1912 Indian Board Track Racer, on display at the California Automobile Museum |
1939 Indian Four motorcycle, on display at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, New Hampshire-La Indian Cuatro motorcycle, de 1939 mostrada en el Trading Post, Lincoln, New Hampshire -(10) |
1942 Indian Scout 500, the 741, used by the US Army. - Indian Scout 500 de 1942 la 741, usada por el Ejército de EE.UU (12) |
Indian MM-5A mini motorcycle 1972- Indian MM-5A mini Motocicleta de 1972 |
Indian Scout 600cc motorcycle from 1920 (14º) |
Stellican Indian in characteristic Indian red color in Brighton (UK) (15º) Indian, época de Stellican, en su característico color rojo en Brighton (UK) |
Stellican Indian at the Ace Cafe, London (UK) (16º) |
2014 Indian Chief Vintage (17º)
2016 Indian Springfield - Early fall ride near Elmira, Ontario, Canada (18)
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2ª © By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3651811
3ª © By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3651792
4ª © By Indian - Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1915-Jan 1916), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28560093
Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1915-Jan 1916) fue una revista para los amantes del Cine a comienzos del Siglo 20
5ª © By Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27410416
6ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952379
7ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952391
8ª © By No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1062402
9ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952378
10ª©By Jayron32 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11048628
11ª© By Terry Whalebone - originally posted to Flickr as 1942 Indian Scout 500cc v twin, CC BY 2.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4465721
12ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles - http://www.yesterdays.nl/indian-1950-chief-p-1386.html, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17093265
13ª©By Michael Hicks - originally posted to Flickr as img_4052-raw, CC BY 2.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4381701
14º © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
15º © By meriden.triumph - Flickr: Indian motorcycle, CC BY 2.0, Link
16º © - Flickr: Indian motorcycle Brighton, UK, 2010
17º © By Noop1958 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
18º © By Doronik - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link (
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2ª © By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3651811
3ª © By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3651792
4ª © By Indian - Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1915-Jan 1916), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28560093
Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1915-Jan 1916) fue una revista para los amantes del Cine a comienzos del Siglo 20
5ª © By Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27410416
6ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952379
7ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952391
8ª © By No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1062402
9ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2952378
10ª©By Jayron32 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11048628
11ª© By Terry Whalebone - originally posted to Flickr as 1942 Indian Scout 500cc v twin, CC BY 2.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4465721
12ª © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles - http://www.yesterdays.nl/indian-1950-chief-p-1386.html, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17093265
13ª©By Michael Hicks - originally posted to Flickr as img_4052-raw, CC BY 2.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4381701
14º © By Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles en Classic Motorcycle Archive, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
15º © By meriden.triumph - Flickr: Indian motorcycle, CC BY 2.0, Link
16º © - Flickr: Indian motorcycle Brighton, UK, 2010
17º © By Noop1958 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
18º © By Doronik - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link (
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