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Author Topic: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years  (Read 1178 times)

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1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« on: 28 February 2014, 16:58:18 »
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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #1 on: 28 February 2014, 17:41:47 »
nice find :y
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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #2 on: 28 February 2014, 17:52:23 »
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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #3 on: 28 February 2014, 18:38:05 »
Was that really the first time it had been started up in 40 years? Incredible, and it sounds vastly superior to those Hardly Drivable tractors!

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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #4 on: 28 February 2014, 19:57:24 »
Quite a bike :y
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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #5 on: 01 March 2014, 10:56:35 »
They find a bike, put fuel in,kick it twice and it starts after 40 years ;D might fool dumb Americans on a tv show or youtupe,.
 did i miss the pre start part,were they remove plugs,check tank contents,turn over by hand etc 8)
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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #6 on: 01 March 2014, 18:02:48 »
Here's me thinking I was the cynic  ;D ;D

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Re: 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle comes back to life after 40 years
« Reply #7 on: 03 March 2014, 15:37:47 »
Quote from: biggriffin on 01 March 2014, 10:56:35
They find a bike, put fuel in,kick it twice and it starts after 40 years ;D might fool dumb Americans on a tv show or youtupe,.
 did i miss the pre start part,were they remove plugs,check tank contents,turn over by hand etc 8)

Looks a bit suspicious dont it , see the smoke come off the barrels probably where they oiled the bores to free it off ... that bloody seat is humugo  :o ;D
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