Indian Chief (motorcycle)
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The Indian Chief is a motorcycle that was built by the Hendee Manufacturing Company and the subsequent Indian Motocycle Company from 1922 to the end of the company's production in 1953, and again from
1950 Indian Chief Black Hawk
1935 Indian Chief at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
1948 Indian Chief
1958 Royal Enfield Meteor, badged as an Indian Police Chief
Charles Franklin
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Charles Bayly Franklin was an Irish engineer and a motorcycle racer. He designed motorcycles for the Indian Motocycle Company, including the original Indian Scout of 1920, the original Indian Chief of
Indian Chief (motorcycle)
…1999. The Chief was introduced for 1922 to replace the Powerplus, although the Powerplus was continued under the "Standard" name until 1923. Designed by Charles B. Franklin, the Chief had design features similar to Franklin's earlier Scout, including the gearbox bolted to the engine casings and primary drive by gear train…
Franklin on an Indian Motorcycle