[Bigcheese5300]

Anybody know where I can go (besides the latest issue of IronWorks) to read/see more about this bike? I like it a lot.

Before this article came out, I had concocted this whole fantasy about "what if Continental Motors had built a bike in the fifties?" They're in Muskegon, MI (usta be Detroit too) and therefore directly across the lake from Milwaukee, the comparison seemed perfect and they even have a neat logo with a winged radial aircraft engine. This guy built his bike as an Indian tribute, but it seemed an extension of the fantasy back into the thirties.

 

[chicoman7]

looks like a indian inline 4

Anybody know where I can go (besides the latest issue of IronWorks) to read/see more about this bike? I like it a lot.

Before this article came out, I had concocted this whole fantasy about "what if Continental Motors had built a bike in the fifties?" They're in Muskegon, MI (usta be Detroit too) and therefore directly across the lake from Milwaukee, the comparison seemed perfect and they even have a neat logo with a winged radial aircraft engine. This guy built his bike as an Indian tribute, but it seemed an extension of the fantasy back into the thirties.

 

[Bigcheese5300]

looks like a indian inline 4

He would no doubt be glad you said that. It's a Continental Motors industrial four-cylinder adapted to a Harley 45 3-speed in a homemade frame.

 

[Tony]

Got any bigger pics?
It looks real nice..

 

[Bigcheese5300]

Got any bigger pics?
It looks real nice..

Seeking bigger pics are the aim of this post. I spotted it in this month's IronWorks but I'm broke and can't afford it, especially as the rest of the issue looks like bolt-on billet drivel.

 

[Tony]

Seeking bigger pics are the aim of this post. I spotted it in this month's IronWorks but I'm broke and can't afford it, especially as the rest of the issue looks like bolt-on billet drivel.

I'm with you then....i'd like to see some details..

 

[Sporticus]

Anybody know where I can go (besides the latest issue of IronWorks) to read/see more about this bike? I like it a lot.

I haven't seen the IronWorks bike, but I'm going to buy it tomorrow just to see the bike in question. There's a Danish guy at virtualindian building a homemade inline four bike that bears a passing resemblance to an Indian. I don't know if this is the bike in IronWorks, but it's cool nonetheless. It's an NSU car engine with a Nimbus transmission, in a frame that's part Harley and part Indian.

Read all four parts of his story. It makes me feel woefully inadequate.
http://www.virtualindian.org/xmas04/alma4.htm

 

[Danny F.]

Here ya go..scanned them from the mag, hope it's readable and large enough after you clidded on pics...(wiking from Sweden has tried this with 4 inline Volvo engines..almost scored production but we are still waiting...)

 

[Danny F.]

more...

 

[345window]

No doubt it has a great look, and a lot of work/ingenuity. But I get lost when the bobber look crashes into radiators, hoses, and belts. Not saying it's wrong, this is a very cool bike and is probably a blast to ride. Props to the builder.

 

[Bigcheese5300]

No doubt it has a great look, and a lot of work/ingenuity. But I get lost when the bobber look crashes into radiators, hoses, and belts. Not saying it's wrong, this is a very cool bike and is probably a blast to ride. Props to the builder.

So you're saying I should stop looking at my brother's Kawasaki Vulcan as potential '40s-style bobber material? At least it's not shaft-drive.