DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The 2018 season may have just wrapped up, but American Flat Track is already out with a provisional schedule for 2019 that includes a new event in New England during Laconia Motorcycle Week. The season will launch at Daytona International Speedway with the Daytona TT on …
Read More »IMOS Sponsoring Flat Track Racer In 2018
WESTFIELD, MA – American Flat Track doesn’t have an event in New England, but the region will be represented in 2018. The Indian Motorcycle of Springfield dealership has purchased a pricey, limited-edition Indian Scout FTR750 racer and will sponsor rider Jay Maloney (#12) in the AFT Twins competition in the …
Read More »IMOS Shows Off “New” Indian Four
NAUGATUCK, CT – A rare 1932 Indian Four is the latest model added to the vintage collection at Indian Motorcycle of Springfield in Westfield, Ma. Owner Dennis Bolduc retrieved the the blue beauty from a single-room man cave built into a barn in Coventry, CT roughly three weeks ago. It’s …
Read More »Indian Once Made Cars – Briefly
WESTFIELD, MA – If it seemed at all odd when Polaris Industries, maker of Indian motorcycles, came out with the Slingshot roadster three years ago, it was really a case of history somewhat repeating itself, and with a good deal more success. The three-wheeled, belt-driven Slingshot is really more automobile …
Read More »Project Scout Eliminates Northeast Dealers
And then were three… What began as a 36-dealer competition among Indian franchises from around the globe, with each customizing a Scout or Scout Sixty in a contest called “Project Scout,” was whittled down to three finalists over the
Read More »Northeast Dealers Engage In Project Scout
As if motorcycle dealers don’t have enough to do already, Indian invited its dealers worldwide back in November to enter a “Project Scout” competition. The rules were simple. Take an Indian Scout or Scout Sixty and customize it. There were no restrictions on theme or budget. They only had …
Read More »Is Harley-Davidson Hearing Footsteps?
As hoped for by Polaris Industries, its Indian brand is now doing what Victory has been unable to accomplish over the past 17 years – chip away at Harley-Davidson’s seemingly invincible hold on the heavyweight cruiser market in the United States. Victory was patriotically launched by Polaris on July 4, …
Read More »Large Turnout For Tim Aloisio
WESTFIELD, MA – Tim Aloisio doesn’t have an official fan club, but you’d be excused for thinking he does judging by the turnout tonight for a bike night benefiting him at Indian Motorcycle of Springfield. Hundreds of Aloisio’s friends, supporters and readers of his “On Two Wheels” motorcycle column in …
Read More »Indian Dealer In CT Targets April Opening
Pop quiz: Where was the first Indian “motocycle” built? Bzzz. Time’s up. If you said Springfield, MA, well, hang your head. You’re wrong. Yes, Indian produced motorcycles in Springfield from 1902 through 1953, but the first Indian was created in a city farther south on the Connecticut River – in
Read More »Indian Dealer In CT Possibly By Spring
TERRYVILLE, CT – It was at today’s “Indian Summer” motorcycle show at Chute Gates Steakhouse here that Dennis Bolduc talked expansion plans, confirming that his Indian Motorcycle of Springfield (MA) dealership may be getting a sibling store in
Read More »Oil Drippings: TV Station Botches Indian Report
By Bud Wilkinson There’s an old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. There’s some truth to it. Notoriety is better than no one knowing that you exist. But what about the error-strewn case of TV exposure? The good news is that the grand opening party at Indian …
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