PARTS SUPPLIERS, RESTORERS, CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES, BOOKS, CLUBS
ATTENTION BUSINESSES
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views, and steady increases since 1999. (Each year higher than the previous)
This Services page of this site is actually the most popular meaning potential
customers for your business. So if you sell parts, classic motorcycles, parts
for them, biker clothes, paraphernalia, automotive books or motorcycle magazines,
etc.shouldn't YOU have an ad on this site? To make it easier for small one-man
businesses, rates are cheap. e.g. listing only $5 a month, ($60 per annum minimum)
listing with "hot link" to your site $10 a month ( full year for only
$100) display ad with images and hot link $15 a month (only $150 for a year).
(Email webmaster or phone me
at 416-820-9267 if interested.) IF I DO NOT GET ANY ADVERTISERS SOON THIS
SITE WILL BE SHUT DOWN AS ALTHOUGH I CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE DOMAIN NAME
AND HOSTING FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AFTER 11 YEARS IT HAS REALLY ADDED UP.
YOU DO NOT NEED
TO ADVERTISE. YOU CAN BE A SPONSOR OR A DONOR, AND IF YOU MAKE A
DONATION OF $50 OR MORE I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT IN THE SITE. FOR A YEAR. Mail
checks to Randal Montgomery, apt. 2, 8918 Fisk Rd., Akron NY 14001 USA. If you
are a business owner I can provide a receipt and it will be a business expense
for you for tax purposes.
Rebuilders/Restorers and Parts
Suppliers (pre 1955 models)
Firstly,
here are some businesses -usually one man operations- which rebuild and restore
old Indians or supply special services:
- ALABAMA Indian Restoration, 1324-B Main St., Tarrant,
AL 35217 USA tel: 205-849-8592
Email: jimalaindian@cs.com (This Email was no good)
- AMERICAN Indian Specialists, 110111H E. Ash Av.
Fullerton CA 92631 USA tel: 714-447-4636
- AMERICAN Indian Motorcycle Co., 486 Rich Gulch
Rd., Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245 USA tel: 209-286-1232
- ARROW Motor Co., 26720 Cecilville Rd., Forks of
Salmon CA 96031 USA
- BOB's Indian Sales, RD3, Box 3449, 580 Old York
Rd. Etters PA 17319 tel: 717-938-2556
- Bollenbach Engineering, 296 Williams Place, East
Dundee IL 60118-2319 USA tel: 708-428-2800
(A letter I sent came back marked "moved, address unknown")
- BURNETT Indian Motors, Merced CA USA tel: 209-722-1933
- Michael BREEDING's Indian MC Parts, 20 Hondo Trail,
Santa Fe NM 87505 USA tel: 505-989-7884
(made and sold new repro parts, apparently retired now)
- DAI Distributing, 339 W. Clark, Springfield OH
45506 USA tel: 513-322-5909
- Ed GLASCOW, 998 Dutch Hill Road, Tully NY 13159
USA tel: 315-696-8076 EMail: ed53ind@aol.com
(Ed sells grade 5 and 8 bolt and nut conversion sets - a great idea)
- Jerry GREER's Indian Engineering, 8400 Monroe Av.,
unit 3, Stanton, CA 90680 USA tel: 714-826-9940
(I have read many impressive testimonials about Jerry's business.)
- Paul Hanes, PO Box 4, Horotiu, NEW ZEALAND tel:
07-829-9753 fax: 07-829-9671
Email: hanes.eng@xtra.co.nz (making parts since 1986)
- Hanlon Engineering, Inc., 3185-F2 Airway Ave.,
Costa Mesa California 92626 USA tel: 714-641-4094 fax: 714-641-4091
www.chief-overdrive.com or www.virtualindian.org/3news4sp.htm E-mail: hanlon@flash.net(make
4 speed tansmissions for 1901-53 Chiefs)
- GREG HUTCHINSON tel: 011 613 9338 6896 fax: 011
613 9379 4463
E-mail: hheroes@ozemail.com.au (Australian source of parts)
- HONEST Injun, 427 E. 17th St., unit 112, Costa
Mesa CA 92627 USA
(castings, e.g. brake levers, and 80" and 90" flywheels)
- INDIAN Bros., Box369, Genessee MI 48437 USA
- INDIAN Motor Works, att'n Jeff Grigsby, 8520 County
Road 501, Bayfield CO 81122 USA tel: 303-420-5637
- INDIAN Motorcycle Company (see under Chuck Myles)
- INDIAN Motorcycle Co. of St. Louis, PO Box 44,
Arnold MO 63010 USA
WARNING: A letter I sent came back marked "moved, address unknown".
- INDIAN Motorcycle News, Box 455, 32606 Hartly St.
Elsinore CA 92330 USA tel: 909-678-1583
(believe retired now, used to sell restored Chief kit bikes)
- INDIAN Motorcycle Supply Inc., 264 S. Main St.,
Sugar Grove IL 60554 USA tel: 708-466-4601
- IRON Horse Corral, 3317 Waynesboro Ct., Ceres CA
95307 USA
- ISLAND Motorcycle Restoration Co., 610 N. Queens
Av., Lindenhurst NY 11757 USA tel: 516-884-0479
- KIWI Indian Parts and Service 17399 Sage Ave.,
Riverside, CA 92504 USA tel: 909-780-5400 fax: 909-780-7722
- KRUMM's Indian, 2300 San Juan Dr., Austin TX 78733
tel: 512-263-5337 USA (website has not worked for a year or two, not sure
if still in business)
- Tony LEENES Indian Motorcycles, Indian Place #1,
8531 XH Lemmer, HOLLAND 051456-3244
- MARK'S Indian Parts Factory, 1230 La Loma Cr.,
Anaheim CA 92806 tel: 714-630-2919 USA
- Joe MARTIN's Indian, PO Box 3156 (L), Chattanooga
TN 37404 USA
(sells a parts catalog)
- Juergen MATTERN Daimler Str 4, 71397 Leutenbach
3 GERMANY
- MIKE'S Bikes RD1, Box 45, Woodstown NJ tel: 609-769-3040
USA
(A letter I sent came back marked "undeliverable").
- Chuck MYLES' Indian Motorcycle Co., P.O. Box 150
Sloansville NY 12160 USA
(I had quite satisfactory dealings with Chuck back in 1969-70)
- PARKER INDIAN, 7 Cleveland Road, Ashwood 3147,
Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Mail to: PO Box 17, Holmesglen 3148, Victoria, Australia
tel: 03 9809 5599 tel: (International): 613 9809 5599 fax: 03 9809 5599 fax
(International): 613 9809 5599
- QUA International, Pr. Margreietlaan 18, 1182 BG,
Amstelveen, HOLLAND
- Dean RIGSBY's Brokerage, PO Box 330938 Stockton
CA 95213 USA
- The SHOP, 6541 Ventura Bl., Ventura CA 92570 tel:
805-665-6777 USA
- STAN's Cycle Shop, 4701 Old Easton Rd., Doylestown
PA 18901 USA tel: 215-348-4136
- STARKLITE Cycle, 21230 Gold Valley Rd. Perris CA
92570 USA
- TIMMERMAN'S, Berlinerstrasse 88 Potsdam 1560 GERMANY
- VIRTUALINDIAN.ORG Various contributors to this
fascinating (if you like technical/engineering stuff) provide lots of parts
and advice to modernize the engineering of old Indians without sacrificing
appearance. Also follow the story of the making of new crankcases for the
648 Big Base (Daytona) Scouts at www.virtualindian.org/3features.html
- Waymen WALKEM's, RR1 Norval Ontario L0P 1K0 CANADA
tel: 905-877-6775 (was hired by Ford to restore half a dozen Chiefs)
- Ted WILLIAMSCustom Cycle and Machining P.O. Box
41794 Sacramento CA 95841 USA tel: 916-344-0135
(roto-coils to extend valve life and reduce seat warpage, magnetic drain plugs,
porting, 12 v. conversions)
- WINCHESTER Indian Motorcycle Co., PO Box 286, Hopewell
Rd., Clearbrook VA 22624 USA
- G. I. YAROCKI, 679 Riverside Av., Torrington CT
06790 USA
- Ken YOUNG & Son, 2319 Briarwood Lane, Klamath Falls,
OR 97603 USA
- ZIGGY'S Motor Works, 3510 6th Av. W., Seattle WA
98119 USA
- Randy ZORN (see Island MC Restoration)
Vendors
of the current Indian Chief, Scout and Spirit
visit http://www.indianmotorcycle.com
Vendor of the Indian Dakota 4 in the UK (Britain) only
(Originally designed in Sweden as The Viking, perfected in the
Scotland and built there.)
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Indian Motorcycle Ltd.
5 West Scotland Street Lane
Edinburgh
EH3 6PT
Scotland
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tel : 0131-557-5807 fax : 0131-556-4418
Books Etc.
Here are some books about the history of Indian motorcycles:
- Century of Indian by Ed Youngblood, published by Motor
Books International
- The Iron Redskin by Harry Sucher, published by Haynes/Foulis
(hardcover only)
- The Classic Indian Motorcycle by Carroll (publisher unknown
at the moment)
- Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars by Girdler (publisher
unknown)
- Illustrated Indian Motorcycle Buyers' Guide 2nd ed. by
Hatfield
- Indian by Stewart
- Indian Chief Motorcycles 1922-53 by Hatfield
- Indian Motorcycle Restoration Guide by Hatfield
- Indian Motorcycle Photographic History by Hatfield
- Indian Motorcycles by Kanter
- Indian Motorcycles by Hatfield and Halberstadt
You can try ordering the above from Amazon.com in the USA, or support small
business, namely a specialty publisher who sells them over the web and is at
http://cycleshop.com/books/indian/books.htm
Clubs
civilianized 1940 army Scout, 1946 Chief and Laughing
Indian Riders Club racer (Scout+Norton) en route to races (photo: Allan
Lowson).
Two important clubs are the INDIAN MOTOCYCLE CLUB of AMERICA,
PO Box 1743, Perris CA 92572 USA, www.indian-motorcycles.com (membership
entitles you to excellent publications, very professional) and the ANTIQUE
MOTORCYCLE CLUB of AMERICA (AMCA), PO Box 310, Sweetster IN 46987 USA
tel: 765-384-5421, www.antiquemotorcycle.org. Some other noteworthy clubs
are: INDIAN RIDERS INTERNATIONAL, PO Box 7783, Riverside
CA 92513, USA, http:// members.nbci.com; and the German INDIAN
MOTOCYCLE CLUB, www.indianclub.de. An excellent E-magazine is
the VIRTUAL INDIAN MAGAZINE at http://virtualindian.org
. (A wealth of information, especially regarding new products and projects,
and vintage Indian racing.) Another USA club is the ALL AMERICAN
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE CLUB at www.mindspring.com/~vincecindy.
Clothes
Metro Racing, Inc. 306 Westwood Avenue Bristol, PA
19007 USA tel: 215-826-9640 fax: 215-826-9645 www.metroracing.com Email: info@metroracing.com
(specialize in T shirts for all makes of motorycles, old and current)
Iron Horse Clothing 21607 SE Frontage Road Joliet,
IL 60436 USA tel: 815-744-9066 fax: 815-744-9068 www.ironhorseclothing.com Email:
ironhorse@ironhorseclothing-II.com (leathers)