I spent most of today working on my upcoming book on Indian Motocycle and its founders. I'll post more on that soon, but for now I'll share a few images from Springfield's Indian Museum, scheduled to open in October 2009.
Here's one of th exhibits - a Scout ridden by famed stunt rider Louise Scherbyn, founder of the Women's International Motorcycle Association 
This is a shaft drive prototype Indian developed for the War Department in 1942. Unfortunately, the Army chose Jeeps instead and Indian never developed this concept for the civilian market.
Here's another Scout:
And a close up of the carburetor, circa 1930
I took the photos above during December and January. In addition to my own images, I have thousands of old images from the Indian archives. Here are a few of those:
Here's one of th exhibits - a Scout ridden by famed stunt rider Louise Scherbyn, founder of the Women's International Motorcycle Association
Here's another Scout, this one owned by museum founder Esta Manthos:
This is a shaft drive prototype Indian developed for the War Department in 1942. Unfortunately, the Army chose Jeeps instead and Indian never developed this concept for the civilian market.
Here's another Scout:
And a close up of the carburetor, circa 1930
I took the photos above during December and January. In addition to my own images, I have thousands of old images from the Indian archives. Here are a few of those:
Detail: The Indians are coming